On Greed (Yu Shuo)

Author: Liang Xiaosheng Publisher: Oriental Publishing Centre

This fiction novel is an anti-corruption story depicting the relationship between officials and business people. The characters are entangled in love and law. The novel reveals a picture of the society and its people in China's transitional period.

Bubbles of the Summer II (Paomo Zhi Xia)

Author: Ming Xiaoxi

Publisher: New World Press

This modern-day romance, written by Ming Xiaoxi from Taiwan, tells of a complicated love triangle. The author enjoys similar popularity as Qiong Yao, a noted writer also from Taiwan, who is famous for her love stories in 1970s and 80s.

Aesthetic Fatigue (Shenmei Pilao)

Author: Shao Yuqing

Publisher: Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House

Love, marriage and sex are the themes. It raises many questions: Who plays the leading role in a marriage? Where would a marriage go without love? And where would it go without sex? Is marriage or sex the end result of love? What makes husbands or wives fools for love? You have to read the book to find the answers to these universal questions.

Binu

Author: Su Tong

Publisher: Chongqing Publishing House

Su Tong, one of the most noted contemporary Chinese novelists retells the love story of the legendary figure Meng Jiangnu, whose cries destroy part of the Great Wall. With rich imagination, the writer creates nine ways of crying. He describes how a young woman survives in a chaos world.

Big Cases (Da An Shi Lu)

Author: Ding Yihe

Publisher: China City Publishing House

This book depicts 23 big cases happened in 2005 in Beijing, involving top officials such as Ma De and Bi Yuxi. The author tries to explore why and how they committed crimes.

Plot in Secret (An Suan)

Author: Mai Jia and Yang Jian

Publisher: Writers' Publishing House

This fiction is about a group of people working for an anti-spy operation, who mainly work on decoding. The story spans 40 years from the 1930s to 1960s and depicts two generations of Chinese Communist Party espionage officers.

The Person Wang Shi (Wang Shi Zhe Ge Ren)

Author: Zhou Hua

Publisher: China Citic Publishing House

This book tells the story of Wang Shi, chairman of China Vanke, and one of the most successful property developers in China. The author reveals Wang as a real man, focusing on his life and past experiences and rarely-known anecdotes.

Wolf Teeth (Lang Ya)

Author: Liu Meng

Publisher: Dazhong Art Publishing House

Written by an army writer, the book records the life and work of soldiers in China's special forces.

All About S (Susi Huang de Shijie)

Author: Susie Wong

Publisher: Wenhui Publisher House

This controversial book is regarded as the Chinese version of "Sex and City."

The 30-year-old author started a column in the Economy Observer and ET Weekly in 2003 writing about her sexual exploits. The books has many saucy chapters in her life.

Five-Star Hotel (Wuxing Fandian)

Author: Hai Yan

Publisher: Modern Publishing House

The fictional tale is about how a young man struggles to survive in this competitive society. Hai Yan is one of the most popular writers in the country and is now chairman of Kunlun Hotel. He has been working in this field for more than 20 years. It is the first time for him to cover the topic.

"Commentary on the Three Kingdoms," (Pin Sanguo), "Confession," (Chanhui Wumen) and "The Da Vinci Code," have remained top 10 best sellers in China.

(China Daily September 7, 2006)