About the author
Liu Tong is a Chinese author of essays and inspirational coming-of-age writing, with seven of his works included in this collection. Public information about him is limited, so details of his life are not elaborated here; his writing is mainly presented through his books. His representative works include Who's Youth Is Not Confused, Your Loneliness, Though Defeated, Is Still Glorious, Toward the Light, One Person Is Enough, Don't Be That Lost Migratory Bird, I Want to Set Off a Firework for Your Late Night, and Wait Until Everything Calms Down. Judging from these titles and their common categories, his writing often centers on youth, loneliness, growth, and personal choice. Aimed at young readers, it uses an essayistic style to record everyday feelings and inner confusion, with a plain and encouraging tone. The works are often made up of short linked pieces that use concrete situations to discuss facing uncertainty, accepting loneliness, and persisting forward, forming a fairly consistent style within inspirational coming-of-age writing and earning him a readership.
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Rating 3.0★ Wait Until Everything Is Calm 刘同 Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 A new collection of essays by Liu Tong, a work of transformation spanning ten years. May every story help pry away some of the barnacles in your heart… Rating 3.4★ Don't Be That Lost Migratory Bird 刘同 Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2025 Everyone else is doing work they love—so why can't you? In this book, Liu Tong argues that everyone has a "critical decade" in life, and drawing on hi… Rating 3.4★ One Person, Just One Person 刘同 Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2024 This is not a manifesto for staying single. It is an affirmation of one's own existence, a look back in self-reflection, and a touch of stubbornness. … Rating 3.4★ I Want to Set Off a Firework for Your Late Night 刘同 Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2022 Liu Tong's all-new 2022 work, telling 23 stories that heal the heart: even in dark places there is light, and late at night one can also heal. In this… Rating 3.2★ Whose Youth Is Not Lost 刘同 Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2021 Feeling lonely is exactly right—it's your chance to know yourself. Feeling misunderstood is exactly right—it's your chance to see who your real friend… Don't Be a Lost Migratory Bird 刘同 Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2018 Don't Be a Lost Migratory Bird is a career-advice book by Liu Tong, published by Beijing United Publishing Company in October 2018. Drawing on the aut… Rating 3.8★ Toward the Light 刘同 CITIC Press · 2016 This collection brings together seventeen stories, among them 'The Man Who Carried a Ladder', 'The Clever Child Holding a Fragile Lantern', 'My Foolis… Rating 3.7★ Toward the Light 刘同 CITIC Press · 2016 Toward the Light is the third volume in Liu Tong's Who's Youth Is Not Confused series, published by CITIC Press Group in April 2016. The book contains… Towards the Light 刘同 CITIC Press · 2016 Towards the Light is the third installment in young writer Liu Tong's "Who's Youth Is Not Confused" series, centered on the theme of "light" and publi… The World That Will Not Change for Us 丁丁张 / 徐良 / Binni Xiaoshi / Yuan Jin / Yao Yi / 刘同 / 沈嘉柯 / Liu Huanjie Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2016 The World That Will Not Change for Us is a short-story collection published in August 2016 by Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House. Thi… Rating 3.4★ Your Loneliness, Though Defeated, Is Still Glorious 刘同 CITIC Press · 2015 Centered on the theme young people resonate with most—loneliness—this book uses 33 true and moving stories to portray 33 different forms of loneliness… Your Loneliness, Though Defeated, Is Still Glorious 刘同 CITIC Press · 2014 Your Loneliness, Though Defeated, Is Still Glorious is Liu Tong's follow-up to his bestseller Whose Youth Is Not Confused, and the second volume in th… Your Loneliness Is Still Glorious in Defeat 刘同 CITIC Press · 2014 Your Loneliness Is Still Glorious in Defeat is a collection of essays by Liu Tong, released in 2014 by CITIC Press following his million-copy bestsell… Rating 2.9★ Who Isn't Lost in Youth? 刘同 CITIC Press · 2012 Who Isn't Lost in Their Youth is a collection of coming-of-age essays by Liu Tong, vice president of the TV division at Enlight Media. First published…Publishers
CITIC PressBeijing United Publishing Co., Ltd.Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing HouseZhejiang Literature and Art Publishing HouseHunan Literature and Art Publishing House