South Kensington Books

South Kensington Books Independent Book Seller

Specializing in large format illustrated arts titles and a wide range of subjects such as history, fiction, cookery, poetry, children's and lots more

06/08/2026

Our window has just had a WILD makeover 🐌🦝🐍

This week the lovely Ben Rothery stopped by to give our window a makeover to celebrate the release of his new book ‘Wild Wonders’. Ben sets out to inform and inspire children to look after all the animals on this precious planet – not just the big, bold, beautiful ones, but the scary, ugly and utterly alien ones as well. Meet the animals that need and deserve our love.

We have signed copies available in store and online; be sure to grab your copy quick, they’re selling faster than you can say leopard slug!

02/08/2026

Obsessed is an understatement

We recently got in these BEAUTIFUL cloth bound editions of Roman Fever by Edith Wharton and we are in love with them.

Come by South Ken Books today to grab yourself a copy. We have to say, this is a perfect little book to add to your summer read list.

30/07/2026

It would be rude not to 😌

You heard us right! Here at South Ken Books we have a 3 for £12 fiction section where you can get 3 whole books for only £12. Come pop by and grab yourself a bargain ✨

THIS IS NOT A DRILL, NEW KRISTEN HANNAH! NOW IN STORE!!!!“Annie Colwater’s only child has just left home for school in E...
29/07/2026

THIS IS NOT A DRILL, NEW KRISTEN HANNAH! NOW IN STORE!!!!

“Annie Colwater’s only child has just left home for school in England. On that same day, her husband of twenty years confesses that he’s in love with a younger woman. Left alone in the beautiful California house which was once a home, Annie comes to the painful realization that the years have eroded not just her confidence but also her self-esteem, and she’s no longer the woman she once was.

Devastated, Annie retreats to Mystic, the remote lakeside town in the Pacific Northwest where she grew up, hoping that she can start to rebuild her life and rediscover herself. There, she is reunited with her first love, Nick Delacroix, recently widowed and trying to cope with his emotionally scarred young daughter. Together, the three of them begin to heal. But just when Annie believes she’s been given a second chance at happiness, her world is turned upside down again and she is forced to make a choice that no woman in love should ever have to make.”

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Ben Rothery is back and this time he is showing some love for the planet’s most misunderstood animals 🐦🐍🦈🐌In Wild Wonder...
28/07/2026

Ben Rothery is back and this time he is showing some love for the planet’s most misunderstood animals 🐦🐍🦈🐌

In Wild Wonders, Rothery sets out to inform and inspire children to look after all the animals on this precious planet – not just the big, bold, beautiful ones, but the scary, ugly and utterly alien ones as well. From misunderstood animals like snakes and sharks, to detested creatures like maggots and hyenas, and from animals with unlucky associations like magpies, to those abandoned by us like orangutans, meet the animals that need and deserve our love.

You can now pre-order SIGNED copies on our website. Pre-order your copy from South Ken Books and you’ll receive a free exclusive pack of Wild Wonders postcards. Follow the link in our bio to secure your copy!

Benjamin Rothery Ladybird books

27/07/2026

Calling all book lovers 📣

Lots of exciting titles have hit our 3 fo £12 fiction shelves this past week. So we thought it would only be right to show them off!

Pop by South Ken Books today to grab yourself a deal, you don’t want to miss out on this!

The follow-up we’ve all been waiting for ✨ Queenie is BACK and asking herself, how one woman can hold it together when s...
15/07/2026

The follow-up we’ve all been waiting for ✨

Queenie is BACK and asking herself, how one woman can hold it together when she’s confronted with a racing biological clock and doesn’t even know if she wants kids. Trying to act normal when her heart is smashed into a million pieces. Ten times smarter than the people she’s working for.- Priced out of the housing market in the place she grew up. Stuck in a situationship when all she wants is the love of her life back… Bigger. Not better. Older. Not wiser. Queenie Jenkins is working on it.

11/07/2026

We might be a little biased on this one…

10/07/2026

✨💖 CALLING ALL LAUVERS FANS 💖✨

We found some hidden stock from last years A Very Laufey day, so we thought we would treat you all to 40% A Very Laufey Day Merch. You can shop this exclusive Laufey merch on our website now!


Tissues at the ready 🤧💕It’s here, the FINAL instalment of the phenomenal Heartstopper series is finally in-store!Everyon...
09/07/2026

Tissues at the ready 🤧💕

It’s here, the FINAL instalment of the phenomenal Heartstopper series is finally in-store!

Everyone in school knows Nick and Charlie. Everyone knows they’re going to be together forever.

But Charlie’s busy with his bid to become head boy. And while Nick is preparing to leave for uni, he’s starting to wonder who he’ll be…without Charlie.

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