The Straits Times’ Weekly Bestsellers Aug 24

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Fiction:

best11 - Welcome To The Hyunam-dong Bookstore follows a young woman who opens a bookstore after everything in her life falls apart. Source: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING

PHOTO: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING

1. (1) Welcome To The Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum
2. (3) More Days At The Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
3. (4) Days At The Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
4. (5) It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
5. (-) Mina’s Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa
6. (-) The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
7. (-) Dallergut Dream Department Store by Lee Mi-Ye
8. (-) A Perfect Day To Be Alone by Nanae Aoyama
9. (-) Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
10. (-) It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover

Non-fiction:

Book cover: Living The Asian Century by Kishore Mahbubani

PHOTO: KISHORE MAHBUBANI

1. (1) Living The Asian Century by Kishore Mahbubani
2. (-) When You Think You’re Falling by Ameera Aslam
3. (-) On The Edge by Nate Silver
4. (3) Atomic Habits by James Clear
5. (-) Has China Won? by Kishore Mahbubani
6. (-) 25 Keys To A Happy Life by Ismail Kamdar
7. (10) The Psychology Of Money by Morgan Housel
8. (-) Behind The Banyan by Aaron Low
9. (-) 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think by Brianna Wiest
10. (6) Singapore’s Orchid Diplomacy by Koh Buck Song

Children’s:

best03 - The Book Of Bill by Alex Hirsch PHOTO: DISNEY BOOKS

PHOTO: DISNEY BOOKS

1. (-) The Book Of Bill by Alex Hirsch
2. (-) Reckless by Lauren Roberts
3. (6) Dog Man #12: The Scarlet Shedder by Dav Pilkey
4. (4) Powerless by Lauren Roberts
5. (2) The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
6. (1) A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson
7. (-) Pokemon Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook by Scholastic
8. (-) My First Book About How Things Grow by Felicity Brooks
9. (-) National Geographic Kids Almanac 2025 by National Geographic
10. (9) Such Charming Liars by Karen M. McManus

  • This is The Straits Times’ compilation of bestseller lists from the Times, Kinokuniya, Epigram, Wardah Books and Book Bar bookstores.

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