Nobel Literature Laureate Jon Fosse's 'Morning and Evening' Bestseller Ranking
'Trend Korea 2024' has ranked number one on the Kyobo Bookstore comprehensive bestseller list for three consecutive weeks. Song Gil-young's 'Era Forecast: The Age of the Nuclear Individual' rose one spot to rank 4th overall. 'Money Trend 2024' climbed five spots to 11th place overall. Nobel Literature Prize winner Jon Fosse's 'Morning and Evening' secured 8th place overall.
The new film by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, 'How Do You Live?', topped the box office on its opening day, while the original book by Yoshino Genzaburo, 'How Do You Live?', ranked first in the youth category.
David Grann's 'The Wager', published in 2018, entered the historical culture category at 5th place, becoming a reverse bestseller. This is presumed to be due to the release of the movie 'The Wager'.
'Trend Korea 2024' also held the number one spot for two consecutive weeks on Yes24. Organizational psychologist Benjamin Hardy's 'Future Self', which presents methods for applying the future self concept, maintained its 2nd place from the previous week, and 'Seino's Teachings' ranked 3rd. Song Gil-young's forecast of the future landscape, 'Era Forecast: The Age of the Nuclear Individual', ranked 4th. Somjagga, a history YouTuber with 530,000 subscribers, saw his book 'Minimal World History for Adults These Days' rise five spots from 10th last week to enter 5th place.
The 20th anniversary special edition 'Magic Thousand Character Classic 60 Special Edition' achieved 12th place overall and 1st place in the children's category upon release. Following that, popular YouTube creators Heunhan Nam-mae's comic series 'Heunhan Nam-mae's Common Curiosity 10' and 'Heunhan Nam-mae 14' ranked 15th and 16th overall, respectively. Additionally, the highly talked-about animation-based comic 'Favorite Child 12' ranked 13th overall and 1st in the comics/light novel category based on pre-orders alone.
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New releases in self-development and essays also attracted attention. The limited edition 'The Backward Walker Expanded Universe Edition', commemorating the sale of 500,000 copies of 'The Backward Walker (including the expanded edition)', reached 6th place overall, and singer-songwriter 10CM's shy expression of unrequited love, '10CM Gradation', ranked 18th overall and 1st in the essay category.
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