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China Bestsellers: Energies Around Shanghai’s Book Fair

Porter Anderson — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:18:15 +0000

As the annual China Shanghai International Book Fair season arrived, Beijing's OpenBook research group had new observations to mention.

Porter Anderson — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 22:14:17 +0000

The dogged problem of endangered and Indigenous languages is a major one in children's books.

Porter Anderson — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:49:42 +0000

Those school-driven sales of the "classics" on the mainland's reading lists have room for a couple of newer works this season.

Porter Anderson — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:36:45 +0000

July's summer-reading-list among students in China may yet yield some newcomers to the mainland's bestseller lists.

Porter Anderson — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 19:30:45 +0000

The mainland's June 2025 charts demonstrated some strong reader loyalty for both a Chinese and a Japanese author releasing new books.

Porter Anderson — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 01:40:18 +0000

Called 'refreshingly strong and bold,' Margaret McDonald's 'Glasgow Boys' continues its wins, this time with the Branford Boase Award.

Porter Anderson — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 01:48:50 +0000

'Store-exclusive merchandise' and 'women-centric fiction' are spotted on the May bestseller charts in Mainland China.

Porter Anderson — Thu, 29 May 2025 21:40:48 +0000

As some franchise-supported titles arrive on China's bestseller lists, more are anticipated in months to come.

Porter Anderson — Mon, 19 May 2025 04:21:12 +0000

The March bestsellers in China this year have shown a growing demand for 'NZ2', books about AI and DeepSeek, and revived poetry.

Porter Anderson — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 02:40:17 +0000

The animated extravaganza 'Ne Zha: The Past of the Three Realms' goes to new heights with consumers, rocketing the book to No. 1.