The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers Aug 30
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Fiction:
Crossings: The Best Hainanese Chicken Rice And Other Life Dilemmas by Willie Cheng.
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1. (-) Crossings: The Best Hainanese Chicken Rice And Other Life Dilemmas by Willie Cheng
2. (-) The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei
3. (3) The Passengers On The Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa; translated by Allison Markin Powell
4. (-) The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew
5. (9) Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi; translated by Geoffrey Trousselot
6. (1) Strange Houses by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion
7. (-) The Healing Hippo Of Hinode Park by Michiko Aoyama; translated by Takami Nieda
8. (-) My Lady Hiraya by Steven Sy
9. (-) The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
10. (-) The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Non-fiction:
Living The Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir by Kishore Mahbubani.
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1. (-) Living The Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir by Kishore Mahbubani
2. (1) I Am Not Good Enough by Ismail Gafoor and Low Shi Ping
3. (-) Can Asians Think Of Peace? edited by Kishore Mahbubani
4. (2) Why Palestine? Reflections From Singapore by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah
5. (-) Letters For The Fragile Heart by Norhafsah Hamid
6. (5) Retire With More Money by Tan Ooi Boon
7. (-) The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery by Brianna Wiest
8. (8) The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
9. (-) Agak Agak: Everyday Recipes From Singapore by Shu Han Lee
10. (3) The First Fools: B-Sides Of Lee Kuan Yew’s A-Team edited by Peh Shing Huei
Children’s:
The World May Say This, But I Believe That! by Kelly Tay, illustrated by Chloe Chang.
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1. (-) The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
2. (5) National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026 by National Geographic Kids
3. (-) Ai And Aiko And The Little Curve by Peter Draw
4. (-) The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
5. (-) Top 10 Weirdest Critters Of Singapore’s Rainforest by Amaani Arfian
6. (-) The World May Say This, But I Believe That! by Kelly Tay, illustrated by Chloe Chang
7. (6) Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
8. (-) Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
9. (-) The Hugasaurus Board Book by Rachel Bright
10. (1) I Can’t Do Many Things by Chua Hui Ying; illustrated by Isabelle Tan
This is The Straits Times’ compilation of bestseller lists from Kinokuniya, Epigram, Wardah Books, Book Bar, Afterimage and Bookshop.sg bookstores.
