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Eastlit Popular Literature

Eastlit Popular Literature. July 2014 Cover: Picture: Xenia Taiga. Cover design by GrahamLawrence. Copyright photographer, Eastlit and Graham Lawrence.We are once again taking a quick look at the Eastlit popular literature. This month we again include the most popular literature over the last seven and thirty days. The all time list gets its usual update, too..

You can find the pieces by using the links in the top bar or in the Eastlit archive. Maybe take a look at some of the other pieces? We all have different tastes, and quality does nto always go hand in hand with popularity!.

The next issue of Eastlit will be out on August 1. The inaugural issue of our sister journal Southlit is coming out on July 15. That is only a few days away now.

Please note we exclude all the covers, content pages, contributor lists etc from these stats.

Eastlit Popular Literature Last Seven Days

  1. The Foreign Man is Prepared to Take Everything in His Stride by Connla Stokes (July 2014).
  2. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  3. Iain Maloney interview by Graham Lawrence (July 2014).
  4. Damai Moon by Colin W. Campbell (July 2014).
  5. A Bridge Behind by Khanh Ha (July 2014).

Eastlit Popular Literature Last Thirty Days:

  1. The Foreign Man is Prepared to Take Everything in His Stride by Connla Stokes (July 2014).
  2. The Bicentennial by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (June 2014).
  3. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  4. Sentences and Two Other Poems by Henrik Hoeg (June 2014).
  5. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).

Eastlit Popular Literature All Time:

  1. Common Filipino Funeral Superstitions Rebutted by Reynold P. Macaranas (March 2013).
  2. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
  3. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  4. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei (April 2013).
  5. Bluebird Island by Pauline Lacanilao (December 2013).
  6. The Puppet Tree by Andrew J. West (October 2013).
  7. Going Home by Steve Rosse (February 2013).
  8. A Complete Overhaul by Stephen Jordan (March 2014).
  9. The Debt by Kritika Chettri (November 2013).
  10. The Bicentennial by Cesar Polvorosa jr. (June 2014).

Year on Year Readership Change

  • + 46% December 2013 on December 2012.
  • +172% January 2014 on January 2013.
  • +161% February 2104 on February 2013.
  • +242% March 2014 on March 2013.
  • +64% April 2014 on April 2013.
  • +8% May 2014 on May 2013.
  • +69% June 2014 on June 2013.

Top Ten Countries in Alphabetical Order:

  • Canada
  • China & Hong Kong
  • India
  • Japan
  • Malaysia
  • Philippines
  • Thailand
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Vietnam

Cheers and Enjoy.

Graham