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Book set in Singapore:


Thorn of Lion City by Lucy Lum
Following the Wrong God Home by Catherine Lim
The Singapore Grip by J.G. Farrell
A Tiger in the Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
The Bondmaid by Catherine Lim
Singapore School of Villainy by Shamini Flint
Song of Silver Frond by Catherine Lim
From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965 - 2000 by Lee Kuan Yew
Miss Seetoh in the World by Catherine Lim
King Rat by James Clavell
Or Else, the Lightning God and Other Stories# by Catherine Lim
Saint Jack by Paul Theroux
They Do Return...but gently lead them back by Catherine Lim
South by Java Head by Alistair MacLean
True Singapore Ghost Stories by Russell Lee (several books in series)
O Singapore!: Stories in celebration by Catherine Lim
The Merlion and the Hibiscus by M.A. Quayum
Little Ironies: Stories of Singapore by Catherine Lim
Diary of a Taxi Driver by Cai Mingjie
Chicken Soup for The Singapore Soul by Jack Canfield
The Lies That Build a Marriage by Suchen Lim
Mammon Inc. by Hwee Hwee Tan
Fistful of Colours by Su-chen Christine Lim
Foreign Bodies: A Novel by Hwee Hwee Tan
The Scent of the Gods by Fiona Cheong
Snake Agent by Liz Williams
Spider Boys by Ming Cher
West from Singapore by Louis L'Amour
Singapore Burning by Colin Smith
Tanamera by Noel Barber
Singapore Swing by John Malathronas
Sinister Twilight: The Fall of Singapore by Noel Barber
Singapore Fling by Rhian Cahill
Invisible Trade by Gerrie Lim
Red Hot Renegade by Kelly Hunter
The Red Thread: A Chinese tale of love and fate in 1830s Singapore
Singapore: A Biography by Mark Ravinder Frost
Once a jolly hangman : Singapore justice in the dock by Alan Shadrake
The Boat: Singapore Escape - Cannibalism at Sea by Gibson Walter
Singapore Girl: A Memoir by James Eckardt
The Battle for Singapore by Peter Thompson
The Singapore Kid by Jessica Alejandro
Legendary Tales of Singapore: Cerita Legenda Singapura by Catherine G
My Kiasu Teenage Life in Singapore by Ee Lin See
Men in White by Sonny Yap
The Rose of Singapore: by Peter Neville
Singapore Transfer by Wayne Warga
Indiscreet Memories by Edwin A. Brown
Singapore Diary: The Hidden Journal of Captain R M Horner by Ronald Horner
Diary of a Girl in Changi by Sheila Allan
The woman's book of superlatives by Catherine Lim

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The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew by Kuan Yew Lee
A Singapore Love Story by Low Kay Hwa
A Different Sky by Meira Chand
Inspector Zhang Gets His Wish! by Stephen Leather
Tilting Our Plates to Catch the Light by Cyril Wong
The Thorn of Lion City: A Memoir by Lucy Lum
City of Small Blessings by Simon Tay
Unmarked Treasure: Poems by Cyril Wong
The Resident Tourist by Troy Chin (1st book in series)

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan.

Aunty Lee's Delights: A Singaporean Mystery

People of the Pear Tree by Rex Shelley

Soy Sauce for Beginners by Kirstin Chen

A great book. One of the bst I've read
The Virgin Soldiers

The Ambassador's Wife by Jake Needham

The Lands of Charm and Cruelty: Travels in Southeast AsiabyStan Sesser

The Oddfits by Tiffany Tsao

Sarong Party Girls: A Novel by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan

From the Belly of the Carp: Singapore River Voices by Roger Vaughan Jenkins

It's a book with about 100 poems in the form of dramatic monologue of the people who lived/worked near the Singapore River. It won the Singapore Literature Prize 1995. Every good and informative of how it was like in the old days.

Smokescreen


The plot to assassinate the Israeli Prime Minister during a visit to Singapore. A magazine reporter becomes a scapegoat. This novel was chosen as one of the six "boundary breaking" books by IndieReader in 2016.

More books set in Singapore:


After You by Cyril Wong
All broken up and dancing by Kelvin Tan
Among the White Moon Faces by Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye by Sonny Liew
The Ayam Curtain by J.Y. Yang
Bamboo Heart by Ann Bennett (1st book in Bamboo Heart series)
Below: Absence: Poems by Cyril Wong
Beneath the Singapore Sky by P.C. Nicholas
Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One by Jason Erik Lundberg
The Black Isle by Sandi Tan
Boom by Jean Tay
Breaking the Tongue by Vyvyane Loh
Buddhism at Work
Bulletproof Buddhists and Other Essays by Frank Chin
Coast: A Mono-Titular Anthology of Singapore Writing by Daren Shiau
Confrontation by Mohamed Latiff Mohamed
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (1st book in Crazy Rich Asians series)
A Dance of Moths by Goh Poh Seng
Dance With White Clouds: A Fable For Grown Ups by Goh Poh Seng
The Deceived by Brett Battles (2nd book in Jonathan Quinn series)
The Dictator's Eyebrow by Cyril Wong
Diplomacy: A Singapore Experience by S. Jayakumar
The Eight Curious Cases of Inspector Zhang by Stephen Leather
Eight Plays by Ovidia Yu
Equal to the Earth by Jee Leong Koh
Everything but the Brain by Jean Tay

Hi all, my new novel 'A Yellow House' is set in Singapore and just published this summer by Monsoon Books in the UK and available in Singapore as well as worldwide. Do check it out and I love to hear feedback!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Ten-year-old Singaporean Maya is lonely; her grandmother is dead, her mother is focused on her career and her best friend has become a bully. When Aunty M, a domestic worker from Indonesia, joins the family to take care of Maya and her baby sister, Maya is ready to hate her.

Aunty M smiles a lot, but says little. However, after Aunty M and Maya rescue a fellow maid living in the same building and beaten by her employer, Maya discovers a side of Singapore hitherto unknown to her. She and Aunty M grow closer as they meet more and more women in need.

What will happen when Mama finds out about Maya and Aunty M’s growing involvement with the aunties? Will Maya lose Aunty M too? After all, Mama did say she hates busybodies….

This poignant coming-of-age story, told in the voice of inquisitive Maya, explores the plight of migrant domestic workers in Singapore and the relationships they form with the families they work for.

More Books Set in Singapore:


Anthology of Short Stories by Toeti Heraty Roosseno
Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge by Ovidia Yu (3rd in Singaporean Mystery series)
Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials by Ovidia Yu (2nd in Singaporean Mystery series)
Bamboo Island by Ann Bennett
The Dead American by Jake Needham (3rd book of Inspector Samuel Tay series)
Death Wish by Gwee Li Sui
The Demon and the City (2nd book of Detective Inspector Chen series)
Escape from Paradise: From Third World to First by John Harding
Fear No Poetry! by Gwee Li Sui
The Feng Shui Detective Goes South by Nury Vittachi
Fish Eats Lion by Jason Erik Lundberg
Floating on a Malayan Breeze by Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh
Fortune Cookie by Bryce Courtenay
Four Kiwis and a Falcon by David Harford
Four Plays by Chong Tze Chien
Frog Under a Coconut Shell by Josephine Chia
Gift from the gods by Suchen Christine Lim
The Girl From Ermita & Selected Poems, 1961–1998 by Goh Poh Seng
The Girl in the Window by Jake Needham (4th in Inspector Samuel Tay series)
Haikuku by Gwee Li Sui
Half Life by Roopa Farooki
Heartland by Daren V.L. Shiau
The Hikayat Abdullah by Abdullah Bin Abdul Kadir
The Hour Before Dawn by Sara MacDonald
If We Dream Too Long by Goh Poh Seng
The Immolation by Goh Poh Seng
Inheritance by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Island in the Centre by Rex Shelley
Joss and Gold by Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
Kebaya Tales by Lee Su Kim
La Kopi by Alvin Mark Tan
The Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza by Cyril Wong
Last Tang Standing by Lauren Ho
A Leap of Love by Catherine Lim
Let Me Tell You Something About That Night by Cyril Wong
Like A Seed with its Singular Purpose by Cyril Wong
A Luxury We Cannot Afford: An Anthology of Singapore Poetry by Christine Chia
Man/Born/Free: Writings on the Human Spirit from Singapore by Gwee Li Sui
Meddling and Murder by Ovidia Yu (4th book in Singaporean Mystery series)
Memoirs of a DJ: Life in Progress by Vernetta Lopez
Miss Moorthy Investigates by Ovidia Yu
Model Citizens by Haresh Sharma
A Monsoon Feast by Verena Tay
The Moonlight Palace by Liz Rosenberg
The Mudskipper by Ovidia Yu
My Other Family: An Artist-Wife in Singapore, 1946-48 by Patricia Morley
Myth of the Stone by Gwee Li Sui
The Naked Island by Russell Braddon
Of Oysters, Pearls and Magic by Joyce Chng
Off Centre by Haresh Sharma
One Thousand and One Nights by Gwee Li Sui
The Other Merlion and Friends by Gwee Li Sui
The Other Side of Paradise by Margaret Mayhew
Pedra Branca: The Road to the World Court by S. Jayakumar
Princess Shawl by Shirley Lim
Raffles and the Golden Opportunity by Victoria Glendinning
Red Dot Irreal - Equatorial Fantastika by Jason Erik Lundberg
Return to a Sexy Island by Neil Humphreys
Rice Bowl by Suchen Christine Lim
Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan (2nd book in Crazy Rich Asians series)
Rider by Joyce Chng (1st book in The Rider Trilogy)
A River of Roses by Rex Shelley
The River's Song by Suchen Christine Lim
Romance at Three Kingdoms: Escape to Temasek #1 by Jonathan Lee
Saint by Jean Tay
Satori Blues: A Poem by Cyril Wong
Scorpion Orchid by Lloyd Fernando
The Serpent's Tooth by Catherine Lim
A Shadow of A Shadow of A Dream by Catherine Lim
Shadow Theatre by Fiona Cheong
The Shrimp People by Rex Shelley
Silverfish New Writing 2 by Satendra Nandan
Singapore by Massimo Coppola
Singapore Is Not An Island by Bilahari Kausikan
Singapore Love Stories by Verena Tay
Singapore Noir by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
Singapore Salvation by Jennifer Burge
Singapore Sling by Lata Vishwanath
Singapore Sling-Shot by Andrew Grant
The Singapore Wink by Ross Thomas
Singathology:50 New Works by Celebrated Singaporean Writers by Gwee Li Sui
The Singing Top: Tales from Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei by Margaret Read MacDonald
Single Girl Abroad by Kelly Hunter
Sisters In Arms by Nicola Tyrer
Solo in Singapore by Tanushree Podder
Speaker by Joyce Chng (2nd book of The Rider Trilogy)
Straw, Sticks, Brick by Cyril Wong
Sugarbread by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Ten Sticks and One Rice by Oh Yong Hwee
Ten Things My Father Never Taught Me and Other Stories by Cyril Wong
Tender Deceit by H.Y. Hanna (1st book in Tender series)
Tender Delirium by Tania De Rozario
This Place Called Absence by Lydia Kwa
Those Who Can’t, Teach by Haresh Sharma
The Trader''s Sister by Anna Jacobs (2nd book in The Traders series)
The Trader's Wife by Anna Jacobs (1st book in The Traders series)

More books set in Singapore:


17A Keong Saik Road by Charmaine Leung
After The Inquiry by Jolene Tan
Air-Conditioned Nation Revisited by Cherian George
And Other Rivers by Jing-Jing Lee
And the Award Goes to Sally Bong! by Sebastian Sim
Balik Kampung 3B: Some East More West by Verena Tay
Bang My Car by Ann Ang
Beauty Queens Of Bishan by Akshita Nanda
The Betel Nut Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu (2nd book in Crown Colonyseries)
The Billion Shop by Stephanie Ye
The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang (1st book of Tensorate series)
A Certain Exposure by Jolene Tan
Cooling-Off Day by Alfian Sa'at
Corridor: 12 Short Stories by Alfian Sa'at
Costume by Yeng Pway Ngon
Death of a Perm Sec by Wong Souk Yee
The Descent of Monsters by Neon Yang
The Dogs by O Thiam Chin
Eating Chilli Crab in the Anthropocene: Environmental Perspectives on Life in Singapore
Fox Fire Girl by O Thiam Chin
The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu (1st book in Crown Colony series)
Free-Falling Man by O Thiam Chin
From the Belly of the Cat by Stephanie Ye
The Gatekeeper by Nuraliah Norasid
Glass Cathedral by Andrew Koh
Hard at Work: Life in Singapore by Gerard Sasges
Homeless by Liyana Dhamirah
How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee
I Will Survive by Leow Yangfa
Impractical Uses of Cake by Yeoh Jo-Ann
The Invisible Manuscript by Alfian Sa'at
Kappa Quartet by Daryl Qilin Yam
Let's Give It Up for Gimme Lao! by Sebastian Sim
Lion City by Ng Yi-Sheng
Lizard's Tale by Weng Wai Chan
Love, Or Something Like Love by O Thiam Chin
Malay Sketches by Alfian Sa'at
Ministry of Moral Panic by Amanda Lee Koe
The More Known World by Tiffany Tsao (2nd book in The Oddfits Series)
The Naysayer's Book Club: 26 Singaporeans You Need to Know by Simon Paul Vincent
Never Been Better by O Thiam Chin
Nimita's Place by Akshita Nanda
Notes From An Even Smaller Island by Neil Humphreys
Now That It's Over by O Thiam Chin
'Others' Is Not A Race by Melissa De Silva
The Paper Bark Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu (3rd book in Crown Colony Series)
Ponti by Sharlene Teo
The Red Threads of Fortune by Neon Yang (2nd boo in Tensorate series)
Regrettable Things That Happened Yesterday by Jennani Durai
The Rest of Your Life and Everything That Comes With It by O Thiam Chin
The Riot Act by Sebastian Sim
Signs of Life by O Thiam Chin
Singapore Black by William L. Gibson
Sofia and the Utopia Machine by Judith Huang
Sonnets from the Singlish by Joshua Ip
State of Emergency by Jeremy Tiang
Steep Tea by Jee Leong Koh
Tall Order: The Goh Chok Tong Story by Shing Huei Peh
Teenage Textbook by Adrian Tan
This Could Be Home by Pico Iyer
This is Where I Won't Be Alone by Inez Tan
This Is What Inequality Looks Like by You Yenn Teo
Travails of a Trailing Spouse by Stephanie Suga Chen
Trilogy by Haresh Sharma
The Umbrella Man by Jake Needham (2nd book in Inspector Samuel Tay series)
Under the Sun by O Thiam Chin
Unhurried Thoughts At My Funeral by Catherine Lim
Unrest by Yeng Pway Ngon
Velouria by Daren Shiau
A Watershed Election by Catherine Lim
Ways of Seeing by Elephnt
Where the Dawn Comes Up Like Thunder by Alexander Frater
Who Wants to Buy a Book of Poems? by Gwee Li Sui
The Widower by Mohamed Latiff Mohamed
Wind And Water by Ang Chin Geok
Written Country: The History of Singapore through Literature by Gwee Li Sui
A Yellow House by Karien van Ditzhuijzen
You Cannot Count Smoke by Cyril Wong
You'll Die in Singapore by Charles C. McCormack

Set in Singapore JOURNEY TO PARADISE

For readers of Dinah Jeffries and Jenny Ashcroft, journey to Paradise is set in Singapore in 1949 on the cusp of colonial change. Bereaved mother Miranda Lewis travels to Singapore in the hope of starting a new life but she soon feels like an outsider and her relationship with her husband becomes increasingly distant. When Nick Wythenshaw, a doctor, encourages her to work in the local community she finds new purpose, but as riots erupt across the country and danger in the region draws ever closer, she is forced to make impossible choices that will change her life for ever.

Themes of marriage, motherhood, displacement, race, inequality, isolation, grief, friendship, education, politics and self discovery peppered with social, political and military history.

Superb crime series by Neil Humphreys, long-time Singapore resident. Only three books at the moment but I'm hoping he'd write more.

Full of colloquialisms and part social commentary, part detective story.

"The novel is, most fascinatingly, a marvellous geography of Singapore’s urban and gardened landscape.

Gresham has created a compelling speculative setting around Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Clementi Forest, the Rail Corridor, Blair Road and other locales, populating a world with multi-species life that allows the non-human to narrate the city.

It is an action-packed, page-turning novel that reveals the author’s fecund imagination of a Singapore which loses control.

In part, this can be read as a parable about climate change and the complete inversion of human-animal dynamics. On the other hand, it can also be understood as a pandemic novel, revealing how human domination is already complicit in the making of a less habitable world for all planetary life."

Shawn Hoo, The Straits Times

The Sun Sets in Singapore

Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal.

The Light Between Us