Singapore books

17 Singapore books to look forward to for the rest of 2026

Tentative cover of Snakes Of Singapore: A Slightly Unhinged Field Guide by Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray.

The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers July 11

he Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers July 11

Singapore superheroes take flight in law graduate Camille Chong’s debut fantasy Love, Gods & Sinners

A Singaporean goes on the run in Yu-Mei Balasingamchow’s Names Have Been Changed

Boston-based Singaporean writer Yu-Mei Balasingamchow's debut novel Names Have Been Changed follows a fugitive Singaporean on the run as she encounters unconventional fellow citizens abroad.

Cheng Puay Koon, Linda Yew named 2026 Illustrators of the Year at Singapore Children’s Book Festival

Linda Yew (left) and Cheng Puay Koon jointly won the 2026 Illustrator of the Year Award.

Singaporean ex-teacher Joyce Chng, 51, shortlisted for British Fantasy Awards

Joyce Chng’s retrospective collection Wolf’s Path (2025) is one of five candidates in the Best Collection category in the British Fantasy Awards.

New book on Creative Technology founder Sim Wong Hoo begins from his kampung childhood

Sim Wong Hoo: The Light We Remember pays tribute to the late founder of Creative Technology. When a young Sim Wong Hoo enrolled in Bukit Panjang English School, he did not know that what his name was when the teacher called him.

The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers June 13

‘No Candy Crush’: Free To Play is Singapore’s first video game literary anthology

Natalie Wang and Daryl Lim Wei Jie, editors of Difference Engine's new anthology on video games, Free To Play: A Video Games Anthology.

Book review

Quirky characters and Singapore history anchor Ovidia Yu’s The Tembusu Tree Mystery

The Tembusu Tree Mystery is the latest instalment in Ovidia Yu's long-running Crown Colony series.

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