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A Season When Spring Blossoms Stir the Heart

Best Sellers A Season When Spring Blossoms Stir the Heart Best Seller Trends in the Three Biggest Online Bookstoresin Korea for the 2nd week of April, 2025 2025.05.07 It’s April in Korea, a season full of excitement as spring flowers bloom in cities and nature alike. As people flock to enjoy the short but intense season, more and more readers are turning to books to get in on the fun. Books as colorful as spring flowers have made their way onto the integrated best seller lists for the second week of April. For example, Kim Young-Ha’s new essay A Life, Once, which has been making waves since its release, quickly became the No.1 overall best seller. Kim described the book as “a book that can only be written once in a lifetime,” capturing the thoughts and feelings that Kim has accumulated from deep within himself. Although life is said to be unpredictable, unfair, and disorganized, Kim’s book offers a lighthearted yet sharp look at the only life we have. ...

VOL.82 / 2025.05

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Spring Blooms With Books: The Beginning of a New Semester

Best Sellers Spring Blooms With Books: The Beginning of a New Semester Best seller Trends in the Three Biggest Online Bookstoresin Korea for the 2nd week of March, 2025 2025.04.07 Though climate change is causing more extreme weather events, the season is coming to spring. In Korea, where winter and spring cross paths, it seems like everyone is busy preparing for the new semester after the winter vacation.As if to prove the staying power of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Han Kang’s Human Acts has reclaimed the top spot. It wasn’t the only novel that made a comeback. Yang Gui-Ja’s Contradictions, ranked No. 5 in the overall ranking, has been on the best seller list for months, creating a new boom. The novel, which has gone through 132 printings since its first publication in 1998, delicately depicts the life of Ahn Jinjin, a 25-year-old single woman whose life is full of contradictions. Another best seller, Adult Happiness is Quiet, which has been a consi...

VOL.81 / 2025.04

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The Winds of Change Blow in Korean Society

Best Sellers The Winds of Change Blow in Korean Society Best seller Trends in the Three Biggest Online Bookstoresin Korea for the 1st Week of February, 2025 2025.03.10 It is the first week of February, and amidst the final bitter cold snap, people have been slowly saying goodbye to winter and looking forward to spring. Although the cold air and piles of snow are still around, the anticipation for the seasonal change grows as ipchun* passes. This is also a great time to get closer to a good book to enjoy the excitement of waiting for spring, and to reaffirm the resolve to read that you had at the beginning of the year. * Ipchun (立春): The first of 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar, considered the beginning of spring in Korea A new title has overtaken Han Kang’s novel at the top of the best seller list after only a few months. The book, A History for Progressives, is a wake-up call to the growing sentiment that is shaking up Korea...

VOL.80 / 2025.03

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3rd Week, January 2025

Best Sellers 3rd Week, January 2025 Best seller Trends in the Three Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2025.02.17 It’s the third week of January, the height of winter, but the weather in Korea is still milder than usual. Meanwhile, it was a time of confusion as various social issues continued, and thus, it was also a time to read books to calm the mind and develop the strength to make more accurate and rational judgments.While Han Kang’s Human Acts still holds firm at the top of the best seller list, there were several changes in the overall rankings, possibly reflecting the start of a new year. Perhaps inspired by the new year’s resolutions and the desire to study harder, Choi Tae-Sung’s Korean History Exam 2025: Advanced (Level 1, 2, 3) Vol. 1 and 2 by Choi Tae-Sung, one of the leading instructors of Korean history, came in third and fourth. These books are the bible for test takers who want to prepare for the Korean History Profi...

VOL.79 / 2025.02

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Adult Happiness is Quiet

New Books Adult Happiness is Quiet 2025.01.06 If you are feeling drained and far from happiness, pick up this book right now. Adult Happiness is Quiet. Wanting to live a happy life is a very basic human desire. However, if you only chase happiness, you will sometimes feel that your life is becoming increasingly tiring.Depression, insomnia, and burnout - ask yourself if any of these are what you are experiencing.The book, Adult Happiness is Quiet, encourages you, having become so used to unhappiness, to develop a strong “defense against unhappiness” rather than clinging to happiness. “Hey, I thought the last one to laugh was the one who lived a good life. But, it turns out that the one who laughs often is the one who lived the good life.” - from the book Adult Happiness is Quiet offers 58 solutions for a rock-solid approach to living an unwavering life, i...

VOL.78 / 2025.01

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1st Week, December 2024

Best Sellers 1st Week, December 2024 Best seller Trends in the Three Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2025.01.06 The first week of December marks a time to stand at the year’s end and reflect on the time that has passed. It’s also a good time to curl up with a nice book, review the year, and prepare for the new year ahead. In Korea, the excitement over Han Kang’s Nobel Prize in Literature has yet to fade. Readers continued to celebrate Han’s award this month, and the reading fever has never stopped. The book, Trend Korea 2025, which came in at No. 4 despite the competition with Han’s works, has been on the best seller list since its publication, showing readers’ interest in new year trends.Meanwhile, Happy Birthday, which came in at No. 8, is a book by Baek Hee-Na, winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, which is regarded as the Nobel Prize for children’s literature. It is a picture book that tells an extraordinary story of re...

VOL.78 / 2025.01

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3rd Week, May

3rd Week, May Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2020.06.01 If we look at the bestsellers of four major online bookstores in Korea for the third week of May, books written by Youtubers will catch our attention. New Yorker This Month that hit the top list the day after its publication is about the episodes which Hong Se-Rim - a Youtuber with 600K subscribers (channel name: Serim’s Life) - experienced when she was living in New York for a month. Also, COVID-19: Investment War written by three Youtubers of an economy channel “the Three Professionals TV” talks about their opinion on the changing economic landscape after the outbreak of COVID-19. This book was a sensation among Korean readers that it even became the bestseller in bookstores with only the pre-sales. Youtube is a hot market in Korea nowadays, and it seems that such a trend has also affected the publishing market.One other thing that catches our eyes is that essays, economics &...

VOL.23 / 2020.06

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2nd Week, April

2nd Week, April Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2020.05.04 In the second week of April 2020, Korea welcomed another year of warm spring, but social distancing was ongoing due to COVID-19. People refrain from going out and are staying longer at home; amidst such situation, the number ten integrated best seller Lower-body Balance Stretching catches our eyes. Published in March last year, this book introduces simple stretching movements that readers can easily follow indoors. It seems that Korean readers are reading books related to health and exercise tips that they can follow at home, as outdoor activities and workouts are limited.Along with this book, the integrated list of bestsellers of four major online bookstores in Korea includes books that have been steadily keeping their place on the list and newly added books as well. 1cm Diving, When the Weather is Fine, You’re Right, and Seol Min-Suk’s Great Adventure in Korean History 13 have ...

VOL.22 / 2020.05

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2nd Week, March

2nd Week, March Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea 2020.04.06 Due to the globally threatening virus COVID-19, Korea is campaigning for “Social Distancing.” Kindergartens and schools are postponing the new semester, and office workers are refraining from going outside, working at home, having a time-out moment from their busy lives. What books are Korean readers reading while overcoming the tough situation today?The top best seller for the 2nd week of March in the four major bookstores in Korea was The Plague, a famous novel written by a French author Albert Camus. This book became a hot issue again after having been introduced in a TV program “Book Reading for You (tvN).” The book is mainly about a city devastated by an infectious disease called “The Plague.” Due to its background similar to the situation of Korea currently struck by COVID-19, it was highly relatable to many readers which is why it seems to be ranking top on the li...

VOL.21 / 2020.04

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