OpenBook shares their insight into the top books on their fiction, nonfiction, and children’s bestseller lists from November, plus a look at what international authors are selling well in China.
China Bestsellers: Nobel Prize Boost, Aspirational Nonfiction, and Children’s Classics
Beijing’s OpenBook shares their insight into the top books on their international, fiction, nonfiction, and children’s bestseller lists.
China Bestsellers: Energies Around Shanghai’s Book Fair
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.
Shanghai’s 2025 Children’s Book Fair: New Exhibitors
The China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair looks to new international markets in November’s upcoming 12th iteration.
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.
Interview: Wattpad’s Aron Levitz, and the Demise of Radish
The president of Wattpad, Aron Levitz looks at the value of ’embracing a community, embracing a fandom.”
Radish Announces the ‘Difficult Decision’ To Close
Less than a decade in action, one of the key ‘online literature’ serialization platforms, Radish, is to close on December 31.