Popular Eastern Literature: Eastlit

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Popular Eastern Literature

Popular Eastern Literature. Cover. Picture: The Lake by Graham Lawrence. Cover design by GrahamLawrence. Copyright photographer, Eastlit and Graham Lawrence.It is again time to take a quick look at the popular Eastern literature in Eastlit. Once again Eastlit includes the most popular Eastern literature over the last seven and thirty days. And the all time list gets an update, too…

The pieces can be found by using the links in the top bar or in the Eastlit archive. Maybe it’s an idea to take a look at some of the other pieces? Everyone has different tastes, and quality does not always go hand in hand with popularity!.

The next issue of Eastlit will be out on September 1.

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

Popular Eastern Literature Last Seven Days

  1. The Foreign Man is Prepared to Take Everything in His Stride by Connla Stokes (July 2014).
  2. Let Me Tell You How I Treat My Children by Preeyakit Buranasin (August 2013).
  3. A Veil of Silk by Jared Angel (June 2014).
  4. The Puppet Tree Illustration by Vasan Sitthiket (October 2013).
  5. A Bridge Behind by Khanh Ha (July 2014).

Popular Eastern Literature Last Thirty Days:

  1. Let Me Tell You How I Treat My Children by Preeyakit Buranasin (August 2013).
  2. The Foreign Man is Prepared to Take Everything in His Stride by Connla Stokes (July 2014).
  3. Going Back to Emerald Hill by Chew Yi Wei (April 2014).
  4. Ma’s Mosquito Moment by Hong My Basrai (August 2014).
  5. Perfect Present by Andrew J. West (June 2014).

Popular Eastern Literature All Time:

  1. Smoke and Mirrors by Sayantan Ghosh (April 2014).
  2. Ishinomaki by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (February 2014).
  3. The Bicentennial by Cesar Polvorosa Jr. (June 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. A Complete Overhaul by Stephen Jordan (March 2014).
  8. The Debt by Kritika Chettri (November 2013).
  9. Why I Write by Qui Phiet Tran (April 2014).
  10. One Day Friends by Ralph Catedral (February 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.
  • +17% July 2014 on July 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