This page lists the novels I plan to read as part of my 2025 challenge to explore Singaporean fiction. You can learn more about my selection criteria here. I publish a review every Monday.
My reading list is still a work in progress, so if you have suggestions for novels to include, I’d love to hear from you! You can email me at [email protected].
- Ponti by Sharlene Teo – Read (Jan ’25)– Read the review here
- A Candle or The Sun by Gopal Baratham – Read (Jan ’25)- Read the review here
- The Gatekeeper by Nuraliah Norasid – Read (Jan ’25) – Read the review here
- Altered Straits by Kevin Martens Wong – Read (Jan ’25) – Read the review here
- Heartland by Daren Shiau – Read (Jan ’25) – Read the review here
- Lieutenant Kurosawa’s Errand Boy by Warran Kalasegaran – Read – Read the review here
- Escape from Bussorah Street by AK Zai – Read (Jan ’25) –
- Raffles Time Ragtime by Philip Jeyaretnam – Read (Jan ’25) –
- The Riot Act by Sim Sebastian – Read (Jan ’25) –
- Inheritance by Balli Kaur Jaswal – Read (Jan ’25) –
- Penghulu by Suratman Markasan – Read (Jan ’25)
- Catskull by Myle Yan Tay – Read (Jan ’25) –
- Sophia and the Utopia Machine by Judith Huang – Read (Jan ’25)
- Flowers at Dawn by Mayandiambalan Balakrishnan – Read (Jan ’25)
- When a Flower Dies by Josephine Chia – Read (Jan ’25)
- The Punkhawala and the Prostitute by Wesley Leon Arozoo – To Read
- If It Were Up to Mrs Dada by Carissa Foo – To Read
- The Lights that Find Us by Anittha Thanabalan – To Read
- The Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza by Cyril Wong – To Read
- We do not make love here by Nisha Mehraj – To Read
- Fistful of Colours by Suchen Christine Lim – To Read
- Sembawang: A Novel by Kamaladevi Aravindan – To Read
- A Singapore Love Story by Low Kay Hwa – To Read
- Death of A Perm Sec by Wong Souk Yee – To Read