Text/Yangcheng Evening News All-media reporter Huang Zhouhui Correspondent He Jingyi He Huimin
Photo: Courtesy of Guangdong Provincial Zhongshan Library
On January 13, Guangdong Provincial Zhongshan Library (hereinafter referred to as "Provincial Map") announced the 2021 Annual Reading List. Among them, Liu Cixin's "Three-Body: II.: Dark Forest" and "Three-Body" (Collector's Edition), the periodical "Reader" have become the favorite reading materials for provincial map readers.
Liu Cixin's "Three-Body Problem"
The science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem" is the most popular
In the "2021 Chinese Book Lending List TOP10", Liu Cixin's science fiction novel "Three-Body Problem" undoubtedly became the biggest winner, occupying three seats, of which "Three-Body: II.: Dark Forest" (130 times of loans), "Three-Body" (Collector's Edition) (129 times of loans) ranked in the top two, and "Three-Body: III.: Death Immortality" borrowed 97 times, ranking sixth. (For more news, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pie pai.ycwb.com)
Liu Cixin's "Three-Body Problem" is the first Asian science fiction novel to win the "Hugo Award" for best novel, and it is a very dazzling cultural phenomenon in the past decade. The three volumes, with a total of 900,000 words, tell a story of survival and destruction at the cosmic level.
"2021 Chinese Book Lending Ranking TOP10"
In addition, Keigo Higashino's "White Night Walk" (3rd edition) and "Relief Grocery Store" were also liked by readers, ranking seventh and eighth respectively. Lu Yao's "Ordinary World" (part I) ranks tenth, continuing to nourish the reader's soul.
"2021 Chinese Journal Lending Ranking Top 10"
In the "2021 Chinese Journal Borrowing Ranking TOP10", Reader ranked first with 1306 loans. Founded in 1981, Reader is a comprehensive abstract magazine. For more than 40 years, the magazine has had a profound impact on hundreds of millions of readers at home and abroad, with high popularity and reputation, and is known as "the spiritual reader of Chinese".
In the list, Phoenix Weekly, Sanlian Life Weekly, China National Geographic, Zhiyin (Overseas Edition) and other periodicals are more popular periodicals for readers.
Reader Mr. Liu visited the museum 297 days a year
In April 2021, the provincial map launched the "No Worries about Reading" plan, implementing measures such as deposit-free reader cards, upgrading reader card permissions, and waiving overdue payments during the epidemic prevention and control period. Statistics show that in 2021, the provincial map will add 142,000 new registered readers; books and periodicals circulate 1,370,800 times, of which 813,400 books are borrowed.
"Top 10 Readers' Borrowing List 2021"
In the "2021 Reader Borrowing Ranking TOP10", the total number of borrowed books of the top 10 readers exceeded 440, of which the number of books borrowed by the first-ranked readers reached 913, and the readers with the surname Yu ranked second with 818 books.
"Top 10 Readers' Admissions in 2021"
In 2021, except for the closure of the museum on Mondays and the suspension of services due to epidemic prevention and control requirements, the provincial map will be open for 297 days. During the opening period, Mr. Liu, a reader, went to the provincial map every day and became the annual "punch card king". The top 10 readers of the "2021 Annual Reader Entry Ranking TOP10" have entered the library at least 281 times.
Readers wait in line to enter the provincial map
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