The Straits Times’ Weekly Bestsellers Oct 21

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Fiction

best07 - Japanese author Toshikazu Kawaguchi releases Before We Say Goodbye, the fourth book in his Before The Coffee Gets Cold series. The series takes place at the magical Café Funiculi Funicula in Japan, where time travel helps patrons resolve the inner conflicts. Source: COURTESY OF HANOVER SQUARE PRESS

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1. (1) Before We Say Goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
2. (2) Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
3. (3) The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
4. (7) Tales From The Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
5. (4) Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
6. (-) The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
7. (-) Things We Leave Behind by Lucy Score
8. (-) A Haunting In Venice by Agatha Christie
9. (-) Days At The Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
10. (5) It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

Non-fiction

best10 - Surrounded By Idiots Source: COURTESY OF MACMILLAN

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1. (1) Surrounded By Idiots by Thomas Erikson
2. (7) Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
3. (2) The Art Of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli
4. (6) The Psychology Of Money by Morgan Housel
5. (3) The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down by Haemin Sunim
6. (-) Atomic Habits by James Clear
7. (9) Surrounded By Vampires by Thomas Erikson
8. (5) I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee
9. (-) The 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene
10. (8) George Yeo: Musings – Series Three by George Yeo and Woon Tai Ho 

Children’s

best07 - Children's author and illustrator John Patrick Green releases All Tide Up, the seventh novel in his Investigators series. The children's graphic novel series follow two alligators who are detectives. Source: COURTESY OF MACMILLAN

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1. (1) Investigators #7: All Tide Up by John Patrick Green
2. (2) The 169-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
3. (3) Percy Jackson And The Olympians #6: The Chalice Of The Gods by Rick Riordan
4. (4) DorkDiaries #15: Not-So Posh Paris Adventure by Rachel Renee Russell
5. (5) Dog Man #11: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under The Sea by Dav Pilkey
6. (6) Agents Of S.U.I.T. by John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings and Pat Lewis
7. (-) InvestiGators #6: Heist And Seek by John Patrick Green
8. (-) InvestiGators #5: Braver And Boulder by John Patrick Green
9. (-) Percy Jackson And The Olympians #1: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
10. (-) Every School A Good School by Ng Ziqin

This is The Sunday Times’ compilation of bestseller lists from the Times, Popular, Wardah Books and Book Bar bookstores.

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