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)

A Joyous Trial, a Blessed Union cover
Rating 2.9
A Joyous Trial, a Blessed Union 呦呦鹿鸣 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 Inside the princely residence. Prince Yong stroked his fine beard and said kindly, "My dear daughter, the Grand Tutor's family has produced generation…
Love Is Like Blue Sky and White Clouds, You Are Like a Storm cover
Rating 2.9
Love Is Like Blue Sky and White Clouds, You Are Like a Storm 海殊 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 When plastic surgeon Shi Ning rents an apartment, she discovers her landlord is none other than the boy next door she idolized as a child—and not only…
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Rating 2.9
The Galaxy and His Cat 杨清霖 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 The summer of her junior year, Qi Qingqing attends a summer program at University K in the US, where she meets Wen Xingzhi. The first time she sees hi…
First Love Arrives, Mwah cover
Rating 2.8
First Love Arrives, Mwah 三师公和二缺 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 After a whole winter vacation of day-and-night grinding, Zhao Zhizhuo seized first place in one fell swoop—and even trampled Cheng Ran, the runner-up,…
Please Dote on Me for the Rest of My Life cover
Rating 2.8
Please Dote on Me for the Rest of My Life W十一 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 A second chance encounter brings a cold, ascetic young uncle and a girl intern bent on revenge together—as husband and wife? On their wedding night, S…
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Rating 2.8
The Chemistry of First Love Shiwan Yueguang Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 Superfan Zhu Tingchan resolves to work part-time as a paparazzo to clear up rumors about her idol and set the record straight. But on her first "wall-…
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Rating 2.8
He Is in Boundless Radiance 闻人可轻 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 Shen Qianchang is the dream and longing of countless young girls. Yan He was one of those countless girls—she went crazy for him, was obsessed with hi…
A Young Man's Sweet First Love cover
Rating 2.5
A Young Man's Sweet First Love 程亦清 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 The first time they meet, Cheng Huai is climbing back into school with his sprint-team teammates when he's caught by the unsympathetic team doctor, Su…
Ten Thousand Miles of Clear Sky in Love cover
Rating 2.3
Ten Thousand Miles of Clear Sky in Love 森木岛屿 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 Is there anything more awkward than running into your ex-boyfriend six years after being dumped? Yes! She figures this must be the biggest tribulation…
Don't Blame Me for Being Unreasonable cover
Rating 2.2
Don't Blame Me for Being Unreasonable 呦呦鹿鸣 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2026 Time is so long; I think I'll like you slowly. Through those nightmarish years of tutoring, Zhao Minmin was like the lush ivy covering the wall, slow…
The Birth of Tragedy cover
Rating 4.8
The Birth of Tragedy Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche / Tian Linian Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2025 A work by Nietzsche and a classic of Western aesthetics and philosophy in its own right. In this book, Nietzsche traces the origins of ancient Greek t…
The Will to Power (2 Volumes) cover
Rating 4.4
The Will to Power (2 Volumes) Friedrich Nietzsche / 贺骥 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2025 The Will to Power is the crystallization of Nietzsche's late thought. Nietzsche inherited Schopenhauer's idea that "will is the essence of existence" …
Chinese Surnames cover
Rating 4.0
Chinese Surnames 郑子宁 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2025 Surnames are more than labels that distinguish one name from another; they are witnesses to Chinese civilization. Starting from the origins of surname…
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Rating 4.0
Lord of the Flies: A Graphic Novel William Golding / 艾梅·德·琼 / 文泽尔 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2025 This is the graphic novel adaptation of Lord of the Flies, the masterpiece by Nobel laureate William Golding. The story follows a group of British boy…
Difference cover
Rating 2.9
Difference 小骏先生 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2025 With over 500,000 followers across platforms, "Mr. Xiaojun" presents a marketing philosophy that uses brand marketing as the base broth, mixing in lit…
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Chinese Surnames 郑子宁 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2025 Chinese Surnames is a popular book on surname culture by Zheng Zining, an author who writes about linguistics for general readers. Centered on ten the…
Homeric Epics (8 Volumes) cover
Rating 4.8
Homeric Epics (8 Volumes) Homer / 陈中梅 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2024 This eight-volume set comprises Iliad (Volumes 1–4) and Odyssey (Volumes 1–4). The Homeric epics is the collective name for the Iliad and the Odyssey.…
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Rating 4.4
Seizing the Stars (3 Volumes) Brandon Winn Sanderson / 朱佳文 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2024 My name is Spensa Nightshade, and becoming a pilot is my lifelong dream. Eighty years ago, humanity's fleet crashed on this debris star, hemmed in not…
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Rating 4.1
A Lifelong Enemy 史蒂文·普莱斯菲尔德 / 赵硕硕 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2024 Compared with poverty and illness, Resistance is your lifelong enemy! A bestseller for 20 years, now in Chinese for the first time. If deep down you h…
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Rating 3.9
2064 Evolution Crisis 布莱克·克劳奇 / 杨蔚 Shanghai Culture Publishing House · 2024 In 2064, the world has 150 years left. He wakes after an explosion to find he has been infected with a virus. The virus makes him stronger, sharper, a…

Frequent authors

Friedrich Nietzsche (5)Dmitry Glukhovsky (4)Wan Qiao (4)闻人可轻 (4)Nanpai Sanshu (Xu Lei) (3)呦呦鹿鸣 (3)Edwin A. Abbott (3)朱良 (3)Li Ao (3)野榈 (3)关军 (2)刘世东 (2)