VOL.78/2025.01

2nd Week, November 2022

Best seller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea

2022.12.05

Books of various fields could be found on the best sellers’ list for the second week of November. For example, Read Law Classics with Cho Kuk, written by jurist Cho Kuk introduces classics related to law that he explicitly picked. With the implicit meanings of sentences in them, he analyzes how they are applied in Korean society. Meanwhile, just like how leaves change colors in different seasons, the book Uncanny Convenience Store 2 has returned with its maple leaf edition. How about enriching the season of books with Uncanny Convenience Store 2, which has changed its clothes to fit the red season? Also, Lee Eun-Kyung’s Daily Vocabulary for Elementary Schoolers is out, which will be a great teacher for children’s English vocabulary as they prepare for the upcoming new year. In this calendar-themed book, Lee Eun-Kyung, who has been a trusted mentor for parents, teaches words from literary works that children like, helping them learn new vocabulary every day.

* K-Book Trends Vol. 44 – Go to the interview with Kim Ho-Yeon

For children’s books, several series have added new volumes to their sets. For example, Dr. Egg, a comic book series about observing nature, presenting popular kids’ Youtuber Dr. Egg’s content, returned with an eighth volume. It rapidly took over the first place on the best sellers’ list. Also, Rangrang Brothers’ Rice Cake Shop is the seventh volume of the Manbok’s Rice Cake Shop (BIR Publishing) series, which has been setting records as a children’s book series, selling more than a million copies while being included in textbooks. Through the new book, writer Kim Lily presents fun stories about rice cakes, following the tales in the previous volumes. Meanwhile, animal behaviorist professor Choi Jae-Cheon released Choi Jae-Cheon’s Animal Adventure for kids. This new series launched with the book Choi Jae-Cheon’s Animal Adventure 1: Blue Ghost of Ferry Beagle will lead children to the world of ecology, helping them learn and experience many things in nature and build the heart to embrace it.

* K-Book Trends Vol. 41 - Go to the interview with Kim Lily

* K-Book Trends Vol. 44 – Go to the article about professor Choi Jae-Cheon

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

Top 10 best sellers for the 2nd week of November
1		Trend Korea 2023 Author│Kim Nando and others Publisher│Miraebook Genre│Business
2		Father’s Liberation Diary Author│Jung Ji-Ah Publisher│Changbi Genre│Fiction
3		Read Law Classics with Cho Kuk Author│Cho Kuk Publisher│O My Books Genre│Humanities
4		Uncanny Convenience Store 2 (Maple leaf edition) Author│Kim Ho-Yeon Publisher│Namu Bench Genre│Fiction
5		Lee Eun-Kyung’s Daily Vocabulary for Elementary Schoolers Author│Lee Eun-Kyung Publisher│Forest Books Genre│Family
6		Harbin Author│Kim Hoon Publisher│Munhakdongne Genre│Fiction
7		Uncanny Convenience Store (Cherry blossom edition commemorating 400 thousand copies sold) Author│Kim Ho-Yeon Publisher│Namu Bench Genre│Fiction
8		Crossing the Limit Author│Krafton, Iain McCaig Publisher│Goldenbough Genre│Art
9		A Fairly Good Attitude Author│Park Ji-Hyun Publisher│Maven Genre│Humanities
10		Practical Pscyhology for Your Daily Life Author│Wang Li Publisher│Mediasup Genre│Self-help

 

Top 5 children’s books for the 2nd week of November
1		Dr. Egg Series 8 Author│Park Song-I Publisher│Mirae N Co., Ltd.
2		Rangrang Brothers’ Rice Cake Shop Author│Kim Lily and others Publisher│BIR Publishing
3		Hunhan Nammae’s Science Exploration 6: Physics 2 Author│Hunhan Nammae (original), Lee Hyeon-Jin, Doctor SCO Publisher│Gimmyoung Junior
4		Magical Thousand Characters 55: Make a Clear Decision! Author│Yoo Dae-Young Publisher│Owl Book
5		Choi Jae-Cheon’s Animal Adventure 1: Blue Ghost of Ferry Beagle Author│Choi Jae-Cheon and others Publisher│Dasan Kids