The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers May 23
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Fiction:
Singaporean writer Jemimah Wei’s debut novel The Original Daughter.
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1. (1) Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
2. (-) Luck Of The Draw: 53 Cards, 53 Stories by Singapore American School
3. (3) Strange Buildings by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion
4. (5) Strange Houses by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion
5. (2) Meet Me At The Convenience Store By The Sea by Sonoko Machida; translated by Bruno Navasky
6. (7) East Of Eden by John Steinbeck
7. (4) The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei
8. (6) Strange Pictures by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion
9. (-) Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
10. (-) The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng
Non-Fiction:
Unease: Life In Singapore Families by Teo You Yenn.
PHOTO: ETHOS BOOKS
1. (1) Unease: Life In Singapore Families by Teo You Yenn
2. (2) This Is What Inequality Looks Like by Teo You Yenn
3. (-) The Algorithm: The Hypergrowth Formula That Transformed Tesla, Lululemon, General Motors, And SpaceX by Jon McNeill
4. (6) Strangers: A Memoir Of Marriage by Belle Burden
5. (3) The Albatross File: Inside Separation edited by Susan Sim
6. (-) The Courage To Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimji and Fumitake Koga
7. (5) Murdle Volume 1 by G. T. Karber
8. (9) Inside The Box: How Constraints Make Us Better by David Epstein
9. (-) FIFA World Cup 2026: The Official Guide Book by Keir Radnedge
10. (-) Beyond Life And Death: The Way Of True Freedom by Jet Li
Children’s:
Catch Mee If You Can: Find The Noodles, Eat The Noodles! by Low Lai Chow; illustrated by Lee Jia Zhen.
PHOTO: EPIGRAM BOOKS
1. (-) Catch Mee If You Can: Find The Noodles, Eat The Noodles! by Low Lai Chow; illustrated by Lee Jia Zhen
2. (-) Bo Bo And Cha Cha’s Big Day Out (Book 2) by Jason Erik Lundberg; illustrated by Patrick Yee
3. (-) National Geographic Kids Almanac 2027 by National Geographic Kids
4. (-) Timothy And The Phubbers (Book 1) by Ken Kwek; illustrated by Lolita Chiong
5. (6) The Seriously Epic Holiday Of Lottie Brooks by Katie Kirby
6. (-) Kelly And the Krumps (Book 2) by Ken Kwek; illustrated by Lolita Chiong
7. (-) Dragons In Chinatown (Chinese New Year In Singapore) by Valerie Pereira, illustrated by Kwee Eng Liau
8. (2) I Could Give You The Moon by Ann Liang
9. (-) The Incredible Basket by Quek Hong Shin
10. (-) Jemma Dreams Of Sushi by Mark Chen, Ruo-Ting Goh, illustrated by Cynthia D. Suwito
This is The Straits Times’ compilation of bestseller lists from Kinokuniya, Epigram, Wardah Books, Book Bar, Afterimage, Pagesetters Services and Closetful of Books bookstores.
