VOL.69/2024.04

1st Week, December 2022

Best seller Trends in the Four Biggest Online Bookstores in Korea

2023.01.02

For the first week of December, books that warm up our hearts in cold winter became best sellers in Korea. For example, the Common Siblings (titled Hunhan Nammae in Korean) series, which has been loved for its humorous stories about daily life, returned with a new volume. The no.1 best seller, Common Siblings 12, includes 12 episodes and fun activities such as psychological tests and mazes, making children’s hearts flutter ahead of the winter vacation. Meanwhile, psychoanalyst Kim Hye-Nam released If I Were to Re-live My Life, which is a special edition of the book The Reason Why Life is Interesting (Gallion) published in 2015, commemorating 100 thousand copies sold. Through the book, Kim urges the readers to live their lives joyfully by doing things they like, along with stories she wanted to tell her patients. Also, Mapo Agricultural and Marine Products Market, which has been popular on Twitter for sharing heartwarming posts and recipes for single households, published Don’t Forget Your Meals and be Happy, which ranked 10th. If you feel like making some savory food for yourself, this book will present you with the most pleasurable moment that comforts both your body and mind.
Meanwhile, Run Your Dollar ranked 2nd among business books for the first week of December. This book, written by Park Jung-Bu, CEO of Daiso, the most popular general store in Korea, talks about how he achieved success. It serves as a guide for many of those wishing to start their own business. Also, Money Trend 2023, a trend forecaster in the financial sector, ranked 3rd among its type. Experts from different industries, ranging from real estate to stock investment, share strategies to become rich. In addition, Housing Subscription System: A to Z is a book published by the Korea Real Estate Board (REB), the operator of the house subscription system. It includes everything you need to know about house subscriptions in Korea, from the apartment allocation draw standards to moving in afterwards. The book will be a kind guide for you throughout the entire process of application.

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

Top 10 best sellers for the 1st week of December
1		Common Siblings 12 Author│Hunhan Nammae (original story), Baek Nan-Do Publisher│Mirae N (I-Seum) Genre│Children
2		If I Were to Re-live My Life (special edition commemorating 100 thousand copies sold) Author│Kim Hye-Nam Publisher│Maven Genre│Humanities
2		Trend Korea 2023 Author│Kim Nando and others Publisher│Miraebook Genre│Business
4		Father’s Liberation Diary Author│Jung Ji-Ah Publisher│Changbi Genre│Fiction
5		Run Your Dollar Author│Park Jung-Bu Publisher│Sam & Parkers Genre│Business
6		Uncanny Convenience Store 2 (Maple leaf edition) Author│Kim Ho-Yeon Publisher│Namu Bench Genre│Fiction
7		Uncanny Convenience Store (Cherry blossom edition commemorating 400 thousand copies sold) Author│Kim Ho-Yeon Publisher│Namu Bench Genre│Fiction
7		Seol Min-Seok’s Korean History Adventure Author│Seol Min-Seok, Storybox Publisher│Dankkumi Genre│Children
9		My Hero Academia (limited edition) Author│Kohei Horikoshi Publisher│Seoul Media Comics (Seoul Media Group) Genre│Comics
10		Don’t Forget Your Meals and be Happy Author│Mapo Agricultural and Marine Products Market Publisher│Semicolon Genre│Cooking

 

Top 5 business books for the 1st week of December
1		Trend Korea 2023 Author│Kim Nando and others Publisher│Miraebook
2		Run Your Dollar Author│Park Jung-Bu Publisher│Sam & Parkers
3		Money Trend 2023 Author│Jung Tae-Ik and others Publisher│Book Moment
4		Counter Your Life Author│Jachung Publisher│Woongjin Jisik House
5		Housing Subscription Service: A to Z Author│Korea Real Estate Board (REB) Publisher│Hanbit Biz