Popular Political Books in the First Half
Han Kang’s Novels Remain Popular, “The best-selling book in the first half of the year was ‘Ultimately, the People Do It’ by President Lee Jae-myung. According to the bestseller rankings announced by Yes24 on the 9th, ‘Ultimately, the People Do It’ surpassed Han Kang’s novel ‘The Boy is Coming’ to take the top spot. The book market in the first half of the year was heavily influenced by the political climate, which included martial law and the presidential election.”,
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‘Ultimately, the People Do It’ by President Lee Jae-myung was the best-selling book in the first half of the year. OhmyBook,
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, “During this period, ‘Reading of Youth’ by writer Yoo Si-min, who represented the progressive side, ranked third, and ‘The People Come First’ by former People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon ranked ninth during the martial law regime. Other notable titles included ‘STOP THE STEAL: The Supreme Court’s Election Fraud Cover-up Records’ (30th), ‘Beneficial Conservatism, Righteous Progressivism’ (45th), and ‘President Yoon Seok-yeol’s Impeachment Judgment Decision’ (46th), which also recorded relatively high rankings. In the politically tumultuous period after the December 3rd martial law, sales of books in the social field increased by 46.5% compared to the same period last year. Books related to the ‘Constitution’ surged 13 times compared to the same period last year due to the impeachment phase.”,
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, Books by Han Kang, who won last year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, continued to enjoy popularity. After ranking second with the bestseller ‘The Boy is Coming’, her other works including ‘No Goodbyes’ (13th), ‘The Vegetarian’ (15th), ‘Light and Thread’ (18th), and ‘I Put Dinner in the Drawer’ (32nd) continued to be loved. , “The popularity of novels sparked by Han Kang was continued by works like ‘Contradiction’ by Yang Gui-ja (11th), ‘Rapid Stream’ by Chung Dae-geon (25th), ‘Stoner’ by John Williams (20th), ‘Such Small Things’ by Claire Keegan (28th), and ‘Honmono’ by Seong Hae-na (66th). Besides, Yes24 identified the popularity of handwritten books, interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the rise of ebooks in the learning field as keywords for the first half of the year.”,
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