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21st Century Publishing House

Also known as: 二十一世纪出版社(南昌市), 二十一世纪出版社集团, 二十一世纪集团

Founded
1985
Country / Region
China
Notable books
The Gate of CreationI Want to Seal the HeavensMomo: The Time Thieves and the Strange Story of a Little Girl

64 books 38 authors

About the publisher

21st Century Publishing House is a publisher rooted in children's books that has also extended into genre fiction. Judging from the 15 titles in the collection, its publishing covers categories such as mystery and detective fiction, wuxia novels, modern romance, and youth literature. Among these, mystery and detective works like the Moran Series and the Cool Coroner Series form a relatively distinctive product line, while its wuxia offerings include Xiao Duan's Bow and Flute: Pomegranate Notes and The Sound of the Flute. In terms of authors, works by Gui Maxing, Xiao Duan, Gongzi Liangye, and Rao Xueman are all included, reflecting an approach that balances genre writing with the tastes of young readers. Based on the available materials, the press shows a fairly clear pattern of serializing genre fiction, but public information on its overall publishing structure is limited and difficult to present in full.

Published (64)

Joy Island cover
Rating 3.9
Joy Island Ma Yumo 21st Century Publishing House · 2025 Forty years ago, a massacre wiped out an entire family, killing twelve people. Mo Zhongyu's master Dong Sheng had sponsored the prime suspect, his own…
Mo Lan Series 3: The Funeral After the Funeral cover
Rating 3.8
Mo Lan Series 3: The Funeral After the Funeral Ma Yumo 21st Century Publishing House · 2025 [Honkaku mystery + serial murder + human nature + a powerhouse couple joining forces + romance] Moran, a bright and cunning amateur female detective, …
Girl Moran Series 3: The Performance cover
Rating 3.8
Girl Moran Series 3: The Performance Ma Yumo 21st Century Publishing House · 2025 [Original suspense mystery + younger man/older woman + dangerous liaison + revenge + family tragedy + tragic aesthetics] A walking-talking-hormone cam…
The Flute's Sobbing Sound cover
Rating 3.8
The Flute's Sobbing Sound Ma Yumo 21st Century Publishing House · 2025 [Ancient-style mystery + hidden martial-world secrets + anguished romance + tangled loyalties and vendettas] A righteous manor lord, Xu Shiqing × a ve…
Mo Lan Series 1: Eight-Fresh Soup cover
Rating 3.7
Mo Lan Series 1: Eight-Fresh Soup Ma Yumo 21st Century Publishing House · 2025 [Honkaku mystery + closed-circle snowstorm mode + the pinnacle of intellectual romance] The bright and clever amateur female detective Mo Lan, and Gao…
Mo Lan Series 4: No Good Banquet cover
Rating 3.7
Mo Lan Series 4: No Good Banquet Ma Yumo 21st Century Publishing House · 2025 [Honkaku mystery + Hongmen Banquet + a formidable duo joining forces + romance] Amateur female detective Moran, a master of achieving much with little…
Cool Forensic Examiner Series 5: The Insect House cover
Rating 3.6
Cool Forensic Examiner Series 5: The Insect House Ma Yumo 21st Century Publishing House · 2025 [Honkaku mystery + suspense + cold case reopened + family feud + revenge] Gu Ping, a cool-headed, highly intelligent eccentric forensic examiner; Shen…
Jian Dongping Series 2: The Evening Brown Butterfly cover
Rating 3.6
Jian Dongping Series 2: The Evening Brown Butterfly Ma Yumo 21st Century Publishing House · 2025 [Suspense + Honkaku mystery + Rashomon structure + Orient Express-style ensemble puzzle + Loneliness] The highly rational journalist-turned-detective …
Cool Forensic Examiner Series 4: The Rhino Hotel cover
Rating 3.6
Cool Forensic Examiner Series 4: The Rhino Hotel Ma Yumo 21st Century Publishing House · 2025 [Romantic Suspense + Socially Conscious Mystery + Murder Game + Missing Person Case] Gu Ping, a calm, brilliant, and eccentric forensic examiner; Lin …
The Rose Behind the Wall cover
Rating 3.4
The Rose Behind the Wall Ma Yumo 21st Century Publishing House · 2025 The Rose Behind the Wall, the fifth volume in the Molan series, is the most warmhearted criminal romantic mystery from Gui Maxing, China's renowned fe…
Young Detective Series Collection cover
Rating 3.2
Young Detective Series Collection Ma Yumo 21st Century Publishing House · 2025 [Honkaku mystery + detective suspense + deadly invitation + mind-bending case-within-a-case] A genius teen detective carrying his family’s “detective …
Young Detective Series 1: The Magical Library cover
Rating 3.1
Young Detective Series 1: The Magical Library Ma Yumo 21st Century Publishing House · 2025 [Honkaku mystery + campus suspense + forbidden-zone adventure + everyone is a suspect] A curious kid who gets more than he bargained for, Li Xiaotian …
Young Detective Series 2: The Young Barber cover
Rating 3.1
Young Detective Series 2: The Young Barber Ma Yumo 21st Century Publishing House · 2025 Beside Xiaoting Bridge in S City, young girls are drowning one after another at night. They are of similar age, their deaths remain a mystery, and wha…
I Envy Only Foxes, Not Mandarin Ducks cover
Rating 3.4
I Envy Only Foxes, Not Mandarin Ducks 公子凉夜 21st Century Publishing House · 2024 [Xianxia romance + three lifetimes + angst before sweetness + chasing the wife to the brink + dual purity + HE] In her first life, she was a peony tha…
The Summer of the Acoustic Guitar cover
Rating 3.4
The Summer of the Acoustic Guitar Rao Xueman 21st Century Publishing House · 2024 This collection of music-themed short stories brings together 11 pieces from Rachael Rau's columns in magazines such as Girls and Boys' Big World. Ble…
Bow and Flute Romance · Pomegranate Tale cover
Rating 3.8
Bow and Flute Romance · Pomegranate Tale 小椴 21st Century Publishing House · 2021 In "Bow and Flute Destiny," during the early Tang, the four hundred thousand shi of grain for building the Beiting Protectorate are unexpectedly robbe…
Classic Book Fragrance · Chinese Classical Banned Novels Series — Twelve Towers cover
Rating 4.3
Classic Book Fragrance · Chinese Classical Banned Novels Series — Twelve Towers Li Yu 21st Century Publishing House · 2020 The volume comprises twelve stories: Heying Tower, Duojin Tower, Sanyu Tower, Xiayi Tower, Guizheng Tower, Cuiya Tower, Fuyun Tower, Shijin Tower, Heg…
Classic Book Fragrance: Series of Classical Chinese Banned and Destroyed Novels: The Jade Worth Several Cities cover
Rating 4.2
Classic Book Fragrance: Series of Classical Chinese Banned and Destroyed Novels: The Jade Worth Several Cities Li Yu 21st Century Publishing House · 2020 This book is a collection of拟话本-style short stories by Li Yu. The complete collection comprises twelve chapters, each telling a story; the supplementa…
Classic Book Fragrance · Chinese Classical Banned Novels Series — Second Collection of West Lake cover
Rating 3.9
Classic Book Fragrance · Chinese Classical Banned Novels Series — Second Collection of West Lake 周清原 21st Century Publishing House · 2020 This book is a collection of thirty-four short vernacular stories (pinghua) from the Ming dynasty, all set around West Lake in Hangzhou. Together they…
Classic Book Fragrance: Chinese Classical Banned and Destroyed Novel Series—The Fortunate Union cover
Rating 3.8
Classic Book Fragrance: Chinese Classical Banned and Destroyed Novel Series—The Fortunate Union 明教中人 21st Century Publishing House · 2020 Centered on the love between Tie Zhongyu, a xiucai from Daming Prefecture, and Shui Bingxin, this novel tells how the two champion justice, root out b…

Frequent authors

Ma Yumo (13)Zheng Yuqiao (7)George Selden (3)Natalie Babbitt (3)Bu Feiyan (3)Er Gen (3)Yun Tiankong (2)Elizabeth Enright (2)William Steig (2)Zhang Xiaohua (2)Cao Wenxuan (2)Li Yu (2)