Writer Rhyu Si-min is the No. 1 bestseller for reading books of youth..Second place candidate, Lee Jae-myung. The people will do it
May 15, 2025
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Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea's presidential candidate's new book 'After all, the people willThe social and political books gained popularity with the second place, and the third place was written by former lawmaker Choi Kang-wook and his younger brother Choi Kang-hyuk. Han Kang's new essay 『Light and Thread" ranked fourth, while Kim Young-ha's newly introduced collection of prose 『One Life』 ranked fifth.
In particular, 『Youth's Reading』, which ranked first overall, attracted attention with 53.4% increase in sales compared to the previous week (5.1-7). Of the total purchases, 40 to 50 households accounted for 80.8%, receiving overwhelming support. Meanwhile, Korean literature continued to gain steady popularity, including the 9th-ranked Han River's 'Here Comes a Boy', the 11th- and 15th-ranked Yang Gui's representative steady sellers 'Collusion', Sung Hae-na's 'Honmono', and the 22nd-ranked Kim Geum-hee's new work 'First Summer, Completion'.
New books in various fields caught the eye of readers this week. In addition to the third place 'beneficial conservative righteous progress', a new book in the Economic Management Book 'Art of Stock Investment' which turns failure into success came in 14th place. A health hobby book that introduces healthy recipes ranked 16th for "Ernie Coach's Natural Plant Food" and 17th for "Real Minds" which contains the lives of 900,000 soccer YouTubers from Seoul National University. Dongyang scholar Kim Tae-wan's history book 'Book, This Era asks' has been re-evaluated for the first time in 10 years and has been backtracked. The book, which introduces 13 fundamental policies for the country and the people, sold about 2.5 times (145%) more than the previous week (5.1-7) this week alone, ranking 19th overall and 2nd in history.
In the eBook field, candidate Lee Jae-myung's book remained at the top. It's the people's turn' was ranked first, followed by Lee Hyung-jae, the king of the exam, and Lee Hyung-jae, the new type of public administration, and the brother-mother examination, and third place 'Youth Reading (Special Supplementary Edition)'.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
