Published in 1991 and banned in mainland China, Wild Swans has sold over 13 million copies and been translated into 37 languages.
The Second Chance Convenience Store is proof that novels don’t need drama or spectacle to be powerful.
Five stars for flavour, nostalgia, and the grace of simple remembrances.
This is a five-star novel: prophetic, humane, and terrifyingly possible. Read it before your dreams become tomorrow’s data point.
In a genre that often leans predictable or overly sweet, Jesse Q. Sutanto delivers something fresh, funny, and deeply human.
This is a five-star read for anyone who danced around the living room to High School Musical or marvelled at Hannah’s double life.
Reading this felt like stepping into a sunlit laundromat on a rainy day: unexpected, comforting, and oddly healing.
This is my five-star read for families divided by ideology, for those seeking warmth amid political tumult, and for anyone who believes laughter might just be the bridge we need.
Five stars for brilliance, empathy, scientific curiosity, and cultural challenge. Matrescence is a book I’ll be recommending to every parent I know.
The Ladies Rewrite the Rules may not reinvent historical romance, but it adds a fresh feminist spirit to a familiar genre.