Readers digest Xi's bookshelf

Netizens share details of weighty tomes and framed photos spotted in president's office

From modern literature to history and international politics - President Xi Jinping may have inspired Chinese readers to turn a new leaf after his "reading list" went viral online over the weekend.

The list was produced by netizens and some Chinese media after the president's annual new year address from his office in Beijing was broadcast on Thursday night.