Bestsellers in 2014 included Passing By Your World, The Kite Runner, and One Hundred Years of Solitude. These books were at the top of different rankings and had achieved good sales results. Among them, Passing By Your World: A Story That Moves Everyone's Heart was the top of Amazon's China bestseller list. The success of these bestsellers also reflected the influence of social hot topics on reading trends. Other than these books, there were also some other best-selling online novels, but the specific rankings and titles were not provided.
The 2020 bestseller list included all kinds of books. We can come to the following conclusion:
- Among the top 10 best-selling e-books, Value: My Thoughts on Investment and Su Shimin: My Experience and lessons were ranked first and second respectively. This showed that people were becoming more and more interested in investment and management.
- In the top 10 audio bestsellers, China's economy 2020 and Principles entered the top 10. This showed that people also paid a lot of attention to books on economics and management.
- The original novels of movies and TV series were becoming more and more popular in digital reading, which was related to the increasing popularity of big IP adapted movies and TV series year by year.
- Books related to the epidemic and infectious diseases also received widespread attention from readers. Plague, Blood Plague: The Story of Virus, and Love in the Age of Virus were among the top 10 paid e-books on Amazon's China's annual list of bestsellers.
- There were also many bestsellers in other categories, including learning books, youth literature, and children's books.
In summary, the 2020 bestseller list covered all types of books, including investment, management, economics, original works of movies and television dramas, and works related to epidemic and infectious diseases. This reflected the wide range of interests and needs of readers for books on different topics and types.
I can't provide a ranking of the bestsellers of Chinese prose because it's a subjective question. Different readers may have different answers. But I can tell you a few common trends and characteristics of best-selling prose.
Prose was a literary genre that expressed the author's thoughts and feelings in a free, casual, and lyrical way. Best-selling prose books usually involved hot topics, social reality, life insights, and so on, attracting the interest of a large number of young readers. At the same time, the beautiful writing style, sincere emotions, profound thoughts and other characteristics also made it a dark horse in the field of literature and loved by readers.
Among the bestsellers of Chinese prose, some famous prose, such as Zhu Ziqing and Wang Guozhen, had always been favored by readers. Most of them are about nature, life, society and so on. They have high literary value and depth of thought and are deeply loved by readers. At the same time, some prose collections such as Essay Artist and Reader were also the bestsellers of prose.
Prose is a literary genre full of poetic and humane feelings, with a wide range of audiences and profound cultural implications. If you are interested in prose, you can read some famous prose to understand the charm and characteristics of prose.
The world's best-selling books were ranked as follows:
1. Bible
2. quotations from Chairman Mao
3. Koran
4. Xinhua Dictionary
5. princekin
6. Harry Potter series
7. Don Quixote
8. Who touched my cheese?
9. Tale of Two Cities
10. The Lord of the Rings
Please note that this ranking is based on the search results provided. There may be other best-selling books that are not included.
Well, 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' by J.K. Rowling was also a huge hit in 2000. It's part of the incredibly popular Harry Potter series. In this book, Harry is entered into the Triwizard Tournament, facing more dangerous challenges than ever before, and there are also more revelations about the wizarding world and his connection to Voldemort.
Some of the 2016 best - selling fictions were 'The Girl on the Train' by Paula Hawkins. It was a psychological thriller that had a gripping plot and complex characters which attracted a large number of readers. Another one could be 'A Man Called Ove' by Fredrik Backman. It was a heartwarming story about an old man and his life, which was both funny and deeply moving.
One of the best - selling fictions in 2017 was 'The Handmaid's Tale' by Margaret Atwood. It had a resurgence in popularity due to the TV adaptation, which brought its dystopian world to a wider audience.
Another one is 'The Da Vinci Code' by Dan Brown. It's a thriller that combines mystery, art history, and religious intrigue. The fast - paced plot keeps readers on the edge of their seats as the main character, Robert Langdon, tries to solve a series of puzzles related to the works of Leonardo da Vinci.
One of the best - sellers in 2024 fiction could be 'The Lost City' by an emerging author. It has an engaging plot full of mystery and adventure. The characters are well - developed, and the writing style is captivating, which makes it appealing to a wide range of readers.
One of the best - selling fictions in 2020 was 'The Midnight Library' by Matt Haig. It tells a story about a woman who gets to experience different lives in a magical library. Another popular one was 'Where the Crawdads Sing' by Delia Owens. It combines mystery and a beautiful description of nature.