MysteryMay 5, 2026
Book Review: The Verifiers by Jane Pek
The novel is thoughtful, often sharp in its observations, though not always as propulsive as its setup might suggest.
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Historical fictionMay 5, 2026
Book Review: Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven
There’s a familiar promise attached to novels about messy families: humour, dysfunction, and hope that something might come back together.
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HumourApr 26, 2026
Book Review: The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
It’s not a novel that announces its intentions immediately. But once it settles into its rhythm, it becomes difficult to look away.
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Dystopian FictionApr 24, 2026
Book Review: The Compound by Aisling Rawle
This is less interested in the mechanics of competition and more concerned with what prolonged observation does to a person’s sense of…
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SingLitApr 22, 2026
Book Review: The Teenage Textbook by Adrian Tan
It captures adolescence in a way that feels grounded and enduring, avoiding the temptation to romanticise or trivialise the experience.
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ContemporaryApr 20, 2026
Book Review: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
This is recognisably an Emily Henry novel: sharply observed, emotionally aware, and built around characters who feel like they exist.
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ContemporaryApr 18, 2026
Book Review: Swallows by Natsuo Kirino
It reads less like a thriller and more like a slow psychological unraveling, one that reveals itself through subtle shifts in perception.
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AutobiographyApr 16, 2026
Book Review: I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan
It’s a book that asks you to pay attention—to the work, to the people who do it, and to the systems that…
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Book recommendationsApr 15, 2026
Best Books to Buy with SG Culture Pass (Based on Reviews & Ratings)
This guide cuts through that noise, focusing on the books that readers and critics alike have rated highly.
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Historical fictionApr 15, 2026
Book Review: Eight Lives of a Century-Old Trickster by Mirinae Lee
It’s a kind of novel that leaves you slightly off-balance, because it refuses to offer emotional clarity readers are often trained to…
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