Chinese reading novels, sci-fi stories and classics

Hot issues have a considerable influence on Chinese reading choices, according to the newly released lists of bestsellers by Amazon China.

The lists, based on Amazon's reading and sales data, include best-sellers both in paperbacks and e-books on Kindle.

Japanese writer Keigo Higashino's Miracles of the Namiya General Store tops the list of best-sellers in paperbacks and is second on the paid e-books list. This is the fourth year in a row that the book is in Amazon China's top 10.Chinese writer Liu Cixin's science fiction work, The Three-Body trilogy, tops the list of paid e-books this year.