Catapulted to the top of February’s list just weeks after its show’s premiere, ‘The Knockout’ smacks down ‘The Three-Body Problem.’ A still from ‘The Knockout’ (season 1, episode 1), the television series that premiered in mid-January in China. Its tie-in book from Qingdao Publishing House has entered the OpenBook fiction bestsellers list at No. 1 […]
A stage adaptation and the work of a strong translator were behind some of the standout books on China’s bestseller charts in March. The pink Yunnan cherry blossoms in March this year drew tourists to that city in the northwestern area of the province. Image, March 15 – Getty iStockphoto: Gujiang xie By Porter Anderson,
Three editions of one 2008 book were on OpenBook’s April bestseller fiction lists in China, powered by a new, touring stage adaptation. An April view of the Qing dynasty summer palace at Chengde’s mountain resort, a UNESCO World Heritage site built between 1703 and 1792. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Thomas De Wever By Porter Anderson,
China Bestsellers in May: Online, on Film, Onstage
Both in fiction and nonfiction, the Chinese charts in June reflected the readership’s deepening interest in national culture and history. College entrance exam time in Jiaozuo in China’s Henan province, June 7. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Zhu Xiaobin By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Japan’s Keigo Higashino Holds Three Spots One of the things that
With summer school titles driving contemporary classics sales, China’s July charts were busy with a robust interest in etiquette. ‘The Giant Egg,’ as some call Beijing’s National Center for the Performing Arts, on a July evening. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Mirko Kuzmanovic By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson See also: China Bestsellers in January: A
As contemporary classics return to the Top 30, China’s bestsellers in August have included a new challenge from relationship-driven fiction. On Sanduo Lu Street in Guangxi Province’s Guilin in August. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Pawopa By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘A True Understanding of Life’ August in mainland China’s readership trends proved to be—at
Those busy Bologna Book Fair(s) rolled out a trio of announcements at Frankfurt Book Fair, ahead of the April show in Italy. A view of the Bologna ‘Grand Tour’ exhibition at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2023. Image: BCBF By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Three Fairs, Three Announcements Amid the October intensity and energy of Frankfurter Buchmesse
Old friends: Ten of the books on China’s September Top 30 in fiction had each been on the list more than 20 times in the past. A September afternoon in Tianjin Water Park, a 72-year-old recreational park project in the coastal northern Chinese city. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Wirestock By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson
The hit author Yu Hua reached seven spots on China’s fiction charts thanks to a 1988 novel’s new film adaptation and its star. Early snowfall at Changchun’s Huanglong Royal Park in northeastern China’s Jilin province. The park was built during the Manchukuo period, in 1933. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Dandelion By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief |
