Bruce Humes

Rank

(sales)

Title in English/Author

(For reference only–many have no English title.)

Original Title/Author

China

Publisher

Comments/Links

to English Sites

1

Tiny Times/

Guo Jing-Ming

小时代 1.0／

郭敬明

Changjiang Literature & Art Press

Top earning China author in 2008.

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.

3

Notebook of a Grave Robber/

Nan Paisanshu

盗墓笔记／

南派三叔

China Friendship Publishing

4

Lan ben jia yi/

Qi Jin-Nian

澜本嫁衣／

七堇年

Changjiang Literature & Art Press

5

Wolf Totem/

Jiang Rong

狼的图腾／

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.

6

The Tibet Code (4)/

He Ma

藏地密码（4）／

呵马

Chongqing Publishing House

Latest volume in long-winded tale of mysterious Tibet which begins with sighting of rare Tibetan mastiff. All four volumes best sellers. Rights sold for Korean and Vietnamese versions.

7

Destiny/

Lu Tian-Ming

命运／

陆天明

Hunan Literature & Art Press

8

Yuanliang Wo Hongchen Diandao/

Murong Xuecun

原谅我红尘颠倒／

慕容雪村

Zhuhai Press

From the author of Leave Me Alone, Chengdu, long-listed for the Man Asia Literary Prize.

9

If You are the One/

Feng Xiao-Gang

非诚勿扰／

冯小刚

Changjiang Literature & Art Press

10

Shaanxi Opera/

Jia Ping-Wa

秦腔／

贾平凹

Writers Publishing House

11

Chen Fu/Cui Man-Li

浮沉／

崔曼莉

Shaanxi Normal University Press

12

Zhujing Banzhuren/

Wang Xiao-Fang

驻京办主任 （三）／

王晓方

Writers Publishing House

13

The Tibet Code (1)/

He Ma

藏地密码 （1）／

何马

Chongqing Publishing House

First volume in long-winded tale of mysterious Tibet which begins with sighting of rare Tibetan mastiff. All four volumes best sellers. Synopsis.

14

The Kite Runner/

Khaled Hosseini

追风筝的人／translation

Shanghai People’s Publishing

Translation of Khaled Hosseini’s best-seller. Interview with the China translator: “An Afghan Childhood Re-packaged for the Middle Kingdom.”

15

Rongbaozhai Art Gallery/

Du Liang

荣宝斋／

都梁

Changjiang Literature & Art Press

16

The Right Bank of the Argun River/

Chi Zi-Jian

额尔古纳河右岸／

迟子建

Beijing Arts & Literature Publishing House

The moving first-person narrative of an elder woman from the endangered Evenki people who traditionally straddle the Sino-Russian border and live off reindeer. Read about the author’s presentation at The Sydney’s Writers Festival. 

17

The Tibet Code (2)/

He Ma

藏地密码 （2）／

何马

Chongqing Publishing House

Second volume in long-winded tale of mysterious Tibet which begins with sighting of rare Tibetan mastiff. All four volumes best sellers.

18

The Tibet Code (3)/

He Ma

藏地密码 （3）／

何马

Chongqing Publishing House

Third volume in long-winded tale of mysterious Tibet which begins with sighting of rare Tibetan mastiff. All four volumes best sellers.

19

Zhujing Banzhuren/

Wang Xiao-Fang

驻京办主任／王晓方

Writers Publishing House

20

Wode Tuanzhang, Wode Tuan/

Lan Xiao-Long

我的团长我的团（上）／

兰晓龙

New Star Press

21

The Mayor’s Secretary /

Wang Xiao-Fang

市场秘书前传／

王晓方

The Writer’s Publishing House

Fourth in a series

22

Zei Mao/

Tianxi Bachang

贼猫／

天下霸唱

Anhui Literature & Art Press

23

Huguang Shanse/

Zhou Da-Xin

湖光山色／

周大新

Writers Publishing House

24

Dear John/

Nicholas Sparks

分手信／translation

Tianjin Education Press

25

The Unbearable Lightness of Being/

Milan Kundera

不能承受的

生命之轻／translation

Shanghai Translation Publishing House

Translation of Kundera’s classic, based on the French version.

26

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.

27

Qinqiang Huihua Pingdian Ben/

Jia Ping-Wa

秦腔绘画评点本／

贾平凹

China Workers Press

28

Zhujing Banzhuren (sequel)/Wang Xiao-Fang

驻京办主任（二）／

王晓方

Writers Publishing House

29

Twilight/

Stephanie Meyer

暮光之城 － 暮色／

translation

Jieli Publishing House

30

The Art of Racing in the Rain/

Stein