Chongqing Publishing House

Also known as: 重庆出版集团/重庆出版社, 重庆出版集团(重庆出, 重庆, 重庆出版, 重庆出版社; 第1版

Founded
1950
Country / Region
China
Notable books
A History of Sino-Western CommunicationsDeath's EndThe Dark Forest

1183 books 940 authors

About the publisher

Chongqing Publishing House is a comprehensive publisher known for its titles in the humanities, social sciences, literature and arts, with about 940 books in its catalogue. Its publishing areas cover world history, science fiction, foreign literature, architecture and philosophy. Representative titles include Xiang Da's A History of Communications Between China and the West, Liang Sicheng's Rules of Qing-Style Construction, Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem II: The Dark Forest and III: Death's End, Ann Rand's The Fountainhead (25th Anniversary Edition), and Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series. Its authors include Xiang Da, Liu Cixin, Liang Sicheng and Ann Rand. The press has developed distinctive strengths in historical source editing, the introduction and creation of science fiction, the translation of foreign literature, and architecture and philosophy titles, balancing scholarly value with general readership. As public information is limited, this profile outlines its publishing directions based only on the books in the catalogue.

Published (1183)

The "Invisible" Children: A Social Observation of School Bullying cover
Rating 4.3
The "Invisible" Children: A Social Observation of School Bullying 李燕燕 Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 This is a work of nonfiction with "a small entry point and deep reach." It first appeared as the lead piece "The Tragedy of School" in Beijing Literat…
The Tongzhi Restoration: The Last Resistance of Chinese Conservatism (1862–1874) cover
Rating 4.3
The Tongzhi Restoration: The Last Resistance of Chinese Conservatism (1862–1874) 芮玛丽 / Wu Jun Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 The T'ung-chih Restoration: The Last Stand of Chinese Conservatism, 1862–1874 is a masterwork by the late Yale University professor Mary C. Wright. Th…
Ancient Chinese Material Culture Series: Illustrated Sea Creatures cover
Rating 4.2
Ancient Chinese Material Culture Series: Illustrated Sea Creatures 聂璜 / 戴启飞 / 吴冠臻 Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 Haicuo Tu (Illustrated Catalogue of Marine Creatures) by Nie Huang comprises 255 entries and 336 species, the vast majority of them marine organisms. …
The New Tale of the Heike, Volume I cover
Rating 4.2
The New Tale of the Heike, Volume I Eiji Yoshikawa / 陆求实 Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 The New Tale of the Heike is Yoshikawa Eiji's sweeping epic retelling, in modern literary style, The Tale of the Heike — one of the twin gems of Japan…
Orbit Ocean cover
Rating 4.2
Orbit Ocean 柴纳·米耶维 / 李懿 Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 First time in translation! A new work by visionary author China Miéville. Wild imagination and an adventure in search of the edge of the Railsea! The …
Omon Ra cover
Rating 4.2
Omon Ra 维克多·佩列文 / 姜训禄 Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 “I”—Omon Krivomazov—have dreamed since childhood of piloting aircraft through the mysterious, boundless sky. Because pilots and cosmonauts are hailed …
The Lightbringer (Volume Three): The Broken Eye cover
Rating 4.2
The Lightbringer (Volume Three): The Broken Eye 布伦特·维克斯 Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 A magician who can harvest the energy of light and color and refine it into the all-purpose crystal “Luxin” is called a Lightbringer. This gift earns …
Forrest Gump: English Edition cover
Rating 4.2
Forrest Gump: English Edition Winston Groom Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 This book is the original novel behind the classic film Forrest Gump. Forrest is a fool in the eyes of others, but he is kind and simple by nature and…
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Rating 4.2
Morning Glory 志贺直哉 / 楼适夷 Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 Under the title Morning Glory, this short story collection by Naoya Shiga, the "god of fiction" in Japan, brings together 21 stories translated by the…
The Holy Monk of Mount Kōya cover
Rating 4.2
The Holy Monk of Mount Kōya 泉镜花 / 文洁若 Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 This collection of stories by the Japanese literary master Izumi Kyōka includes five representative works—The Holy Man of Mount Kōya, The Sleeping Wat…
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 5: The Northern Expedition cover
Rating 4.2
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 5: The Northern Expedition Eiji Yoshikawa / 高培明 Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 This is the fifth volume of the Japanese modern novel version of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. After the deaths of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the three sta…
The Late Mattia Pascal cover
Rating 4.2
The Late Mattia Pascal 皮兰德娄 Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 The Late Mattia Pascal is the most celebrated novel by the renowned Italian writer Luigi Pirandello. It tells of Mattia Pascal, a village librarian, w…
I Am Fearless: The Woman Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Temples cover
Rating 4.1
I Am Fearless: The Woman Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Temples 琳内·奥尔森 / 王梓涵 Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 This book tells the story of the growth and struggles of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, a French female archaeologist and Egyptologist. Her life spa…
Qin Scores from the Yinyin Studio: Cai Deyun's Handwritten Copy cover
Rating 4.1
Qin Scores from the Yinyin Studio: Cai Deyun's Handwritten Copy Cai Deyun Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 The qin score reflects the aesthetics of the guqin tradition, embodies the deep philosophy of the creative process, and hints at the subtle relationsh…
V Empire cover
Rating 4.1
V Empire 维克多·佩列文 / 朱李灵 Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 This world is ruled by vampires. Not the kind who stay forever young and romantic, the girls and boys who keep sleepless eyes open all night and press…
Hoffmann's Fantasies: Magical Tales cover
Rating 4.1
Hoffmann's Fantasies: Magical Tales E.T.A.霍夫曼 / 朱佳 / 杨亚庆 Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 This anthology brings together two of Hoffmann's best-known and most accessible art fairy tales: The Golden Pot and Little Zaches, Called Zinnober. In…
Lightbringer 1: The Light King (Two Volumes) cover
Rating 4.1
Lightbringer 1: The Light King (Two Volumes) 布伦特·维克斯 / 时雨 / 时青洲 Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 A mage who can draw on the energy of light and color and refine it into a versatile substance called luxin is known as a Lightbringer. This gift makes…
Loki's Revelation cover
Rating 4.0
Loki's Revelation 乔安娜·哈里斯 / 尤里 Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 "Fear the stick, not the word," so say the gods of Midgard. With the right words, anyone can conjure a world out of thin air. How did the runes come i…
Lightbringer (Volume Two): The Blinding Knife cover
Rating 4.0
Lightbringer (Volume Two): The Blinding Knife 布伦特·维克斯 / 时雨 Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 A magician who can harvest the energy of light and color and refine it into the all-purpose crystal "Luxin" is called a Lightbringer. This gift earns …
A Complete History of the Great Qin Empire: 3 Volumes cover
Rating 4.0
A Complete History of the Great Qin Empire: 3 Volumes 唐封叶 Chongqing Publishing House · 2025 An encyclopedia of Ying-surnamed Qin! This three-volume work is divided into the legendary era through the Spring and Autumn period, the Warring State…

Frequent authors

Editorial Board of Guoyi Juexue Jiankang Guan (39)George R. R. Martin (31)屈畅 (29)Philippa Gregory (21)Ayn Rand (18)朱世巍 (16)《家常百味》编委会 (15)Liu Cixin (15)Osamu Dazai (15)Brandon Winn Sanderson (14)胡绍晏 (14)王梓涵 (13)