The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers May 24
The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei.
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1. (1) The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei
2. (-) The Emperor Of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
3. (3) Sunrise On The Reaping by Suzanne Collins
4. (4) Fearless by Lauren Roberts
5. (6) Lost Souls Meet Under A Full Moon by Mizuki Tsujimura; translated by Yuki Tejima
6. (-) What Gives Us Our Names by Alvin Pang
7. (-) Rewind It Back by Liz Tomforde
8. (-) Welcome To The Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum; translated by Shanna Tan
9. (5) King Of Envy by Ana Huang
10. (-) The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Non-fiction:
Elevate Your Assets, Elevate Your Wealth by Kelvin Fong.
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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. (-) The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
4. (3) Atomic Habits by James Clear
5. (7) The Courage To Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
6. (6) The Psychology Of Money by Morgan Housel
7. (-) The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
8. (-) Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
9. (-) The 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene
10. (-) The Strangely Singaporean Book by Stanley Tan and Antoinette Wong
Children's:
National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026 by National Geographic Kids.
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1. (2) National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026 by National Geographic Kids
2. (-) Dog Man 13: Big Jim Begins by Dav Pilkey
3. (4) Agents Of S.U.I.T: Wild Ghost Chase by John Patrick Green
4. (-) Ten Minutes To Bed: Little Unicorn by Rhiannon Fielding
5. (-) Every School A Good School by Ng Ziqin
6. (-) The Five Foot Way Detective by Joshua Chiang
7. (-) 2 Mothers In A HDB Playground by Arthur Yap; illustrated by Adia Tay
8. (-) Beware The Sunda Slow Loris And Other Singaporean Fables by Chen Junhua; illustrated by Chan Shu Yin
9. (-) Just A Little Mynah: The Noisiest Tree by Evelyn Sue Wong; illustrated by Dhanendra Poedjono
10. (-) Don't Call Me Cute! by Ashton Wu
This is The Straits Times' compilation of bestseller lists from Kinokuniya, Epigram, Wardah Books, Book Bar and Afterimage bookstores.
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