Feb 11
Fiction:
China Best Sellers List
(Jan 18-24, 2010)
Ranking Compiled by OpenBook
Published by China Publishing Today
(Comments by Bruce Humes)
| Rank (by sales) | English Title/Author (for reference only—many have no English title) | Original Title/Author | China Publisher | Comments/Links to English Sites |
| 1 | Tiny Times 2.0/Guo Jing-Ming (deluxe) | 小时代 2.0 虚铜时代／郭敬明 (精) | Changjiang Literature & Art Press | NPR’s interview with one of China’s youngest and highest earning authors. The hardback sold almost 40,000 copies online in a single day when launched end 2009. |
| 2 | Lost Symbol/Dan Brown | Lost Symbol/Dan Brown | People’s Literature & Art Press | |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | Twilight/Stephanie Meyer | Twilight/Stephanie Meyer | Jieli Publishing House | Could it be the footnotes? |
| 5 | Tiny Times 2.0/Guo Jing-Ming | 小时代 2.0 折纸时代／郭敬明 | Changjiang Literature & Art Press | NPR’s interview with one of China’s youngest and highest earning authors. The hardback sold almost 40,000 copies online in a single day when launched end 2009. |
| 6 | Notebook of a Grave Robber /Nanpai Sanshu | 盗墓笔记 ／南派三叔 | China Friendship Publishing | |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | Breaking Dawn/Stephanie Meyer | Breaking Dawn/Stephanie Meyer | Jieli Publishing House | Could it be the footnotes? |
| 9 | Eclipse/Stephanie Meyer | Eclipse/Stephanie Meyer | Jieli Publishing House | Could it be the footnotes? |
| 10 | New Moon/Stephanie Meyer | New Moon/Stephanie Meyer | Jieli Publishing House | Could it be the footnotes? |
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