The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers Jan 4

Fiction:

1. (3) The Vegetarian by Han Kang; translated by Deborah Smith
2. (2)

Sister Snake

by Amanda Lee Koe
3. (10) Marigold Mind Laundry by Jungeun Yun; translated by Shanna Tan
4. (4)

The City And Its Uncertain Walls

by Haruki Murakami; translated by Philip Gabriel
5. (8) Orbital by Samantha Harvey
6. (-) Human Acts by Han Kang; translated by Deborah Smith
7. (5)

Welcome To The Hyunam-dong Bookshop

by Hwang Bo-reum; translated by Shanna Tan
8. (-) Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
9. (-) Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi; translated by Geoffrey Trousselot
10. (9)

Yellowface

by Rebecca F. Kuang

Non-fiction:

1. (1) How To Let Things Go by Shunmyo Masuno; translated by Allison Markin Powell
2. (3) I’m Not Lazy, I’m On Energy Saving Mode by Dancing Snail; translated by Clare Richards
3. (4) Atomic Habits by James Clear
4. (5) Ikigai by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles
5. (9) The Courage To Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
6. (6) I Decided To Live As Me by Kim Suhyun; translated by Anton Hur
7. (-) Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari
8. (-) The Psychology Of Money by Morgan Housel
9. (-) Thinking, Fast And Slow by Daniel Kahneman
10. (8)

I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki

by Baek Se-hee; translated by Anton Hur

Children’s:

1. (1) Dog Man: Big Jim Begins by Dav Pilkey
2. (2) Diary Of A Wimpy Kid #19: Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney
3. (3) Keeper Of The Lost Cities #9.5: Unraveled by Shannon Messenger
4. (6) Percy Jackson And The Olympians #7: Wrath Of The Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan
5. (7) The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
6. (-) Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
7. (-) National Geographic Kids Almanac 2025 by National Geographic
8. (-) Pokemon Encyclopedia Updated And Expanded 2022 by Pokemon
9. (-) Dork Diaries #16: Tales From A Not-So-Bratty Little Sister by Rachel Renee Russell
10. (-) A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson