Bruce Humes

Rank (Sales)

English Title/Author

 (for reference only—many have no English title)

Original Title/Author

China Publisher

Comments/links to English Sites

1

Fuchen/Cui Manli

浮沉／催曼莉

Shaanxi Normal University Press

2

Story of Lala’s Promotion/Li Ke

杜拉拉升职／李可

Shaanxi Normal University Press

Pointers on office politics and surviving in a China-based multinational. Soon to be a movie directed by the mainland’s high-profile Xu Jinglei, and starring Taiwan singer Stanley Huang. 

3

Twilight/Stephanie Meyer

Twilight/Stephanie Meyer

Jieli Publishing House

4

New Moon/Stephanie Meyer

New Moon/Stephanie Meyer

Jieli Publishing House

5

Breaking Dawn/Stephanie Meyer

Breaking Dawn/Stephanie Meyer

Jieli Publishing House

6

Snail House/Liu Liu

蜗居／六六

Changjiang Literature & Art Press

 The novel about China’s urban mortgage slaves is hot, but the TV show is banned.

7

Eclipse/Stephanie Meyer

Eclipse/Stephanie Meyer

Jieli Publishing House

8

Lala (2) Those Shining Years/Li Ke

杜拉拉 （2）华年似水／李可

Shaanxi Normal University Press

9

Tiny Times/Guo Jing-Ming

小时代 1.0 折纸时代／郭敬明

Changjiang Literature & Art Press

Top earning China author in 2008

10

Wolf Totem/Jiang Rong

狼图腾／姜戎

Changjiang Literature & Art Press

Out now in English from Penguin, which reportedly paid the author $100,000 for the rights. Analysis of the work in the China context and a book review.

11

Canghuang/Wang Yuewen

苍黄/王跃文

Jiangsu People’s Publishing House

12

Little Reunion/Eileen Chang

小团员／张爱玲

Beijing October Arts & Literature Publishing

 “Little Reunion, written in 1976, is the love story of a traditional Chinese girl and a married national traitor. It greatly resembles that of Eileen Chang and her first husband Hu Lancheng…”

13

Meet Your Manifesting Self/Zhang Defen

遇见未知的自己/张德芬

Huaxia Publishing House

14

Fu Shi De/Chen Chen

浮世德／陈晨

Changjiang Literature & Art Press

15

The Lost Kingdom (2)/Tianxia Bachang

米踪之国／天下霸唱

Anhui Literature & Art Press

16

King Gesar/Alai

格萨尔王/ 阿来

Chongqing Publishing House

 Check out the integrated marketing campaign, interview with Alai, and book review. 

17

So in Love (2)/Su Xiaolan

全世爱 （丝婚四年）/苏小懒

Changjiang Literature & Art Press

18

City of Fantasy/Guo Jing-Ming

幻城／郭敬明

Changjiang Literature & Art Press

Melds fantasy and traditional Chinese martial arts fiction. Sold more than a million copies, despite charges of being highly derivative. But the author has been fined for plagiarism by a court in China for another work.

19

Love in Lijiang/Dian Kengmu

丽江之恋／踢踢兜

Chongqing Publishing House

Guide to romance in beautiful Yunnan.

20

The Kite Runner/Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner／Khaled Hosseini

Shanghai People’s Publishing

21

Struggle for Utopia (2.0)/Shi Kang

奋斗乌托邦／石康

Volumes Publishing Company

 Multi-volume work based on the TV series set in France.

22

Brimming over with Tomfoolery/Wang Xiaoli

任凭这空虚折腾/王小立

Changjiang Literature & Art Press

23

Give me a Sad River/Guo Jing-Ming

悲伤逆流成河／郭敬明

Changjiang Literature & Art Press

Top earning China author in 2008.

24

Rush to the Dead Summer/Guo Jing-Ming

夏至未至 （1995-2005）（新版）／郭敬明

Chunfeng Wenyi Press

Top earning China author in 2008.

25

Lurking in the Office/Lu Qi

潜伏在办公室／陆琪

Changjiang Literature & Art Press

26

Fuchen/Cui Manli

浮沉／催曼莉

Shaanxi Normal University Press

27

Memory in Dragon City/Di An

西决/笛安

Changjiang Literature & Art Press

28

Unbearable Lightness of Being/Milan Kundera

Unbearable Lightness of Being/Milun Kundera

Shanghai Literature & Art Press

29

Story of Lala’s Promotion (2 volumes)/Li Ke

杜拉拉升职（全二册）／李可

Shaanxi Normal University Press

30

Heidao Fengyun/Kong Ergou

黑道风云/孔二狗

Chongqing Publishing House