The fantastic five of best-selling translated works
By Mei Jia, Han Bingbin and Sun Ye | China Daily | Updated: 2013-01-22 05:45
Chinese are eager readers of foreign works, and especially of literature, social science texts and academic collections.
Translated books account for a huge slice of the market, and domestic writers often take inspiration from them.
Translated literature continued to top 2012's best-seller lists. Books that perform well worldwide usually do well in China, too.
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