For literary world, the year 2014 may not be conspicuous. But for some writers, it may be an unforgettable year as they were pushed to the tip of tide. Some were awarded, some were controversial and some won big fame abroad.

Liu Cixin [File photo]

Chinese writer Liu Cixin's science-fiction novel The Three-Body Problem was translated into English and published in the US in November, one of the few Chinese science-fiction novels to be translated into English.

Since the publication of the third book in 2010, each novel in the series has sold about 500,000 copies in the original Chinese, making Liu the best-selling Chinese science-fiction author in decades.

Representative works:

Ball Lightning

"Three Body" trilogy