books


art and culture / Friday, April 13th, 2018

I deliberated for a while what to title this page, before settling on “books”. I once asked for recommendations, you can see the thread here.

Ministry of Moral Panic, by Amanda Lee Koe

I skimmed through this one once, but I didn’t really enjoy it. I’ll give it another shot sometime this year maybe, if I get in the right mood for it. It seems to be the general favorite.

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, by Sonny Liew

This gets my personal vote of recommendation, it was one of the best things I read in 2017, period.

  • Kappa Quartet, by Daryl Qilin Yam
  • Malay Sketches, by Alfian Sa’at
  • The Gatekeeper – Nuraliah Norasid
  • The Red Threads of Fortune – JY Yang
  • gone case – dave chua
  • We Rose Up Slowly – Jon Gresham
  • The Resident Tourist – Troy Chin
  • Bang My Car – Ann Ang
  • Corridor – Alfian Sa’at
  • capital misfits by julie koh
  • Tender Delirium – Tania de Rozario
  • Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal – I haven’t read this yet, but my wife has, and she likes it. I’ve enjoyed Balli’s commentary pieces around the web, too.
  • Now That It’s Over – O Thiam Chin
  • Altered States – Kevin Martens Wong
  • It never rains on National Day
  • Heartland – Daren Shiau
  • the beating and other stories – dave chua
  • Hoshimaruhon series – Wena Poon
  • eastern heathens – ed. ng yisheng and amanda lee koe
  • The Inlet – Claire Tham
  • Singular Acts Of Endearment – Desmond Kon
  • City of Small Blessings – Simon Tay
  • Payoh – Jim Tan
  • We Were Always Eating Expired Things by Cheryl Julia Lee
  • these foolish things – yeo wei wei