The Naysayer's Book Club: 26 Singaporeans You Need to Know
By: Simon Paul Vincent
4.25
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
In 26 in-depth conversations, this book reflects the spectrum of naysaying in Singapore's civil soc…
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1. The River Between
By: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
3.79
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
The River Between explores life on the Makuyu and Kameno ridges of Kenya in the early days of white… read more
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2. And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
By: Fredrik Backman
4.33
Format: 97 pages, Kindle Edition
A little book with a big heart! From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove,… read more
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"And I don’t think you need to be scared of forgetting me,"-Fredrik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
"You never became ordinary to me, my love. You were electric shocks and fire."-Fredrik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
"Your grandma always had a terrible sense of direction. She could get lost on an escalator."-Fredrik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
"Most of all it’s about time. While we still have it. Thank you for giving this story yours."-Fredrik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
3. Kitchen
By: Banana Yoshimoto , Megan Backus
3.66
Format: 296 pages,
Banana Yoshimoto's novels have made her a sensation in Japan and all over the world, and Kitchen, t… read more
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4. Human Acts
By: Han Kang , Deborah Smith
4.37
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian, a rare and astonishing (The Observer… read more
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5. The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: Guidance on the Path to Mindfulness from a Spiritual Leader
By: Chi-Young Kim , Haemin Sunim , Youngcheol Lee
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A multimillion-copy bestselling book of spiritual wisdom about the importance of slowing down in ou… read more
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- nonfiction
6. Sweet Bean Paste
By: Durian Sukegawa , Alison Watts
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sentaro has failed: he has a criminal record, drinks too much, and hasn't managed to fulfil his dre… read more
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7. Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
By: William Deresiewicz
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and l… read more
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8. The Cat Who Saved Books
By: Sōsuke Natsukawa
3.72
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
The Cat Who Saved Books is a heart-warming story about finding courage, caring for others – and the… read more
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"But time is merciless in its passing."-Sōsuke Natsukawa, The Cat Who Saved Books
"Books have souls,’ repeated the cat softly. ‘A cherished book will always have a soul. It will come to its reader’s aid in times of crisis."-Sōsuke Natsukawa, The Cat Who Saved Books
"In today's world, a lot of what should be obvious has been turned upside down. The weak are used as stepping stones and those in need are taken advantage of. People just caught up in this pattern. No…"-Sōsuke Natsukawa, The Cat Who Saved Books
"Being able to express shallow words of sympathy in a sweet voice doesn't make someone a caring, compassionate soul. What's important is the ability to have empathy for another human being--to be able…"-Sōsuke Natsukawa, The Cat Who Saved Books
9. The Journey (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #2)
By: James Norbury
4.45
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
The journey of Big Panda and Tiny Dragon continues with an inspiring story of friendship and discov… read more
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10. When We Cease to Understand the World
By: Benjamín Labatut
4.14
Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition
One of The New York Times Book Review ’s 10 Best Books of 2021 Shortlisted for the 2021 Internat… read more
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- nonfiction
"Como la luna en el budismo, una partícula no existe; el acto de medición la vuelve un objeto real"-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
"Reality, they said to those present, does not exist as something separate from the act of observation."-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
"Una de las cosas que siempre me han sorprendido de Chile es la aversión que sentimos por la cordillera. No habitamos las montañas."-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
"Solo una visione di insieme, come quella di un santo, di un pazzo o di un mistico, ci permetterà di decifrare la forma in cui è organizzato l’universo."-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
11. Cursed Bunny
By: Bora Chung
3.78
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring t… read more
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"Her husband had pursued an “alternative lifestyle"-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"One can break the curse, but it is impossible to cure their blindness from greed. They were always ready to wage another war"-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"But there I remained, standing in the bathroom, waiting for someone to miraculously find me, to release me from my ties to this life."-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"Once you experience a terrible trauma and understand the world from an extreme perspective, it is difficult to overcome this perspective. Because your very survival depends on it."-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
12. Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
By: Hwang Bo-Reum
4.02
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
Yeongju is burned out. With her high-flying career, demanding marriage, and busy life in Seoul, sh… read more
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"Why? Because we only get one shot in life, and we're living it now."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day'."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be a success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
13. Conversations on Love
By: Natasha Lunn
4.25
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A celebration of love in all its forms, featuring conversations with: Philippa Perry on falling in … read more
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- nonfiction
"And I grew to understand that the grief I felt equalled the love. - Greg Wise"-Natasha Lunn, Conversations on Love
"The things I flew past in the race to get what I didn't have were actually the gifts all along."-Natasha Lunn, Conversations on Love
"I'm here for the good and the bad and everything in between". True friends see through any level of performance or denial or avoidance."-Natasha Lunn, Conversations on Love
"It's important when you've good news to tell the right people. People who understand the dream or have a dream of their own. Otherwise, you end up feeling deflated."-Natasha Lunn, Conversations on Love
14. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
By: Gabor Maté
4.32
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the c… read more
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- nonfiction
15. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
By: John Carreyrou
4.41
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of a multibillion-dollar start… read more
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- nonfiction
"It just feels like you want us to give you the formula for Coke in order to convince you that it doesn’t contain arsenic,"-John Carreyrou, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
16. Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
By: Tom Wright
4.07
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An epic true-tale of hubris and greed from two Pulitzer-finalist Wall Street Journal reporters, Bil… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
17. The Travelling Cat Chronicles
By: Hiro Arikawa
4.34
Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition
We take journeys to explore exotic new places and to return to the comforts of home, to visit old a… read more
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"Guddo rakku!"-Hiro Arikawa, The Travelling Cat Chronicles
"Because it was only natural to feel sad."-Hiro Arikawa, The Travelling Cat Chronicles
"Realmente, o ser humano é um bicho esquisito. - Nana"-Hiro Arikawa, The Travelling Cat Chronicles
"- A relação entre pais e filhos é diferente em cada família."-Hiro Arikawa, The Travelling Cat Chronicles
18. Butter
By: Asako Yuzuki
3.60
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist inten… read more
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"Dessert was home-made candied chestnuts, chiffon cake baked with amazake and rice flour, and cups of gingery chai. Biting into the cake, Rika discovered that it was perfectly fluffy, with a pleasing …"-Asako Yuzuki, Butter
"Soon after, Rika heard the sizzle of butter melting in a hot frying pan. It smelt to her like life itself. Maybe because it was animal fat, there was rough, raw depth and fragrance to its smell, whic…"-Asako Yuzuki, Butter
"Milk was originally blood. In that case, was the butter in the Babaji story actually a metaphor for all the carnage that took place under the cover of the jungle? What seemed pure, white and creamy h…"-Asako Yuzuki, Butter
"The whipped butter had already started melting across the waffles' latticed brown surface, creating a golden trickling waterfall that pooled in their hollows. Rika bit into the dough, savoring how ju…"-Asako Yuzuki, Butter
19. I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
By: Baek Se-hee
3.28
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
The South Korean runaway bestseller, debut author Baek Sehee's intimate therapy memoir, as recommen… read more
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- nonfiction
"Togetherness means altruism, and altruism is what saves us from selfishness."-Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
"For example, when you’re co-dependent on your partner you resent them, but when you leave your partner, you feel anxious and bereft."-Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
"Fear increases when it's something that you keep to yourself. Instead of suffering alone, it can often be good to share it with someone else."-Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
"What matters isn't what people say but what you like and find joy in. I hope you focus less on how you look to other people and more on fulfilling your true desires."-Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
20. Julia
By: Sandra Newman
3.78
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceana. It's 1984 and Julia… read more
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"У цьому весь жах. Ти не маєш вибору, а все ж мусиш діяти точно так, ніби маєш."-Sandra Newman, Julia
21. The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now
By: Meg Jay
4.11
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
Our "thirty-is-the-new-twenty" culture tells us that the twentysomething years don't matter. Some s… read more
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- nonfiction
"I wish I'd been more.. I don't know... intentional."-Meg Jay, The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now
"I wasn't scared of losing my past. i was scared of losing my future."-Meg Jay, The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now
"Doing something later is not automatically the same as doing something better"-Meg Jay, The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now
"The confidence that overrides insecurity comes from experience. There is no other way."-Meg Jay, The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now
22. The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
By: Laura Imai Messina
3.87
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The international bestselling novel sold in 21 countries, about grief, mourning, and the joy of sur… read more
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"We're still parents, even when our children are no longer here."-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
"It isn't just the best things that come to an end, but also the worst."-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
"It was the right moment. It always is when something beautiful happens."-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
"We need to possess joy in abundance before we can bestow it on somebody else."-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
23. AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
By: Kai-Fu Lee
3.86
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
In a groundbreaking blend of science and imagination, the former president of Google China and a le… read more
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- nonfiction
"Many people think smartphones and apps already know too much about us, but XR will take things to a whole new level."-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
"Imagine, a $1,000 political assassin! And this is not a far-fetched danger for the future, but a clear and present danger."-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
"autonomous weapons are already a clear and present danger, and will become more intelligent, nimble, lethal, and accessible at an unprecedented speed."-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
"More data leads to better AI (artificial intelligence), more automation leads to greater efficiency, more usage leads to reduced cost, and more free time leads to greater productivity. All of these w…"-Kai-Fu Lee, AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
24. A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2)
By: Hank Green
4.24
Format: 452 pages, Hardcover
April May and the Carls are back in the much-anticipated sequel to Hank Green's #1 New York Times b… read more
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"I read to occupy a mind other than my own"-Hank Green, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2)
"Often, restraint is far more remarkable than action."-Hank Green, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2)
"Your life is written on this body, and I love every piece of it."-Hank Green, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2)
"You can only pretend to be something so long before you become it."-Hank Green, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2)
25. 12 Bytes: How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next
By: Jeanette Winterson
3.92
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
Twelve eye-opening, mind-expanding, funny and provocative essays on the implications of artificial … read more
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- nonfiction
"There’s a new kind of quasi-religious discourse forming, with its own followers, its creed, its orthodoxy, its heretics, its priests, its literature, its eschatological framework. Even its own Singul…"-Jeanette Winterson, 12 Bytes: How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next
"The arts aren't a leisure industry - the arts have always been an imaginative and emotional wrestle with reality -a series of inventions and creations. A capacity to think differently, a willingness …"-Jeanette Winterson, 12 Bytes: How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next
26. Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
By: Cheryl Strayed
4.16
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. An anniversary edition of the best… read more
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- nonfiction
"This is how you get unstuck. You reach."-Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
"You get to define the terms of your life."-Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
"Be fearless enough to let love transform you."-Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
"Don’t listen to those people who suggest you should be “over"-Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
27. Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory
By: Raphael Bob-Waksberg
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
A fabulously off-beat collection of short stories about love—the best and worst thing in the univer… read more
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"People outgrow me,"-Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory
"I don’t even think about you,"-Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory
"Per-haps every can of cashews has a fake snake lurking, but you keep opening them, stupidly, because in your heart of hearts you still believe in cashews."-Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory
"I fell in love with you a little bit, in that stupid way where you completely make up a fictional version of the person you’re looking at and fall in love with that person."-Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory
28. Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern
By: Jing Tsu
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
What does it take to reinvent a language? After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world… read more
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29. Raffles Renounced
By: Alfian Sa’at
4.17
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Why did independent Singapore celebrate two hundred years of its founding as a British colony in 20… read more
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- nonfiction
30. The Singapore I Recognise: Essays on home, community and hope
By: Kirsten Han
4.59
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
Singapore is small, a complex country full of contradictions, inconsistencies and idiosyncrasies. O… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
31. The Naysayer's Book Club: 26 Singaporeans You Need to Know
By: Simon Paul Vincent
4.25
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
In 26 in-depth conversations, this book reflects the spectrum of naysaying in Singapore's civil soc… read more
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