The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers Aug 23
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Fiction:
Hakuda Photo Studio by Her Taeyeon is translated by Shanna Tan.
1. (3) Strange Houses by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion
2. (-) Strange Pictures by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion
3. (1) The Passengers On The Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa; translated by Allison Markin Powell
4. (2) Hakuda Photo Studio by Her Taeyeon; translated by Shanna Tan
5. (-) The Wedding People by Alison Espach
6. (9) Days At The Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa; translated by Eric Ozawa
7. (-) The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
8. (-) Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
9. (8) Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi; translated by Geoffrey Trousselot
10. (-) Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen
Non-fiction:
I Am Not Good Enough by Ismail Gafoor and Low Shi Ping.
1. (1) I Am Not Good Enough by Ismail Gafoor and Low Shi Ping
2. (3) Why Palestine? Reflections From Singapore by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah
3. (2) The First Fools: B-Sides Of Lee Kuan Yew’s A-Team edited by Peh Shing Huei
4. (8) From Beirut To Jerusalem: 40th Anniversary Edition by Dr Ang Swee Chai
5. (5) Retire With More Money by Tan Ooi Boon
6. (9) Atomic Habits by James Clear
7. (-) How Singapore Beat The Odds by W.L. Terence Ho
8. (4) The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
9. (-) The Psychology Of Money by Morgan Housel
10. (-) Barracks To Boardroom by Liew Mun Leong
Children’s:
I Can’t Do Many Things by Chua Hui Ying is illustrated by Isabelle Tan.
1. (2) I Can’t Do Many Things by Chua Hui Ying; illustrated by Isabelle Tan
2. (8) A Forgery Of Fate by Elizabeth Lim
3. (10) The World’s Worst Superheroes by David Walliams
4. (-) The Little Singapore Book (New Edition) by Joyceline See Tully and Sim Ee Waun
5. (9) National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026 by National Geographic Kids
6. (-) Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
7. (-) I Can by Ben Lai
8. (1) The Day I Forgot My Flag by Neil Johnson; illustrated by Vincent Lee
9. (-) Glorious Rivals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
10. (7) Powerless by Lauren Roberts
This is The Straits Times’ compilation of bestseller lists from Kinokuniya, Epigram, Wardah Books, Book Bar, Afterimage and Bookshop.sg bookstores.
