The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers Aug 22
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Creating Three Unique Singapore Laws: An Inside Story by S. Jayakumar debuts at No. 1, unseating Teo You Yenn's Unease: Life In Singapore Families after 19 weeks.
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- The Straits Times lists the top bestselling books for August 22 across Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Children’s categories from multiple bookstores.
- Fiction bestsellers include Tsubaki Stationery Store by Ito Ogawa and classics like The Odyssey and East Of Eden.
- Creating Three Unique Singapore Laws: An Inside Story by S Jayakumar debuts at No. 1, unseating Teo You Yenn's Unease: Life In Singapore Families after 19 weeks at the top.
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Fiction:
Jemimah Wei's debut novel The Original Daughter.
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1. (2) Tsubaki Stationery Store by Ito Ogawa; translated by Cat Anderson
2. (1) The Odyssey by Homer
3. (9) East Of Eden by John Steinbeck
4. (-) Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
5. (8) Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
6. (10) Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
7. (4) Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi, translated by Lin King
8. (6) The Keeper Of The Camphor Tree by Keigo Higashino; translated by Jordan Taylor
9. (5) The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei
10. (-) Strange Pictures by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion
Non-fiction:
Creating Three Unique Singapore Laws: An Inside Story by S. Jayakumar debuts at No. 1.
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1. (-) Creating Three Unique Singapore Laws: An Inside Story by S. Jayakumar
2. (1) Unease: Life In Singapore Families by Teo You Yenn
3. (2) The Courage To Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
4. (-) Crash Or Bounce? Diversity In A Divided World edited by Dr Fernanda Claudio, Marina Schneider and Merlene Toh-Emerson MBE
5. (3) The Albatross File Unredacted: What The Official Story Leaves Out by Thum Ping Tjin
6. (-) How Women Talk Power by Serena Wong and Sharon Sim
7. (4) How Lucky Am I by Christian Watson
8. (9) Murdoku Puzzle Book 2 by Manuel Garand
9. (-) This Is What Inequality Looks Like by Teo You Yenn
10. (-) The Psychology Of Money by Morgan Housel
Children’s:
Song Of The Yellow Dragon by Low Ying Ping.
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1. (-) Song Of The Yellow Dragon by Low Ying Ping
2. (1) Pokecology by The Pokemon Company
3. (-) The Trouble With Heroes by Kate Messner
4. (-) The Teacher Of Nomad Land: A World War II Story by Daniel Nayeri
5. (-) Blood In The Water by Tiffany D. Jackson
6. (6) Investigators: Weather Or Not by John Patrick Green
7. (-) Tuck And Tina And The Lost Fortune by Jess Brallier and Jack Keely
8. (-) The Little Prince: And Letter To A Hostage by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
9. (-) Guardians Of The New Moon: Ming And Miaow’s Great Race by Eric Huang
10. (-) Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories by Jeff Kinney
This is The Straits Times’ compilation of bestseller lists from Kinokuniya, Epigram, Wardah Books, Book Bar, Afterimage, Pagesetters Services, Closetful of Books, and Landmark Books publishers and bookstores.
