11 most enriching #BookTok titles on sale this Prime Day on Amazon Singapore

In an age where it can sometimes feel like life is all about work, this updated version of the New York Times bestseller is a blueprint to escaping the rat race, living more, and working less. It includes over 50 practical tips and case studies from readers (including families) who have doubled their income, overcome common sticking points, and reinvented themselves. You'll also find real-world templates plus tools and tricks you can copy to live better, along with advice on how lifestyle design principles can be tailored to unpredictable economic times.

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Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, SnapChat...the world has not only become one giant feed, but also one giant confessional. Burn After Writing encourages you to spend less time scrolling and more time self-reflecting. Through questions and thought experiments, this journal helps you learn new things while letting others go. Push your limits, reflect on your past, present, and future, and create a secret book that's about you, and just for you. When you're finished, toss it, hide it—or 'burn after writing'. Fun fact: The cover comes in a range of colours and patterns to match whatever mood you're in.

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“If power is your ultimate goal, this is the book you need."—The Times. This work distils 3,000 years of the history of power and philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers into 48 laws that have applications in real-life situations. Illustrated through the tactics of Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissenger, P T Barnum, and other famous figures who have wielded—or been victimized by—power, this will fascinate anyone interested in gaining, observing or defending against ultimate control.

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Author BJ Fogg, pioneering research psychologist and founder of the iconic Behaviour Design Lab at Stanford University, is an expert on how small, quick wins can lead to major behavioural shifts. In this book, he illustrates how people can change their lives for the better, one tiny habit at a time. Based on 20 years of research and Fogg’s experience coaching over 40,000 people, it cracks the code of habit formation and shows that creating a happier, healthier life can be easy, and surprisingly fun.

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In a culture that’s defined by scarcity, fear and uncertainty, courage and human skills are becoming even more important. According to bestselling author Brené Brown, leaders are increasingly asking the same questions: How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders? How do you embed the value of courage in your culture? Dare to Lead answers these questions and offers actionable strategies and real examples from Brown’s research and her well-received courage-building programme.

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This twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery is about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history. In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, they began to be killed off, and many of those who dared to investigate the killings were murdered. When the newly created FBI took up the case, together with the Osage, they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.

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This beautiful novel about a blind French girl, Marie-Laure, and a German boy, Werner, whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize and the Carnegie Medal for fiction. Their stories illuminate the ways people try to be good to one another against all odds.

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For Angel Rahimi, life is about one thing: The Ark—a pop-rock trio of teenage boys who are taking the world by storm. Being part of The Ark’s fandom has given her everything she loves—her friend Juliet, her dreams, her place in the world. Jimmy Kaga-Ricci is The Ark’s frontman, and playing in a band with his mates is all he ever dreamed of doing. But dreams don’t always turn out the way you think. When Jimmy and Angel are unexpectedly thrust together, they find out how strange and surprising facing up to reality can be. This coming-of-age novel is a reflection of modern teenage life, and about the power of believing in something—especially yourself.

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This instant New York Times bestseller tells a mecha-science fiction tale of the boys and girls of Huaxia, who pair up to pilot giant transforming robots that can battle aliens, even though the girls often die from the mental strain. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the male pilot responsible for her sister's death. She gets her vengeance by killing him through a psychic link. Even as the system tries to tame her, Zetian is determined to figure out exactly why things work in this misogynist way and stop more girls from being sacrificed.

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Soon to be a major new TV series on Amazon Prime, this is the perfect summer romance novel about a girl who returns for her annual vacation at a family beach house. This year, though, something is different. The boys seem to really notice Isabel for the first time. It's going to be an amazing summer—and one she'll never forget.

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Sixty-year-old self-proclaimed tea expert Vera Wong enjoys nothing more than sipping a good cup of wulong and doing some healthy ‘detective’ work on the internet (a.ka. checking up on her son to see if he’s dating anybody). But when Vera wakes up one morning to find a dead man in the middle of her tea shop, it’s going to take more than a strong longjing to fix things. She decides it’s down to her to catch the killer.

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