{"id":24419,"date":"2025-07-26T05:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T05:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/24419\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T05:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T05:39:09","slug":"the-straits-times-weekly-bestsellers-july-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/24419\/","title":{"rendered":"The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers July 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/f754e462034b185e091bbe520d1eb7e1d597cbfc25ed86540eac9c34dc7c2d93.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"aspect-portrait flex items-start shrink-0 portrait article-portrait object-contain mobile:w-screen tablet:w-auto\" data-testid=\"image-test-id\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-eyebrow-baseline-regular text-secondary\" data-testid=\"inline-media-caption-test-id\">Singaporean writer Jemimah Wei\u2019s debut novel The Original Daughter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-eyebrow-baseline-regular text-placeholder\" data-testid=\"inline-media-credit-test-id\">PHOTO: WEIDENFELD &amp; NICOLSON<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">1. (2) The Passengers On The Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa; translated by Allison Markin Powell<br \/>2. (1) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/life\/arts\/writer-jemimah-weis-the-original-daughter-sold-for-over-us500k-took-10-years-to-write?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">The Original Daughter<\/p>\n<p><\/a> by Jemimah Wei <br \/>3. (-) Strange Pictures by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion<br \/>4. (5) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/life\/arts\/book-review-debut-poetry-collections-what-god-took-your-legs-away-and-homesick-explore-love?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">What God Took Your Legs Away<\/p>\n<p><\/a> by Wahid Al Mamun<br \/>5. (7) Strange Houses by Uketsu; translated by Jim Rion<br \/>6. (-) The Dilemmas Of Working Women by Fumio Yamamoto; translated by Brian Bergstrom<br \/>7. (-) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/life\/arts\/book-review-debut-poetry-collections-what-god-took-your-legs-away-and-homesick-explore-love?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">Homesick<\/p>\n<p><\/a> by nor<br \/>8. (-) The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde<br \/>9. (9) The Wizard\u2019s Bakery by Gu Byeong-mo; translated by Jamie Chang<br \/>10. (-) Maybe This Is Love: A Novel by Maria Mahat<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/62f41ab20ab2d7cc88175b178ffe8dfe66a8c33436adb4c65cfef165f370ba66.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"aspect-portrait flex items-start shrink-0 portrait article-portrait object-contain mobile:w-screen tablet:w-auto\" data-testid=\"image-test-id\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-eyebrow-baseline-regular text-secondary\" data-testid=\"inline-media-caption-test-id\">I Am Not Good Enough by Ismail Gafoor and Low Shi Ping.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-eyebrow-baseline-regular text-placeholder\" data-testid=\"inline-media-credit-test-id\">PHOTO: FOCUS PUBLISHING<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">1. (-) I Am Not Good Enough by Ismail Gafoor and Low Shi Ping<br \/>2. (1) Why Palestine? Reflections From Singapore by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah<br \/>3. (2) Elevate Your Assets, Elevate Your Wealth by Kelvin Fong<br \/>4. (-) The First Fools: B-Sides Of Lee Kuan Yew\u2019s A-Team edited by Peh Shing Huei<br \/>5. (-) The Psychology Of Money by Morgan Housel <br \/>6. (-) Revenge Of The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell<br \/>7. (7) How Countries Go Broke: The Big Cycle by Ray Dalio<br \/>8. (-) From Beirut To Jerusalem: 40th Anniversary Edition by Dr Ang Swee Chai<br \/>9. (-) My Father Is Police Lah! by Rowena Hawkins<br \/>10. (-) The Last Fools: The Eight Immortals Of Lee Kuan Yew edited by Peh Shing Huei<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fdde93d3268254d80f04289fd34c3753f92ea51970f2741818b21fa9fc4089a9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"aspect-portrait flex items-start shrink-0 portrait article-portrait object-contain mobile:w-screen tablet:w-auto\" data-testid=\"image-test-id\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-eyebrow-baseline-regular text-secondary\" data-testid=\"inline-media-caption-test-id\"> The Day I Forgot My Flag by Neil Johnson, illustrated by Vincent Lee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-eyebrow-baseline-regular text-placeholder\" data-testid=\"inline-media-credit-test-id\">PHOTO: EPIGRAM BOOKS<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">1. (1) The Day I Forgot My Flag by Neil Johnson, illustrated by Vincent Lee<br \/>2. (9) Never Thought I\u2019d End Up Here by Ann Liang<br \/>3. (4) The World\u2019s Worst Superheroes by David Walliams<br \/>4. (6) Percy Jackson And The Olympians: Wrath Of The Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan<br \/>5. (8) How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell<br \/>6. (-) Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan<br \/>7. (-) A Good Girl\u2019s Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson<br \/>8. (-) We\u2019ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han<br \/>9. (3) Big Jim Begins (Dog Man 13) by Dav Pilkey<br \/>10. (-) Powerless by Lauren Roberts<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">This is The Straits Times\u2019 compilation of bestseller lists from Kinokuniya, Epigram, Wardah Books, Book Bar, Afterimage and Bookshop.sg boo<\/p>\n<p>ST Weekly BestsellersBestsellersBooksFictionNon-fiction books<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Singaporean writer Jemimah Wei\u2019s debut novel The Original Daughter. PHOTO: WEIDENFELD &amp; NICOLSON 1. 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