Books in the “Singapore Dreaming” bookshelf created by Goru

Neil Humphreys is a wacky foreigner, and here is his take on our cool city.

Your mother's cooking is always the best, especially when she's cooking Peranakan-style.

Crime Scene: Singapore is an anthology of gripping crime stories from the best in the business, Featuring stories from veteran UK crime writer Stephen Leather, Singapore Literature Prize winner Ng Yi-Sheng, and other popular Singapore-based authors.

These are tales of the human condition in all its variety, laid out like a vast mosaic. Catherine Lim has drawn from her nearly 50 years in Singapore to paint a portrait of the city and its people that is both unforgettable and unputdownable.

This hilarious new book records the tongue-in-cheek journey of an expat in Singapore, told through vignettes, snapshots and Top 10 lists. These include: “10 sure signs you’re in a Singapore taxi”; “Things first-time visitors to Singapore say”; “10 signs you’ve overstayed”; “Politically-incorrect expat profiling by nationality”; and many more.

Japan invades and captures the British colony of Singapore in 1942. All Europeans on the island are being interned. Edward Schirmer faces a dilemma -he is German, but born as a British subject. In a strange stroke of fortune, he finds himself friends with General Tomoyuki Yamashita, the famed Tiger of Malaya. What comes next surprises everyone.

An epic tale of love, loss and sexual awakening in 1950s Malaya and Singapore.

Discover the lives of prostitutes in Singapore! Their bodies may not be their own, but they each have their own story to tell.