Mind the Gap (Preorder)

This title is expected to be published by the end of October! If you are ordering other titles, order this preorder separately to receive the other titles first.

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Winner of the 2026 Epigram Books Fiction Prize

Mind the Gap follows Nora, a data-loving Malay girl finding her way through Singapore’s ever-expanding MRT lines and its increasingly narrow social expectations from the 1990s to the 2020s. With her sharp observations and a suspicious number of pie charts, she examines meritocracy, race and the boundaries of ambition, and learns to navigate the rules around her and to carve out a space of her own.

“My book invites readers to explore the gaps in how society defines meritocracy, success, and access, through the eyes of someone often a triple minority in many circles. My wish is that readers feel, even briefly, a kinder curiosity towards those still othered by class or skin.”
—Ratna Damayanti Taha