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The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers May 23

Book Review

Eat Bitter a raw exploration of food and endurance

Eat Bitter is a memoir by Lydia Pang.

Was a story that just won a literary prize AI-generated?

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize drew attention from readers who suspected that one of its winning stories, The Serpent In The Grove, was written by AI.

International Booker Prize: Taiwan Travelogue is first winner originally written in Chinese

Yang Shuang-zi (left), author of Taiwan Travelogue, and translator Lin King pose with the 2026 International Booker Prize trophies at the Tate Modern in London on May 19.

Fast Eddie does it again, Australia's Nketia runs 9.74 in illegal wind

‘I really hated my job’: Author Jade Song talks advertising and burnt offerings to the dead

Author Jade Song says her new novel, I Love You Don't Die, is a mix of personal experiences and fiction.

The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers May 16

Futuristic pop-up library brings sci-fi books and art to Parkway Parade

The newly opened sci-fi themed pop-up library at Parkway Parade on May 14, 2026.

Hurray for second acts in middle age

(Clockwise from left) Jesseca Liu, Hsieh Ying-xuan, Olinda Cho and Pets Tseng.

Book review

Deepa Anappara dives into minds of coloniser and colonised in Tibet-set The Last Of Earth

Indian author Deepa Anappara's historical novel The Last Of Earth has been designated by BBC as one of its top 2026 reads.

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