Bestsellers

Moving between cities and generations, Amma follows three women on very different paths, against a backdrop of shifting cultures. As circumstance and misunderstanding force them apart, it will take the most profound love...

The heart-rending story of survival and endurance in Japanese-occupied Singapore Singapore, 1942. As Japanese troops sweep down Malaysia and into Singapore, a village is ransacked, leaving only three survivors, one...

Peripathetic is an essay collection exploring globalised identities in flux. There was something so captivating about always being on the edge, on that shaky precipice of promise – something new...

The international bestseller! Like all good Chinese children, Andrea Tang is doing her best to fulfil all her mother’s plans for her life: she’s on track to become partner at...

 'A dark riot of a novel' NGHI VO 'An explosive conclusion that will leave readers breathless' ZEN CHO 'Unabashedly vibrant and original' SUNYI DEAN 'A definitive must-read' AMY LEOW A fierce,...

*Highly Commended Fiction — Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021* 'Before I go into my grave,' she says out loud, 'I will kill that man.' A brilliant new novel from the...

Flinch & Air is a unique exploration of Asian female identity. Reflecting on culture, politics, language and society in and beyond Hong Kong, this is a book of remembrance, courage,...

Roadkill for Beginners is Stephanie Chan’s first collection of poetry. It’s part scrapbook of love letters to places, part field guide to the people in them. It’s a messy celebration of...

'An incredible debut' ROXANE GAY 'Wise and wonderful' PAUL BEATTY Who would you sacrifice on the altar of ambition? Singapore, 1996. Before Arin, Genevieve Yang was an only child. Living...

From Gillian Flynn Books, a lyrical young adult horror by debut author Wen-yi Lee that’s perfect for fans of She Is a Haunting, Stephen King’s IT, and The Haunting of...

The number of women in media professions may have increased in recent years, but there is still a gender imbalance and lack of diversity in newsrooms, film sets, and so...

The Tensorate Series brings together four genre-defining silkpunk novellas by acclaimed author Neon Yang. The Tensorate Series, which has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus, and Lambda...

The Nommo Award Winner.The Nebula Award Finalist.The World Fantasy Award Finalist.The British Science Fiction Award Nominee. A contemporary fantasy filled with the mythos of Nigeria. Shigidi is the god of...

the bright sorrow is always ringing, always ringing, and fading into forgettingIn his second book, Jonathan Chan presents poems written through the years of the pandemic and eruptions of war...

A Goodreads Best Science Fiction Choice Award NomineeA New York Public Library Top 10 Book of 2022 An immersive, electrifying space-fantasy, Neon Yang's debut novel The Genesis of Misery is...

Death Practices Around the World Discover the world’s most fascinating death and funeral traditions in this illustrated modern-day memento mori. Embark on a whirlwind tour of burial, preservation, and memorial...

Who can you trust if you found out that everything you've been taught is a lie? Keix wakes up in an underground prison-weak, emaciated, and battling partial memory loss. Her...

‘Hustlers’ meets Big Little Lies in the heist of the summer… Meet Ava: rule-abiding lawyer who has ticked all of life’s boxes. She’s married to a successful surgeon and has...

A feast of a country's cultural history Kuang was five years old when he first arrived in Singapore from Shantou, China. Reunited with his abusive good-for-nothing grandfather and a new...

The 'Going Home' poetry sequence unfolds with a blend of remarkable technical skill and intense personal, physical immediacy. It reminds us that our tongues not only speak but also taste,...

In this unusual, engaging, and intimate collection of personal essays, Lambda Literary Award finalist Tania De Rozario recalls growing up as a queer, brown, fat girl in Singapore, blending memoir...

Short stories set in contemporary Malaysia and Singapore, depicting the lives of the lonely, desperate and heartbroken in their morally-subjective worlds.Two figures sit in a car, waiting to commit a...

An intricate blend of mystery and horror with a feminist take on the roles of womanhood, especially motherhood, in contemporary time An unnamed young woman and her companion strike up...

Despite the distance, Claire cannot escape the scandals that beset her clan, especially when she discovers that she is a product of one. The Rosales House is a contemporary novel...

We are invisible: we clean your houses, we look after your children, we know your secrets. But now you know one of ours… Rules for being a maid:• No smoking•...

A unique amalgamation of an LGBTQ+ coming-of-age tale of identity and sisterly-love with supernatural influences set in modern metropolitan SingaporeGrowing up was never meant to be easy for Michelle Tan....

It's time to peel away the layers of a cliche that is not just useless, but harmful. The claim that the twenty-first century will be Asian, just as the twentieth...

A mesmerising novel by the author of Rainbirds and The Perfect Worldof Miwako Sumida about a young man trying to escape his past in Japan. When Shouji Arai crosses one...

A witty and heartwarming exploration of friendship and romance. This is a succession style K-drama that is perfect for a beach read.' - Glamour 'A sweet slow-burning romance' - Heat From...

In Singapore, cooking the agak agak way is cooking with intent and intuition. ‘Agak agak’ is a colloquial term rooted in the Malay word for ‘somewhat’. This term comes to...

7 Fundamentals to Recruit, Reward & Retain the Largest Generation in the WorkforceA guide into what engages and motivates the millennial population working in organisations.By 2025, Millennials will form 75%...

A story of a family paying the price of an unapproved birth under China's One-Child PolicyWhat price does a family pay for an unapproved birth?Li Fu and Mei, farmers from...

Lucie Yi has tried love – it didn’t work.She’s decided that finding Mr Right is a myth, and that finding Mr Right-enough-to-have-children-with is the next best option. So when she...

Singapore and the Invention of Modern AsiaLion City tells the extraordinary story of Singapore — the world's most successful city state.In 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita was on a par...

Her destiny. His revenge. In an empire on the brink of war . . . Ahn is no one, with no past and no family. Altan is a lost heir,...

Crazy Rich Asians meets The Devil Wears Prada, with a dash of Gossip Girl, in this dazzling debut novel. Samantha Song has always dreamed of having her own by-line in...

Fabulous Recipes from Asia’s Food CapitalFood is an abiding Singapore passion — an obsession quite simply because there’s so much of it that’s so good on this tiny multicultural island....

A heart-warming collection of stories featuring Merdeka Generation Seniors who had lived through the challenging development of pre-independent Singapore to its present day; and yet are now facing new challengesThis...

Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize 2018Shortlisted for the NUS Singapore History Prize 2021Shortlisted for the Singapore Book Awards 2018, Best Fiction Title Siew Li leaves her husband and young...

Introducing a sharp-witted heroine for the 21st a new amateur sleuth exploring the landscape—both physical and virtual—of New York in a debut novel about love, technology, and murder. Claudia Lin...

When a charming billionaire and a reclusive lawyer tie the knot to outsmart an inheritance scheme, sparks fly and unexpected love blossoms in this sizzling romance from Ava Rani, author...

A statement to the profound loneliness available to only those who commit to loveSingapore, where driven foreign women have a hard time finding work- a Harvard-educated mother struggles to find...

'JAW-DROPPING' AXIE OH A girl who lost her magic. The boy who found it. And a city having one Hell of a time . . . Rui is an Exorcist-in-training...

A snake spirit transforms into a boy and must hide his true identity after falling for a headstrong prince in this lush, romantic retelling of the traditional Chinese folktale. When...

The sequel to the NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Of Jade and Dragons - a thrilling and epic silkpunk fantasy inspired by the legendary Qing dynasty. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Lim and Xiran...

Presents a significant new way of looking at classical architecture in the Asian colonial context. Through a broad range of case studies spanning from imperial monuments to rural residences, Malayan...

A uniquely personal account of the life and enduring legacy of the Renaissance library With the advent of print in the fifteenth century, Europe’s cultural elite assembled personal libraries as...

An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years A brilliant, paradigm-shifting global survey of how human history has reshaped the planet, and vice versa over the last 500 years In...

Co-Winner of the 2021 Epigram Books Fiction PrizeWinner of the 2022 Singapore Book Award for Best Literary Work Miss Cassidy is no ordinary governess.She can tutor the most wayward child,...

**Shortlisted, NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2023, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry** In this new collection by a seasoned master, Kim Cheng Boey moves between Singapore and Australia, youth and middle...