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Writers Publishing House

Also known as: 作家, 作家出版社有限公司

Founded
1953
Country / Region
China
Notable books
MacbethDream of the Red ChamberDream of the Red Chamber (Volumes 1 and 2)

1095 books 929 authors

About the publisher

Writers Publishing House is a Chinese publisher focused mainly on literary publishing. Its output covers classical literature, foreign literature, folk literature and Eastern philosophy, with some extension into popular reading such as social fiction and parenting books. Its catalogue contains more than 900 titles, including representative works such as Dream of the Red Chamber and its edited editions, Shakespeare's Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and foreign literary classics such as The Brothers Karamazov and Lost Illusions. In terms of authors, it includes classical writers such as Cao Xueqin and Gao E, foreign masters such as William Shakespeare, Dostoevsky and Balzac, and translations by translators such as Zhu Shenghao, Geng Jizhi and Fu Lei. Overall, its publishing profile balances Chinese and foreign literary classics, emphasizes quality translations, and serves both academic and general readers; publicly available information on its specific publishing plans is limited.

Published (1095)

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Rating 3.5
A Record of No Regrets 刘兆林 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Bu Hui Lu (Record of No Regret) won the Cao Xueqin Prize for Full-Length Novels. Centered on intellectuals, this novel tells the story of a group of w…
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Rating 3.5
Finding the Reason a Flower Blooms 李哲 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Finding the Reason a Flower Blooms is a poetic chronicle of our times, rooted in the present and mirroring the inner life. With keen observation and d…
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Rating 3.5
That Grove Outside the Window: Selected Lyrical Essays of Shi Ying 石英 Writers Publishing House · 2026 The author of this book, Shi Ying, is a prolific writer across a wide range of subjects, long known as a "multi-genre author." In his work we encounte…
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Rating 3.5
Tasbih 石彦伟 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This collection brings together the author's essays on Hui themes written over the past five years. Born in the Northeast, working in Beijing, and hav…
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Rating 3.5
Ta Sha Xing 钱玉贵 Writers Publishing House · 2026 In 1977 at Dayushan Mine, fifteen-year-old Yang Jun clashes with a group of thugs while protecting someone, and is sent overnight to his uncle's home …
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Rating 3.5
The Dignity of the Mother Tongue and a Century of Nostalgia 张志忠 Writers Publishing House · 2026 The large-scale migration of Chinese-speaking populations has occurred countless times throughout history. Whether voluntary or forced, people who lea…
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Rating 3.5
Night and the Youth 田兴家 Writers Publishing House · 2026 The short story collection Night and the Boy includes 13 stories, among them "Brain in a Vat," "The Sick Tree," "The Room Next Door," and the title st…
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Rating 3.5
Illustrations of Hell 刘正成 Writers Publishing House · 2026 How was Huaisu's Autobiographical Essay composed? How could The Picture of Hell have come from the hand of Wu Daozi? Why did Kong Shangren dare to pou…
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Rating 3.5
Echoes: A Collection of Opera Works on Lu Xun Themes 陈涌泉 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This collection brings together twelve short stories and novellas the author wrote in recent years, most of them set against the backdrop of small-tow…
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Rating 3.5
Paper Doll 叶莹 Writers Publishing House · 2026 During the fall of Nanjing, a Chinese boy named Tian Tian and his family struggle to survive under Japanese bombing. Their German neighbor, Mr. Schnei…
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Rating 3.5
The Story of the Yonghe Family Li Di Writers Publishing House · 2026 The author made five trips to Yonghe, covering every corner of this small county with just one road, and gathered a wealth of stories. He selected thi…
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Rating 3.5
The Appearance of All Things 苏莉 Writers Publishing House · 2026 In the Mood of All Things is a lively collection of thematic essays steeped in the warmth of everyday life. Its eight chapters—"The Beginning of All T…
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Rating 3.5
Poetry Selections from Jiyuan Garden 赵维仁 / 张俊立 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Lintan County in Gansu is a designated support area of the China Writers Association, and the Lintan Literature Series has been running for several ye…
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Rating 3.5
Li Hongzhang: A High Official of the Late Qing 姚传华 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This biography, Li Hongzhang: A Life, offers a comprehensive yet concise account of the main events of Li Hongzhang's life. It records a series of maj…
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Rating 3.5
Pavilions and River Waters 姚广 Writers Publishing House · 2026 A collection written with gratitude and poetic labor, it approaches words with the reverence one holds for life itself, giving the author's writing—wh…
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Rating 3.4
Military Affairs of Tao Village 陈廷佑 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Tao Village Military Affairs is a novel of profound historical and contemporary significance. With a distinctive perspective and rich emotional depth,…
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Rating 3.4
The Other End of the Block 蒋在 Writers Publishing House · 2026 From a distinctly female perspective, the novel observes and scrutinizes a foreign land, portraying love and struggle, reason and resistance within fo…
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Rating 3.4
The Long Spring (Part One) 夏甲乙 Writers Publishing House · 2026 When the market wave was just beginning to rise, Xia Tian, a recent university graduate, was assigned to work at the World Exhibition Center, where he…
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Rating 3.4
Hollow Echoes of a Lonely Island 杨一欣 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This collection features representative works such as "Island" and "Empty Sound" by Yang Yixin, a winner of the Second Prize at the 17th and 18th Nati…
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Rating 3.4
Palace Craftsman of the Great Ming: The Legend of Kuai Xiang 赵苏苏 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Through the legendary life of Kuai Xiang, this book tells the stories that unfolded inside and outside the court during the reigns of six emperors of …

Frequent authors

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