VOL.69/2024.04

2nd Week, August 2022

Bestseller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea

2022.09.05

Familiar titles could be found on the best sellers’ list for the 2nd week of August. Writer Kim Hoon returned with his new book Harbin, about the life of An Jung-Geun (Korean independence activist) that he has been working on for a long time. The book talks about An Jung-Geun as an ordinary human being, not as a national hero or a great man of history, reorganizing historical facts with writer Kim’s imagination and unique writing style. Also, the book Pachinko, which went out of print due to the end of the publication contract, returned to meet Korean readers in a totally new outfit. Describing the life of a Korean immigrant family, the book well reflects Korean-American writer Lee Min-Jin’s hope to deliver “stories of Korea.” Meanwhile, writer Kim Ho-Yeon’s Uncanny Convenience Store, which has been continuously soothing the hearts of readers ever since its publication, came back with the second volume. Why don’t we visit the “uncanny convenience store” once again, which returned with a more in-depth and touching story?

* K-Book Trends Vol. 44 – Go to the article about writer Kim Ho-Yeon

Screenplays and scenarios of movies and dramas also could be found on the best sellers’ list, such as Decision to Leave by director Park Chan-Wook, which has been a hot issue leaving a lingering impression on viewers. It would be good to take the time to reflect on the work once again with its script book. In addition, the scenario book of the drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo, which has been at the center of global attention on Netflix, has positioned itself among the best sellers. The book includes materials and information such as behind-the-scene stories that any fan would not want to miss.
Meanwhile, if we look at the best selling non-fiction for the 2nd week of August, Chung Han-Kyung, the writer of Hello, My Dear (Book Romance), returned with a new book, A Miracle Named You, receiving great love from her readers. With stories about healing the exhausted hearts and bodies of people living busy lives, the book illuminates how valuable you are to be “you” with calm but carefully written sentences. Also, Manage Your Feelings to Manage Your Life has been helping its readers control their emotions since its publication last April. If you have trouble controlling your emotions, how about taking the time to relieve your mind by reading the book?

* The rank of best sellers below was organized after integrating domestic best sellers in the second week of August from the four biggest online bookstores in Korea – Kyobo Bookstore, Aladdin, Yes 24, and Interpark.

Top 10 best sellers for the 2nd week of August
1		Harbin Author│Kim Hoon Publisher│Munhakdongne Genre│Fiction
2		Uncanny Convenience Store 2 Author│Kim Ho-Yeon Publisher│Namu Bench Genre│Fiction
2		Pachinko 2 Author│Lee Min-Jin Publisher│Influential Genre│Fiction
4		Extraordinary Attorney Woo 1 Author│Moon Ji-Won Publisher│Gimmyoung Genre│Art
5		Counter Your Life Author│Jachung Publisher│Woongjin Jisik House Genre│Business
6		Decision to Leave: Scenario Author│Chung Seo-Kyung, Park Chan-Wook Publisher│Eulyoo Publishing Genre│Art
6		Pachinko 1 Author│Lee Min-Jin Publisher│Influential Genre│Fiction
8		Extraordinary Attorney Woo 2 Author│Moon Ji-Won Publisher│Gimmyoung Genre│Art
9		Uncanny Convenience Store Author│Kim Ho-Yeon Publisher│Namu Bench Genre│Fiction
10		I Will Keep Going Author│Lim Eun-Jung Publisher│Medici Media Genre│Politics & Society

 

Top 5 non-fiction for the 2nd week of August
1		Manage Your Feelings to Manage Your Life Author│Kim Da-Seul Publisher│Claudia
2		Why Fish Don’t Exist Author│Lulu Miller Publisher│Gom Books
3		A Miracle Named You Author│Chung Han-Kyung Publisher│Book Romance
4		Moon Jae-In’s Consolation: Transcription Edition Author│Deohyumeon Editing Team Publisher│Deohyumeon
4		I Will Keep Going Author│Lim Eun-Jung Publisher│Medici Media