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Straits Times
02-08-2025
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The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers August 2
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox (From left) Singaporean writer Jemimah Wei's debut novel The Original Daughter, I Am Not Good Enough by Ismail Gafoor and Low Shi Ping, Jemma Dreams Of Sushi by Mark Chen, Ruo-Ting Goh, illustrated by Cynthia D. Suwito. Fiction: Singaporean writer Jemimah Wei's debut novel The Original Daughter. PHOTO: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON 1. (1) The Passengers On The Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa; translated by Allison Markin Powell 2. (-) The Wealth We Surrendered by Eneida Alcalde 3. (2) The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei 4. (3) Strange Pictures by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion 5. (-) Eke by Wahidah Tambee 6. (5) Strange Houses by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion 7. (-) The Mystical Mister Kay by Meihan Boey 8. (-) White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 9. (-) The Convenience Store By The Sea by Sonoko Machida, translated by Bruno Navasky 10. (4) What God Took Your Legs Away by Wahid Al Mamun Non-fiction: I Am Not Good Enough by Ismail Gafoor and Low Shi Ping. PHOTO: FOCUS PUBLISHING 1. (1) I Am Not Good Enough by Ismail Gafoor and Low Shi Ping 2. (4) The First Fools: B-Sides Of Lee Kuan Yew's A-Team edited by Peh Shing Huei 3. (-) Take Back Control Of Your Money by Dawn Cher 4. (2) Why Palestine? Reflections From Singapore by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah 5. (3) Elevate Your Assets, Elevate Your Wealth by Kelvin Fong 6. (-) Sabai by Pailin Chongchitnant 7. (-) I nk And Influence: An OB Markers Sequel by Cheong Yip Seng 8. (10) The Last Fools: The Eight Immortals Of Lee Kuan Yew edited by Peh Shing Huei 9. (-) The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins 10. (-) Atomic Habits by James Clear Children's: Jemma Dreams Of Sushi by Mark Chen, Ruo-Ting Goh, illustrated by Cynthia D. Suwito PHOTO: EPIGRAM BOOKS 1. (-) Jemma Dreams Of Sushi by Mark Chen, Ruo-Ting Goh, illustrated by Cynthia D. Suwito 2. (-) Lottie Brooks Vs The Ultra Mean Girls by Katie Kirby 3. (3) The World's Worst Superheroes by David Walliams 4. (10) Powerless by Lauren Roberts 5. (-) Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling 6. (-) The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson 7. (7) A Good Girl's Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson 8. (1) The Day I Forgot My Flag by Neil Johnson, illustrated by Vincent Lee 9. (-) The Koala Who Could Board Book by Rachel Bright 10. (-) I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang
Straits Times
26-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers July 26
(From left) Singaporean writer Jemimah Wei's debut novel The Original Daughter, I Am Not Good Enough by Ismail Gafoor and Low Shi Ping, The Day I Forgot My Flag by Neil Johnson, illustrated by Vincent Lee. Fiction: Singaporean writer Jemimah Wei's debut novel The Original Daughter. PHOTO: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON 1. (2) The Passengers On The Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa; translated by Allison Markin Powell 2. (1) The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei 3. (-) Strange Pictures by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion 4. (5) What God Took Your Legs Away by Wahid Al Mamun 5. (7) Strange Houses by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion 6. (-) The Dilemmas Of Working Women by Fumio Yamamoto; translated by Brian Bergstrom 7. (-) Homesick by nor 8. (-) The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 9. (9) The Wizard's Bakery by Gu Byeong-mo; translated by Jamie Chang 10. (-) Maybe This Is Love: A Novel by Maria Mahat Non-fiction: I Am Not Good Enough by Ismail Gafoor and Low Shi Ping. PHOTO: FOCUS PUBLISHING 1. (-) I Am Not Good Enough by Ismail Gafoor and Low Shi Ping 2. (1) Why Palestine? Reflections From Singapore by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah 3. (2) Elevate Your Assets, Elevate Your Wealth by Kelvin Fong 4. (-) The First Fools: B-Sides Of Lee Kuan Yew's A-Team edited by Peh Shing Huei 5. (-) The Psychology Of Money by Morgan Housel 6. (-) Revenge Of The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell 7. (7) How Countries Go Broke: The Big Cycle by Ray Dalio 8. (-) From Beirut To Jerusalem: 40th Anniversary Edition by Dr Ang Swee Chai 9. (-) My Father Is Police Lah! by Rowena Hawkins 10. (-) The Last Fools: The Eight Immortals Of Lee Kuan Yew edited by Peh Shing Huei 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. (9) Never Thought I'd End Up Here by Ann Liang 3. (4) The World's Worst Superheroes by David Walliams 4. (6) Percy Jackson And The Olympians: Wrath Of The Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan 5. (8) How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell 6. (-) Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 7. (-) A Good Girl's Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson 8. (-) We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han 9. (3) Big Jim Begins (Dog Man 13) by Dav Pilkey 10. (-) Powerless by Lauren Roberts
Straits Times
19-07-2025
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- Straits Times
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
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Book Review: Jemimah Wei's The Original Daughter is the quintessential Singaporean novel
The Original Daughter is Jemimah Wei's debut novel, and took the author a decade to publish. PHOTOS: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON, TARYN NG
