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Straits Times
2 days ago
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The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers July 19
(From left) Singaporean writer Jemimah Wei's debut novel The Original Daughter, Why Palestine? Reflections From Singapore by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah, The Day I Forgot My Flag by Neil Johnson. Fiction: Singaporean writer Jemimah Wei's debut novel The Original Daughter. PHOTO: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON 1. (3) The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei 2. (1) The Passengers On The Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa; translated by Allison Markin Powell 3. (-) Mirror Monster Dagger Doom by Cleo Cheng 4. (-) Pukul Habis by David Boey 5. (-) What God Took Your Legs Away by Wahid Al Mamun 6. (-) The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng 7. (2) Strange Houses by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion 8. (8) Madonna In A Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali 9. (-) The Wizard's Bakery by Gu Byeong-mo; translated by Jamie Chang 10. (-) Days At The Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa; translated by Eric Ozawa Non-fiction: Why Palestine? Reflections From Singapore by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah. PHOTO: EPIGRAM BOOKS 1. (2) Why Palestine? Reflections From Singapore by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah 2. (1) Elevate Your Assets, Elevate Your Wealth by Kelvin Fong 3. (9) Atomic Habits by James Clear 4. (-) Start With Why by Simon Sinek 5. (4) Ink And Influence: An OB Markers Sequel by Cheong Yip Seng 6. (5) The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins 7. (-) How Countries Go Broke: The Big Cycle by Ray Dalio 8. (-) Take Back Control Of Your Money by Dawn Cher 9. (-) Empire Of AI by Karen Hao 10. (-) Agentic Artificial Intelligence by Pascal Bornet and Jochen Wirtz Children's: The Day I Forgot My Flag by Neil Johnson, illustrated by Vincent Lee. PHOTO: EPIGRAM BOOKS 1. (1) The Day I Forgot My Flag by Neil Johnson, illustrated by Vincent Lee 2. (3) National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026 by National Geographic Kids 3. (7) Big Jim Begins (Dog Man 13) by Dav Pilkey 4. (5) The World's Worst Superheroes by David Walliams 5. (-) The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright 6. (-) Percy Jackson And The Olympians: Wrath Of The Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan 7. (-) Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling 8. (2) How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell 9. (4) Never Thought I'd End Up Here by Ann Liang 10. (-) Sunrise On The Reaping (The Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins
Straits Times
05-07-2025
- General
- Straits Times
TBR (To Be Read): Books about bookshops seem to have lost their bite
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox (From left) Days At The Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa, The Library Book by Susan Orlean and Umberto Eco's 1980 debut, The Name Of The Rose. SINGAPORE – Book-lined spaces are the closest analogues to temples in a secular context. Especially when one is a bookworm. Throughout my reading life, there have been favourite book-lined spaces, beginning with the old red-brick National Library building in Stamford Road and the similarly red-hued MPH Bookstores across from it, to the floral-scented hush of London's Hatchards bookshop and the bad gym stink of the old Forbidden Planet bookstore in Tottenham Court Road.
