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Shidai Literature Publishing House

Also known as: 时代文艺, 时代文艺出版

Founded
1984
Country / Region
China
Notable books
Zitu Classics Library: Yukio Mishima · The Decay of the AngelZitu Classics Library: Yukio Mishima · Spring SnowZitu Classics Library: Yukio Mishima · Runaway Horses

370 books 196 authors

About the publisher

Shidai Literature Publishing House is a literary publisher known for foreign literature and classic works. Judging from the more than 300 titles in the catalog, its publishing focus is on foreign literature, essays and miscellaneous writings, classic works, and world masterpieces, with attention to translation quality and series-based presentation. Representative books include Yukio Mishima's Spring Snow, Runaway Horses, The Decay of the Angel, and Forbidden Colors in the Zitu Classic Library series, as well as Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Lu Xun's essays, and the four-volume The Sea of Fertility. Its translator resources include Chen Dewen, Gao Huiqin, Lu Qiushi, and Ding Kaite, while the authors involved include Yukio Mishima, Yasunari Kawabata, Lu Xun, and Jane Austen. The publisher is characterized by translated literature and reissues of classics, balancing popular reading with cultural accumulation; public information about its complete catalog and publishing plans is limited.

Published (370)

Sanshiro cover
Rating 4.5
Sanshiro Natsume Sōseki Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2026 This is the opening work of the 'early trilogy.' Sanshiro, a young man from the countryside of Kyushu, travels to Tokyo to study and on the train meet…
Read a Little English Every Day: Those Fascinating Stories (Read a Little English Every Day Series 4) cover
Rating 4.1
Read a Little English Every Day: Those Fascinating Stories (Read a Little English Every Day Series 4) 章华 Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2026 Daily Readings in English: Fascinating Stories is a bilingual Chinese-English series designed for reading in step with American readers. Recommended b…
Holding Power: Nothing More Than This cover
Rating 3.7
Holding Power: Nothing More Than This 郭宝平 Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2026 This is not a conventional book of historical anecdotes or commentary on the past. With sharp observation and incisive judgments, the author lays bare…
To My Forty-Year-Old Daughter cover
Rating 3.5
To My Forty-Year-Old Daughter 韩星姬 / 王鳍 Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2026 To My Forty-Year-Old Daughter is a book on growing through life that the Korean psychiatrist Han Seong-hee wrote for her forty-year-old daughter. The …
Many People Despise Me; Who Do You Think You Are? cover
Rating 3.3
Many People Despise Me; Who Do You Think You Are? 嘿嘿 Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2026 A riotous collection of top-tier jokes that had millions of hipsters laughing on the spot!! Live a life as bittersweet as an erhu tune, but with the f…
Those Years, Those Poems cover
Rating 3.2
Those Years, Those Poems 章华 Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2026 The selections are drawn from the most classic, authoritative, and widely read anthologies of Chinese and foreign poetry, making them well suited for …
The Secret Code Trilogy: National Security Top-Secret Files cover
Rating 3.2
The Secret Code Trilogy: National Security Top-Secret Files Wang Mingyi Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2026 Written by a national security veteran of thirty years, a spy novel so real it makes you tremble. In the early years of reform and opening up, foreign…
Those Unforgettable Movies cover
Rating 3.2
Those Unforgettable Movies 章华 Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2026 The selections are drawn from the most classic, authoritative, and popular Chinese and foreign readers, suitable for recitation; the "Practical Upgrad…
Those Times, Those Landscapes cover
Rating 3.2
Those Times, Those Landscapes 章华 Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2026 The selections are drawn from the most classic, authoritative, and widely read Chinese and foreign readers, suitable for recitation; the "Practical Up…
Secret Code 812: Top-Secret Undercover cover
Rating 3.2
Secret Code 812: Top-Secret Undercover Wang Mingyi Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2026 Two schoolchildren playing in a cave in a park stumble upon a black leather bag containing five thousand yuan in cash and a color photo of a nude woma…
Secret Code 929: Deep-Sea Spy Shadow cover
Rating 3.2
Secret Code 929: Deep-Sea Spy Shadow Wang Mingyi Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2026 When young female spy Fang Fei dies inexplicably just after entering the country, she leaves behind only three words: "White Fox… century-old ginkgo t…
You Little Rascal, If I Can't Cure You I'm No Veterinarian cover
Rating 3.1
You Little Rascal, If I Can't Cure You I'm No Veterinarian 猪很红 Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2026 Since we cannot always have sunshine in life, why not read this book and let joy overflow our hearts? Inside you will find hilarious Q&A from Baidu Zh…
Don't Be Nervous, I'm Not Such a Good Person cover
Rating 3.1
Don't Be Nervous, I'm Not Such a Good Person 小熊 Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2026 Add flavor to life and give the sick a dose of medicine — sis is no legend, sis is only obsessed with bro. The most over-the-top horror fabrications, …
Black Bat: A Shocking Major Case on the Eve of the Olympic Games cover
Rating 3.0
Black Bat: A Shocking Major Case on the Eve of the Olympic Games Wang Mingyi Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2026 In August 2008, the Beijing Olympics are about to open, and the nation's security system is on highest alert. Gao Shuo, captain of the counterterroris…
Fat Roommate cover
Rating 2.8
Fat Roommate 刘倩 Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2026 Three years ago, Ding Dong's college roommate Pang Yan'er quit her job as finance director of Mutai County and came to Bangshui City to seek out Ding …
Netochka cover
Rating 4.3
Netochka Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky / 林非晚 Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2025 Nyetochka is Dostoevsky's only novel of female coming-of-age, and the most important turning point in his creative career. Written on the eve of his a…
Cai Dongfan's General History of China: Ming History (Illustrated Edition) cover
Rating 4.1
Cai Dongfan's General History of China: Ming History (Illustrated Edition) Cai Dongfan / Zhang Chi Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2025 Through sixty-three engaging stories and nearly one hundred illustrations in a Chinese classical style, this book vividly presents the sweeping histor…
Cai Dongfan's General History of China: Yuan History (Illustrated Edition) cover
Rating 4.0
Cai Dongfan's General History of China: Yuan History (Illustrated Edition) Cai Dongfan / 李珂 Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2025 Who was stronger, Genghis Khan or the Sun Khan? Why did Kublai Khan adopt "Yuan" as his dynasty name? How did the many Mongol tribes come together? ………
Cai Dongfan's General History of China: Later Han History (Illustrated Edition) cover
Rating 4.0
Cai Dongfan's General History of China: Later Han History (Illustrated Edition) Cai Dongfan / 孙宇天 Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2025 The illustrated 10-volume Cai Dongfan's General History of China is a historical reader for general education built around classic Chinese figures and…
Cai Dongfan's General History of China: Qing History (Illustrated Edition) cover
Rating 4.0
Cai Dongfan's General History of China: Qing History (Illustrated Edition) Cai Dongfan / 郑志勇 Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2025 An Illustrated General History of China by Cai Dongfan: The Qing Dynasty Through 88 engaging stories and nearly 100 illustrations in a traditional Chi…

Frequent authors

Yuwen Bao (43)《中学生博览》杂志社 (37)Feng Zhiyuan (30)陈德文 (14)Yukio Mishima (12)《作文与考试》杂志社 (8)Cao Sheng (8)Wang Fan (8)Victor Wang (8)Natsume Sōseki (7)张矗 (7)景喜猷 (7)