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Historical Novels

  • State of Emergency

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    Description Praise About the Author Shortlisted for NUS Singapore History Prize 2021Winner of Singapore Literature Prize 2018, FictionShortlist...

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  • Death of a Perm Sec

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    Description Book Trailer About the Author Finalist for the 2015 Epigram Books Fiction PrizeShortlisted for the Popular Readers' Choice Awards 2...

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  • Blue Sky Mansion

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    Description Book Trailer About the Author Shortlisted for the Epigram Books Fiction Prize 2021Look inside the book    |   Get the e-book    |...

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  • The Riot Act

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    Description Praise Book Trailer About the Author Nominated for the 2019 Singapore Book Awards, Best Literary Work Winner of the 2017 Epigram Bo...

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  • Nimita's Place

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    Description Praise Book Trailer About the Author Co-Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize 2020 (English, Fiction)Shortlisted for the 2019 Si...

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  • The Java Enigma

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    Description Praise Book Trailer About the Author Finalist for the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Look inside the book    |    Get the E-Book ...

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  • Son of Singapore

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    Description Praise About the Author Look inside the bookGet the E-book    Listen to the audiobook A publishing sensation in the 1970s and 1980s...

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  • Penghulu

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    Description Praise About the Author & Translator Translated from the Malay by Solehah Ishak Look inside the book   I   Get the E-book Pak S...

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  • Spider Boys

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    Description Praise About the Author Look inside the bookGet the E-book    Listen to the audiobook In the 1950s, the street boys of Singapore ca...

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    Man of Malaysia

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    Description Praise About the Author Look inside the bookGet the E-book    Listen to the audiobook In this revealing sequel to his bestselling a...

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  • Glass Cathedral

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    Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book  I   Get the E-book Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize Commendation Award, Glass...

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    Scorpion Orchid

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    Description Praise About the Author Look inside the bookGet the E-book    Listen to the audiobook An exciting first novel set in pre-independen...

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  • Flowers at Dawn

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    Description About the Author & Translator Look inside the book   I   Get the E-book War is looming when Anbarasan arrives in Singapore from...

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  • Green is the Colour

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    Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book  |  Get the E-book First published by Landmark Books in 1993, Green is the Colour expl...

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  • Eye On The World

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    Description About the Author Look inside the bookGet the E-book    Listen to the audiobook Eye on the World is the third and concluding volume ...

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  • Big Mole

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    Description Praise About the Author Shortlisted for Best Fiction Title for Singapore Book Awards 2016Shortlisted for Best Book Cover Design for...

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  • Three Sisters of Sze

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    Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book   I  Get the E-book Set in Penang, the well-heeled Sze family, initially loving, disin...

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  • The Immolation

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    Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book   I   Get the E-book Regarded as one of the pioneers of Singapore literature, Goh Poh ...

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  • Samsui Girl

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    Description About the Author Inspired by Singapore’s iconic Samsui women. Amber is a cheeky girl who likes to put her legs up on the chair. He...

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  • Confrontation

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    Description Praise About the Author Selected by The Business Times as one of the Best Books of 2013 Translated from the Malay by Shaffiq Selama...

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  • Ricky Star

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    Description Praise About the Author Look inside the book  I  Get the E-book First published in 1978 by Pan Pacific Book Distributors, Ricky Sta...

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  • Wayang Girl

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    Description About the Author Inspired by the traditional Chinese opera known as Wayang. Amber loves playing with her cymbals. But her mother i...

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  • Nazi Goreng

    Nazi Goreng

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    Description About the Author Nazi Goreng is a disturbing story of one young Malay man’s coming-of-age in the big city and offers a stunning por...

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  • The Harmony Silk Factory

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    Description About the Author A landmark work of fiction from one of Britain’s most exciting new writers: The Harmony Silk Factory is a devastat...

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  • Coolie Boys

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    Description About the Author Inspired by the coolies, the workers who helped build Singapore. Being a coolie is far from cool! It’s hard work ...

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  • The House of Doors

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    Description Praise About the Author Longlisted for The Booker Prize 2023 It is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang...

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  • A Different Sky

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    Description Praise About the Author Singapore - a trading post where different lives jostle and mix. It is 1927, and three young people are st...

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  • The Devil's Circle
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    The Devil's Circle

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    Description About the Author The War is over, the Union Jack flies again over the Municipal Building. Life has come full circle. Or has it? The...

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  • The Mimosa Tree Mystery

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    Description About the Author Mirza, a secretive neighbour of the Chens in Japanese Occupied Singapore, is a known collaborator and blackmailer....

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  • Gasing Boy

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    Description About the Author Inspired by the traditional Malay spinning top known as the Gasing. John Chow is in trouble. Sent away from his c...

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  • Olivia & Sophia

    Olivia & Sophia

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    Description About the Author Two audacious women; one remarkable man … When Raffles sets sail from the cold, damp confines of Georgian London t...

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    Finding Maria

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    Description About the Author In December 1950, the worst riots Singapore has ever seen shut down the town for days, killing 18 people and wound...

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  • The Red Thread
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    The Red Thread

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    Description About the Author Like Chinese silk, The Red Thread is, by turns, gentle and strong, exploring a love that breaks through the divide...

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  • A Bit of Earth

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    Description Praise About the Author In A Bit of Earth, Suchen Christine Lim deftly weaves historical fact and a fiery imagination in a visually...

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