Annual reports and lists show that psychology, comics about history, and works of literature were the most popular book categories among Chinese readers in 2021. For months, the Chinese book market has been experiencing 【小题1】 (challenge).

Sales of online books had been growing by more than 20 percent 【小题2】 (annual) over the previous 10 years before 2020 as online platforms and online shoppers grew. 【小题3】, as the customer base stabilized, online book sales grew by only 1 percent in 2021 year-on-year.

Book sales in bookshops in 2021 grew by a little over 4 percent, 【小题4】 (drive) largely by books related to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, but still dropped by more than 31 percent compared with 2019, according to Beijing OpenBook.

What is promising is that among 【小题5】 top 100 best-selling fiction works published in 2021, 63 were online literary works, Beijing OpenBook’s statistics show.

Shen Yu, a former book editor based in Shanghai, 【小题6】 has observed the industry for more than 10 years, says more people read online literature, which is usually 【小题7】 (entertain) but lacks depth.

Despite the fast 【小题8】 (grow) of online literature, the leading seats on the best-selling list are still taken by classic books. Among the 100 best-selling fictional works, twelve 【小题9】 (publish) in 2021, mainly new works by established writers, the new editions of classic books and online youth fiction.

“Every spring is different. We must keep our curiosity to ask more questions, which will bring us to 【小题10】 (far) places,” a writer said at the reading ceremony.

【小题1】(read) a book and watching a film are two very different experiences, but it’s normal to have high expectation when a film of a favourite book is made. Although highly regarded books do not always make good films, 【小题2】 is safe to say that great films may be 【小题3】(make) from not particularly good books.

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Decorated with Chinese-style red lanterns, the pavilion (展馆) of translated Chinese books saw a big turnout of book lovers at the 54th edition of Cairo International Book Fair, the largest book fair in Egypt.

The pavilion【小题1】(display) during the fair about 1,000 book titles in Arabic and English on Chinese culture, history, literature, economy, and among many others. Visitors【小题2】different ages frequented the pavilion of Chinese books. Some parents picked children’s books for their kids and some young people【小题3】(attract) to books on Chinese culture, history and development.

A high school student,【小题4】was picking a book on Chinese history, said that China has overcome numerous problems throughout its history while【小题5】Chinese wisdom is shown in their literature, thoughts and philosophy. Noura Gamal, a junior student of Chinese, said【小题6】 attracted him most was the Chinese culture and people. He wanted 【小题7】(learn)more about China, an ancient civilization with a unique language, history, literature and culture.

The Chinese pavilion participates in the fair with many rich book titles that increase every year in a very successful effort to bring the【小题8】(culture) of Egypt and China closer. It is【小题9】 (wide) acknowledged that China’s great development is one of the reasons for the 【小题10】 (grow) popularity of Chinese books.