Fiction

DallerGut author Miye Lee goes from healing fiction to psychological thriller

SingLit in 2026: A video game anthology, new book by Teo You Yenn, Epigram’s all-women shortlist

(Clockwise from left) We Saw Mountains by Diana Rahim, Chia Joo Ming and Theophilus Kwek.

250 Years of Jane Austen

FILE — Costumed attendees take photos with a large flower arrangement during the Grand Regency Costumed Promenade at the annual Jane Austen Festival in Bath, England, on Sept. 12, 2025. To capture the writer’s brief life and enormous impact, we assembled a sampling of the wealth, wonder and weirdness she has brought to our lives. (Peter Flude/The New York Times)

Ong Sor Fern’s top reads of 2025: Meihan Boey, Natsuo Kirino and Lev Grossman

(From left) Authors Meihan Boey, Natsuo Kirino, and Lev Grossman.

Clement Yong’s top reads of 2025: Kiran Desai, Rickey Fayne and Wen-yi Lee

(From left) The Loneliness Of Sonia And Sunny by Kiran Desai, The Devil Three Times by Rickey Fayne and When They Burned The Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee.

Shawn Hoo’s top reads of 2025: Arundhati Roy, Ng Yi-Sheng and Wahidah Tambee

(From left) Poet Wahidah Tambee’s Eke, Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Comes To Me, and Ng Yi-Sheng's Utama.

Book review

The Unlikely Motherhood Of Shaleni May tries its hand at thorny topics

The Unlikely Motherhood Of Shaleni May is Sunita Sue Leng's first novel.

The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers Nov 22

(From left) Ministry Of Moral Panic by Amanda Lee Koe, I Am Not Good Enough by Ismail Gafoor and Low Shi Ping, and The Southsea School Squads Book 1: A Dream Team by Leanne Teo.

BookTalk: Best-selling non-fiction writer Bill Bryson turns to fiction for enjoyment

Best-selling author Bill Bryson will take the Singapore stage at Capitol Theatre on Feb 4 and 5, 2026.

Book review: Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials sequel The Rose Field is full of thorns

The Rose Field is the last of the Book Of Dust trilogy by British author Philip Pullman.

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