The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers June 21

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Fiction:

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

PHOTO: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON

1. (1) The Passengers On The Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa; translated by Allison Markin Powell
2. (-) Strange Houses by Uketsu
3. (2) The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei
4. (-) Strange Pictures by Uketsu
5. (-) The Wizard’s Bakery by Gu Byeong-mo; translated by Jamie Chang
6. (-) Fearless by Lauren Roberts
7. (-) The Vegetarian by Han Kang; translated by Deborah Smith
8. (-) My Friends by Fredrik Backman
9. (5) The Convenience Store By The Sea by Sonoko Machida; translated by Bruno Navasky
10. (-) Lost Souls Meet Under A Full Moon by Mizuki Tsujimura; translated by Yuki Tejima

Non-fiction:

Elevate Your Assets Elevate Your Wealth by Kelvin Fong.

PHOTO: BOOK BAR

1. (1) Elevate Your Assets, Elevate Your Wealth by Kelvin Fong
2. (2) Why Palestine? Reflections From Singapore by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah
3. (-) A Different Kind Of Power by Jacinda Ardern
4. (4) How Countries Go Broke: The Big Cycle by Ray Dalio
5. (-) Empire Of AI by Karen Hao
6. (-) The Psychology Of Money by Morgan Housel
7. (8) The Not To-Do List by Rolf Dobelli
8. (9) The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
9. (5) Apple In China by Patrick McGee
10. (6) Atomic Habits by James Clear

Children’s:

The Incredible Basket by Quek Hong Shin.

PHOTO: EPIGRAM BOOKSHOP

1. (1) National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026 by National Geographic Kids
2. (-) How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
3. (3) The World’s Worst Superheroes by David Walliams
4. (-) Ten Minutes To Bed: Little Unicorn by Rhiannon Fielding
5. (-) The Incredible Basket by Quek Hong Shin
6. (8) Eye Spy Singapore by Pippa Chorley
7. (-) Bo Bo And Cha Cha’s Big Day Out (Book 2) by Jason Erik Lundberg; illustrated by Patrick Yee
8. (-) Every School A Good School by Ng Ziqin
9. (-) Dragons In Chinatown (Chinese New Year In Singapore) by Valerie Pereira; illustrated by Kwee Eng Liau
10. (-) Sly The Fly by R.S. Robbie; illustrated by Debbie Yuen and Jessley Sim

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

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