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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • Sacred Waters
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    Sacred Waters

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    Description Praise About the Author Holding the child in the crook of her arm, her mother stood up and walked towards the river. ‘Where are you...

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  • The Storm We Made

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    Description Praise About the Author Recommended by The New York Times Book Review, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Barnes & Noble, Apple Bo...

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  • Rice Bowl

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    Description Praise About the Author A powerful story of young love and idealism set in Singapore in the 1960s, a time of political uncertaintie...

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  • The Phoenix and the Crow

    The Phoenix and the Crow

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    Description About the Author The Phoenix and the Crow is a story of corruption and abuse of authority in a small country town in China. Wang Bi...

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    The Shaman of Bali

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    Description About the Author Adam Milan washes up on the coast of Bali after being forced off a yacht at gunpoint by a psychotic captain. He is...

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  • Where The Sunrise Is Red

    Where The Sunrise Is Red

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    Description About the Author The year is 1950. Malaya is in the grip of Emergency Rule sparked off by the brutal murder of three British plante...

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  • The Heart Radical

    The Heart Radical

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    Description About the Author Told primarily through the captivating voice of a young girl awakening to a world at war, The Heart Radical is the...

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