Shanghai Culture Publishing House

Also known as: 上海文化, 上海文化出版

Founded
1955
Country / Region
China
Notable books
The Birth of TragedyHomeric Epics (8 Volumes)On War

136 books 141 authors

About the publisher

Shanghai Culture Publishing House focuses on practical living and popular culture, while also building a concentrated list in adjacent knowledge areas such as foreign literature, Western philosophy, military studies, and politics. Representative titles in the library include Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and The World as Will and Representation; Goethe's Faust; the Homeric epics (8 volumes); and Carl von Clausewitz's On War, along with Flatland. In terms of translators and authors, Chen Zhongmei, Tian Linian, Qi Jiafu, and Ruan Huishan have contributed to related titles. The press is characterized by connecting classic texts with the reading needs of a general audience, balancing cultural accumulation with knowledge popularization. Given limited public information, this description emphasizes the publishing directions reflected in the library's books.

Published (136)

The Golden Rose cover
Rating 4.6
The Golden Rose 康·帕乌斯托夫斯基 / 戴骢 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 With a distinctive aesthetic eye, this book closely observes the creative lives of writers and artists. In a lively prose style infused with novelisti…
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Rating 4.4
A Collection of Night Dream Stories Stephen Edwin King / 王泽林 / 罗彧 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 Twenty-four short stories, Stephen King's fertile and uncanny imagination! A primary school teacher, avenging his wife, hatches a grand plan to bury a…
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Rating 4.0
My Romance Can't Possibly Be That Bad 正月初三 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 What is it like to date a medical student? Qiu Taotao eagerly watches and joins in answering—never date a medical student!! Before they started dating…
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Rating 4.0
A Biography of Lu Xun: Hearing Thunder Where All Is Silent Liu Xiaochuan Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 In a forest of Eastern philosophers and a mountain range of Western ones, Liu Xiaochuan has spent decades exploring hidden paths, bringing philosophy …
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Rating 3.9
I Wish to Be the Southwest Wind 闻人可轻 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 The whole school knows Zhou Jincheng is a sly troublemaker with hormones he can't control—stand him anywhere and he draws a crowd of admirers. But eve…
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Rating 3.8
It Was the Young Man Who Fell in Love First 子非鱼 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 A big-eating foodie's daily mukbang: buldak noodles, crayfish, and chicken-leg hot pot—all true loves. A laid-back food critic can't stand it: please …
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Rating 3.8
Still Loving Life 凉子访谈录 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 Still in Love with Life is a collection of true stories drawn from the popular interview program Liangzi Interviews. From more than 500 interviewees, …
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Rating 3.6
Spring Wind Blows Away the Slight Frown Wan Qiao Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 He, a young general, guards a city and never regrets facing life or death; She, resolute and wise, would risk death a thousand times for her convictio…
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Rating 3.6
A Sweet Morning with You 阮阿朱 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 Sweet Mornings with You
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Rating 3.6
Spring at 33 Degrees North Latitude 闻人可轻 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 Qizhou's Xiangtang Street "boss" Jiang Fu has never been able to sit still—picking fights, stealing electricity, doing everything half-cocked, raising…
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Rating 3.6
Bringing a Lantern to See the Young Man 矢厘 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 A devoted onmyoji brother and a supposedly aloof young master raised as a live-in fiancé both fall for a wandering soul accidentally lodged in the bod…
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Rating 3.6
Although First Love Arrives Late 正月初三 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 A sweet rom-com sparked by a body swap, full of playful sparring and mutual teasing. When the soul of Lin Luo, a spirited fangirl who loves stirring t…
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Rating 3.6
Lawyer Zhou, Want to Date? 花娆 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 Fresh out of university and new to the workplace, the aloof and prickly lawyer Zhou and the resilient, endearing fashion designer Miss Lu stumble into…
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Rating 3.5
Marrying a Little Love 南风北至 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 A civil aviation captain who becomes a guardian out of gratitude VS an innocent young girl burdened by family hatred. Shen Leyang, a girl from a well-…
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Rating 3.5
Pavilion Master, Let's Get Married 是清酒不是浊酒 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 Here's the short version: I thought you were my protector, but you wanted to romance me. Sang Wan accidentally falls off a cliff; when she wakes, a mu…
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Rating 3.5
Black Locust 野榈 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 Fifteen years ago, during a rescue operation for trafficked children, Jian Hua first met Ji Chengnan. He was a police officer who served the people—an…
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Rating 3.4
Good Times Train 04: The Road Is Long, Let's Be Together 姜辜 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 A gentle, sharp-tongued mortician with a deadpan face meets a sunny, spirited police sweetheart. I'll sing for you—love boldly while you're young. A m…
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Rating 3.4
Blazing Sun Wan Qiao Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 Youth is a time of endless choices—but what if you make the wrong one? Chu Man, a cash-strapped college student, meets the cold-eyed lawyer Shen Che b…
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Rating 3.4
Good Times Train 05: Singing with Glances Wan Qiao Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 Two worlds, two faces, two teenagers each hiding something. A secret glimpsed by chance and a buried identity destined to come to light. By accident, …
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Rating 3.4
Good Times Train 01: Please Protect Me 九歌 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 As the mighty lord of Mount Wuliang, Jushuang is blackmailed and coaxed by a demanding CEO into becoming Fang Jingxuan's contracted lover for one mont…

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