As the annual China Shanghai International Book Fair season arrived, Beijing’s OpenBook research group had new observations to mention.
Endangered, Indigenous Languages Featured at Shanghai’s Fair
The dogged problem of endangered and Indigenous languages is a major one in children’s books.
China Bestsellers: Flashes of New Titles in the Slow Season
Those school-driven sales of the “classics” on the mainland’s reading lists have room for a couple of newer works this season.
China Bestsellers: Summer Reading Rules the Charts
July’s summer-reading-list among students in China may yet yield some newcomers to the mainland’s bestseller lists.
China Bestsellers: Charts Boost Keigo Higashino and Ma Boyong
The mainland’s June 2025 charts demonstrated some strong reader loyalty for both a Chinese and a Japanese author releasing new books.
Margaret McDonald Wins the Branford Boase Award for ‘Glasgow Boys’
Called ‘refreshingly strong and bold,’ Margaret McDonald’s ‘Glasgow Boys’ continues its wins, this time with the Branford Boase Award.
China Bestsellers: Charting May’s Marketing Energy
‘Store-exclusive merchandise’ and ‘women-centric fiction’ are spotted on the May bestseller charts in Mainland China.
China Bestsellers: Franchising Fuels Success in April 2025
As some franchise-supported titles arrive on China’s bestseller lists, more are anticipated in months to come.
China Bestsellers in March: Entertainment and DeepSeek
The March bestsellers in China this year have shown a growing demand for ‘NZ2’, books about AI and DeepSeek, and revived poetry.
China Bestsellers: ‘Ne Zha 2’ Box Office Is Great for Books
The animated extravaganza ‘Ne Zha: The Past of the Three Realms’ goes to new heights with consumers, rocketing the book to No. 1.