The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers July 19

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(From left) Singaporean writer Jemimah Wei’s debut novel The Original Daughter, Why Palestine? Reflections from Singapore by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah, The Day I Forgot My Flag by Neil Johnson.

(From left) Singaporean writer Jemimah Wei’s debut novel The Original Daughter, Why Palestine? Reflections From Singapore by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah, The Day I Forgot My Flag by Neil Johnson.

PHOTOS: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON, ETHOS BOOKS, EPIGRAM BOOKS

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Fiction:

Singaporean writer Jemimah Wei’s debut novel The Original Daughter.

PHOTO: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON

1. (3)

The Original Daughter

by Jemimah Wei
2. (1) The Passengers On The Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa; translated by Allison Markin Powell
3. (-) Mirror Monster Dagger Doom by Cleo Cheng
4. (-)

Pukul Habis

by David Boey
5. (-) What God Took Your Legs Away by Wahid Al Mamun
6. (-)

The Great Reclamation

by Rachel Heng
7. (2)

Strange Houses

by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion
8. (8) Madonna In A Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali
9. (-) The Wizard’s Bakery by Gu Byeong-mo; translated by Jamie Chang
10. (-)

Days At The Morisaki Bookshop

by Satoshi Yagisawa; translated by Eric Ozawa

Non-fiction:

Why Palestine? Reflections From Singapore by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah.

PHOTO: ETHOS BOOKS

1. (2) Why Palestine? Reflections From Singapore by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah
2. (1) Elevate Your Assets, Elevate Your Wealth by Kelvin Fong
3. (9) Atomic Habits by James Clear
4. (-) Start With Why by Simon Sinek
5. (4)

Ink And Influence: An OB Markers Sequel

by Cheong Yip Seng
6. (5) The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
7. (-) How Countries Go Broke: The Big Cycle by Ray Dalio
8. (-) Take Back Control Of Your Money by Dawn Cher
9. (-) Empire Of AI by Karen Hao
10. (-) Agentic Artificial Intelligence by Pascal Bornet and Jochen Wirtz

Children’s:

The Day I Forgot My Flag by Neil Johnson, illustrated by Vincent Lee.

PHOTO: EPIGRAM BOOKS

1. (1) The Day I Forgot My Flag by Neil Johnson, illustrated by Vincent Lee
2. (3) National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026 by National Geographic Kids
3. (7) Big Jim Begins (Dog Man 13) by Dav Pilkey
4. (5) The World’s Worst Superheroes by David Walliams
5. (-) The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright
6. (-) Percy Jackson And The Olympians: Wrath Of The Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan
7. (-) Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
8. (2) How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
9. (4) Never Thought I’d End Up Here by Ann Liang
10. (-) Sunrise On The Reaping (The Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins

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

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