Fiction:

Singaporean writer Jemimah Wei’s debut novel is titled The Original Daughter.

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1. (3) The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei2. (1) The Passengers On The Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa; translated by Allison Markin Powell3. (2) Strange Houses by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion4. (-) The Second Chance Convenience Store by Kim Ho-yeon; translated by Janet Hong 5. (4) Strange Pictures by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion6. (6) The Wizard’s Bakery by Gu Byeong-mo; translated by Jamie Chang7. (-) The Housemaid by Freida McFadden 8. (7) To The Moon by Jang Ryujin; translated by Sean Lin Halbert9. (10) Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid10. (-) The Calico Cat At The Chibineko Kitchen by Yuta Takahashi; translated by Cat Anderson

Non-fiction:

Roads To Chinese Modernity: Civilisation And National Culture by Wang Gungwu.

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1. (1) Elevate Your Assets, Elevate Your Wealth by Kelvin Fong 2. (2) Why Palestine? Reflections From Singapore by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah3. (-) Roads To Chinese Modernity: Civilisation And National Culture by Wang Gungwu 4. (4) How Countries Go Broke: The Big Cycle by Ray Dalio5. (-) The Woke Salaryman Crash Course On Capitalism & Money by The Woke Salaryman6. (-) The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins7. (6) The Psychology Of Money by Morgan Housel8. (-) Prisoners Of Geography by Tim Marshall9. (-) The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt 10. (-) Empire Of AI by Karen Hao

Children’s:

National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026 by National Geographic Kids.

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1. (-) How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell2. (1) National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026 by National Geographic Kids3. (8) The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright4. (5) The World’s Worst Superheroes by David Walliams5. (-) The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery 6. (-) Big Jim Begins (Dog Man 13) by Dav Pilkey 7. (2) Never Thought I’d End Up Here by Ann Liang8. (-) The Pandas Who Promised by Rachel Bright 9. (-) Better Than The Movies by Lynn Painter10. (-) Let’s Celebrate NDP! by Sharon Koh

This is The Straits Times’ compilation of bestseller lists from Kinokuniya, Epigram, Wardah Books, Book Bar and Bookshop.sg bookstores.

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