You can try this book I got from the library, a very old book that is based on the Malaysian stock market and a little bit on Singapore stock market as well. Informative and good for beginners.

Stock Market Investment in Malaysia and Singapore - Neoh Soon Kean

You will notice new books will also apply the methods in the old books. But with a more vibrant way of explaining and how the old methods can be applied to the new markets. While older books tend to talk about past booms and busts, the new books will reflect the newest booms and bust. For example, a book written before 1990 would concentrate it's analysis on why the stock market crash during 1987. But a book written in 2001 will discuss more on the the crash of 1997 with reference of similiarities to crash of 1987.

While the newer books will have a more in-depth analysis of the recent events, past events are more for reference and will not be discussed or analysed as detailed as the recent events. Although most books will quote a reference guide of older books for the reader if they wish to know more about past events.

In my opinion, read everything you can to learn about anything. There is no such thing as 1 book that will answer all your questions, no one solution to all yoru problems and no one strategy to trade in the market.