The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers Sept 12

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  • East Of Eden by John Steinbeck tops the fiction list.
  • Teo You Yenn's Unease becomes the bestselling non-fiction title of the week again.
  • Kelly Tay's The World May Say This But I Believe That! series proves popular with parents and kids.

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Fiction:

East Of Eden by John Steinbeck.

East Of Eden by John Steinbeck.

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1. (2) East Of Eden by John Steinbeck
2. (3) The Odyssey by Homer
3. (4) Tsubaki Stationery Store by Ito Ogawa; translated by Cat Anderson
4. (-) How Can My Manager Be So Stupid by Kazumasa Hayami; translated by Haydn Trowell
5. (-) Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
6. (8) Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
7. (7) Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
8. (-) Theo Of Golden by Allen Levi
9. (10) Strange Pictures by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion
10. (9) Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi, translated by Lin King

Non-fiction:

Unease: Life In Singapore Families by Teo You Yenn.

Unease: Life In Singapore Families by Teo You Yenn.

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1. (5) Unease: Life In Singapore Families by Teo You Yenn
2. (-) Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance In The Age Of Indulgence by Anna Lembke
3. (-) The Myth Of The Asian Century by Bilahari Kausikan
4. (-) Don’t Call Me Mrs Rogers: Love, Loathing And Our Epic Drive Around The World by Paige Parker
5. (-) The Official Dopamine Nation Workbook by Anna Lembke
6. (3) The Lunch Break Investor by Thomas Chua
7. (-) The Practice Of Not Reacting by Ryushun Kusanagi; translated by Haydn Trowell
8. (-) Murdoku 1 by Manuel Garland
9. (-) Situated by Angela Duckworth
10. (-) Pooh And The Philosophers by John Tyerman Williams

Children’s:

The World May Say This But I Believe That! 2 by Kelly Tay, illustrated by Chloe Chang 

The World May Say This But I Believe That! 2 by Kelly Tay, illustrated by Chloe Chang 

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1. (-) The World May Say This But I Believe That! 2 by Kelly Tay, illustrated by Chloe Chang
2. (-) The World May Say This But I Believe That! by Kelly Tay, illustrated by Chloe Chang
3. (4) Pokecology by The Pokemon Company
4. (-) Investigators: Weather Or Not by John Patrick Green
5. (-) Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2 by Jeff Kinney
6. (10) Grandma’s Tiger by Alan John, illustrated by Quek Hong Shin
7. (-) Heart Of The Ruby Dragon by Tracey West, illustrated by Graham Howells
8. (-) Ollie’s Big Day Out by Wendy Yee
9. (-) Sunrise On The Reaping by Suzanne Collins
10. (-) The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

  • This is The Straits Times’ compilation of bestseller lists from Kinokuniya, Epigram, Wardah Books, Book Bar, Afterimage, Pagesetters Services, Closetful of Books, and Landmark Books publishers and bookstores.

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