Foreign writers popular with students

University libraries' data indicate foreign books, especially novels, have become extremely popular among Chinese university students in recent years.

Eight of the 10 books most frequently borrowed from Zhejiang Gongshang University's library in 2017, for example, are by overseas authors.

Writers from abroad also account for a majority of the 10 most frequently borrowed books from the library of Zhejiang province's Jiliang University.