05-07-2025
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The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers July 5
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(From left) The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei, Elevate Your Assets, Elevate Your Wealth by Kelvin Fong and National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026 by National Geographic Kids.
Fiction:
Singaporean writer Jemimah Wei's debut novel is titled The Original Daughter.
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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. (2) Strange Houses by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion
4. (-) The Second Chance Convenience Store by Kim Ho-yeon; translated by Janet Hong
5. (4) Strange Pictures by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion
6. (6) The Wizard's Bakery by Gu Byeong-mo; translated by Jamie Chang
7. (-) The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
8. (7) To The Moon by Jang Ryujin; translated by Sean Lin Halbert
9. (10) Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
10. (-) The Calico Cat At The Chibineko Kitchen by Yuta Takahashi; translated by Cat Anderson
Non-fiction:
Roads To Chinese Modernity: Civilisation And National Culture by Wang Gungwu.
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1. (1) Elevate Your Assets, Elevate Your Wealth by Kelvin Fong
2. (2) Why Palestine? Reflections From Singapore by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah
3. (-) Roads To Chinese Modernity: Civilisation And National Culture by Wang Gungwu
4. (4) How Countries Go Broke: The Big Cycle by Ray Dalio
5. (-) The Woke Salaryman Crash Course On Capitalism & Money by The Woke Salaryman
6. (-) The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
7. (6) The Psychology Of Money by Morgan Housel
8. (-) Prisoners Of Geography by Tim Marshall
9. (-) The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
10. (-) Empire Of AI by Karen Hao
Children's:
National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026 by National Geographic Kids.
PHOTO: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS
1. (-) How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
2. (1) National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026 by National Geographic Kids
3. (8) The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright
4. (5) The World's Worst Superheroes by David Walliams
5. (-) The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
6. (-) Big Jim Begins (Dog Man 13) by Dav Pilkey
7. (2) Never Thought I'd End Up Here by Ann Liang
8. (-) The Pandas Who Promised by Rachel Bright
9. (-) Better Than The Movies by Lynn Painter
10. (-) Let's Celebrate NDP! by Sharon Koh
