K-Book Trends - South Korean bestsellers in September

South Korean bestsellers in September

Bestsellers at South Korea's biggest online bookstores, Interpark and Kyobo Book Centre

2019.10.07

Comparing online bestsellers at South Korea's Interpark and Kyobo Book Centre in the second week of September shows the same books have mostly been included on their top-selling lists. Books including Normal Siblings 1, 2, One Day I Became a Princess (luxury limited edition) and You Can Fix Your Brain were all among the top 10 bestselling books in September, showing how popular they were.
Among the bestsellers at Interpark and Kyobo Book Centre, Kim Young-ha's Why Travel drew intrigue. Why Travel is now marking its fifth month after release and despite this, it was the fifth bestselling book at both Interpark and Kyobo Book Centre, showing it has been consistently loved by readers. 90's Kids Are Coming also made it onto the bestseller lists after being recommended by the South Korean president while both parts of Seol Min-seok's Romance of the Three Kingdoms were bestsellers in September, attesting to the popularity of the star lecturer.
When comparing the bestsellers between the two online vendors, Interpark had more comic books like Only I Level Up 1. Meanwhile, readers who visited Kyobo Book Centre's website were more interested in self-development books, and essay collections like To You, Who Finds it Desolate to Live and I Will Now Rest Today.

* The following lists were provided from the official websites of Interpark and Kyobo Book Centre based on data from the second week of September.

Interpark
1		One Day I Became a Princess 2 (luxury limited edition) Author \| Spoon Publisher \| Carrot Toon Genre \| Comics
2		*Normal Siblings 2* Author \| Baek Nan-do Publisher \| Iseum Genre \| Children's comics
3		*You Can Fix Your Brain* Author \| Tom O'Bryan Publisher \| Bronstein Genre \| Health
4		One Day I Became a Princess 2 (regular edition) Author \| Spoon Publisher \| Carrot Toon Genre \| Comics
5		*Why Travel* Author \| Kim Young-ha Publisher \| Munhakdongne Genre \| Essay
6		*Only I Level Up 1* Author \| REDICE STUDIO Publisher \| D&C Media Genre \| Comics
7		*90's Kids Are Coming* Author \| Im Hong-taek Publisher \| Whale Book Genre \| Economics/Management
8		*Seol Min-seok's Romance of the Three Kingdoms 1* Author \| Seol Min-seok Publisher \| Segyesa Genre \| Liberal Arts
9		*Seol Min-seok's Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2* Author \| Seol Min-seok Publisher \| Segyesa Genre \| Liberal Arts
10		*Normal Siblings 1* Author \| Baek Nan-do Publisher \| Iseum Genre \| Children's comics

Kyobo Book Centre
1		*Normal Siblings 2* Author \| Baek Nan-do Publisher \| Iseum Genre \| Children's comics
2		*You Can Fix Your Brain* Author \| Tom O'Bryan Publisher \| Bronstein Genre \| Health
3		*90's Kids Are Coming* Author \| Im Hong-taek Publisher \| Whale Book Genre \| Economics/Management
4		One Day I Became a Princess 2 (luxury limited edition) Author \| Spoon Publisher \| Carrot Toon Genre \| Comics
5		*Why Travel* Author \| Kim Young-ha Publisher \| Munhakdongne Genre \| Essay
6		*To You, Who Finds it Desolate to Live* Author \| Wujin Publisher \| May 9th Genre \| Self Development
7		*Seol Min-seok's Romance of the Three Kingdoms 1* Author \| Seol Min-seok Publisher \| Segyesa Genre \| Liberal Arts
8		*I Will Now Rest Today* Author \| Sohn Him-chan (Ogata Marito) Publisher \| Bukeureom Genre \| Essay
9		*Normal Siblings 1* Author \| Baek Nan-do Publisher \| Iseum Genre \| Children's comics
10		*Seol Min-seok's Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2* Author \| Seol Min-seok Publisher \| Segyesa Genre \| Liberal Arts