{"id":1080,"date":"2026-07-29T16:53:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kstories.kr\/en-ko\/structured-weekly_kyobo_essay_ranking-kyobo_essay_weekly-2026-07-29-enkr\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T16:53:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:53:25","slug":"structured-weekly_kyobo_essay_ranking-kyobo_essay_weekly-2026-07-29-enkr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kstories.kr\/en-ko\/structured-weekly_kyobo_essay_ranking-kyobo_essay_weekly-2026-07-29-enkr\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyobo Essay Bestsellers: Top 10 \uc21c\uc704 as of \ud604\uc7ac July 29, 2026 \uae30\uc900"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"article-inline-image\" style=\"margin:24px 0;text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/kstories.kr\/ko\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/01___K-1.jpg\" style=\"width:min(100%, 560px);max-width:560px;height:auto;margin:0 auto\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"original-title\" style=\"font-size:1.4em;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:12px;line-height:1.4\">Kyobo Essay Bestsellers: Top 10 \uc21c\uc704 as of \ud604\uc7ac July 29, 2026 \uae30\uc900<\/div>\n<p>As of July 29, 2026, Alain de Botton&#x27;s *Anxiety (Recover:K)* (Eunhaengnamu) takes the top spot on the essay bestseller list. This week&#x27;s chart includes one \uc2e0\uaddc entry, and *Anxiety (Recover:K)* also recorded the most significant \uc0c1\uc2b9\ud3ed in rankings.<\/p>\n<h2>TOP 10<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ranking-list-block\" style=\"margin:10px 0 26px\">\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-top:2px solid #111827;border-bottom:1px solid #eceff3\">\n<tr class=\"ranking-list-row\">\n<td style=\"width:64px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents.kyobobook.co.kr\/sih\/fit-in\/400x0\/pdt\/9788956605593.jpg?t=2975418\" alt=\"\ubd88\uc548(\ub9ac\ucee4\ubc84:K)\" style=\"width:56px;height:56px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:10px;background:#f3f4f6\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:42px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:800;font-size:1.05em;color:#111827;text-align:center\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:700;color:#111827;line-height:1.45\">\ubd88\uc548(\ub9ac\ucee4\ubc84:K)<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\uc54c\ub7ad \ub4dc \ubcf4\ud1b5 \u00b7 Kyobo<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"ranking-list-row\">\n<td style=\"width:64px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents.kyobobook.co.kr\/sih\/fit-in\/400x0\/pdt\/9791194184645.jpg?t=2975418\" alt=\"\uc548\ub155, \ud53c\ud130\ud32c\" style=\"width:56px;height:56px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:10px;background:#f3f4f6\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:42px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:800;font-size:1.05em;color:#111827;text-align:center\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:700;color:#111827;line-height:1.45\">\uc548\ub155, \ud53c\ud130\ud32c<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\uc804\uacbd\ucca0 \u00b7 Kyobo<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"ranking-list-row\">\n<td style=\"width:64px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents.kyobobook.co.kr\/sih\/fit-in\/400x0\/pdt\/9791162145043.jpg?t=2975418\" alt=\"\ud589\ubcf5\ud560 \uac70\uc57c \uc774\ub798\ub3c4 \ub418\ub098 \uc2f6\uc744 \uc815\ub3c4\ub85c(10\ub9cc \ubd80 \uae30\ub150 \uad50\ubcf4\ubb38\uace0 \ub2e8\ub3c5 \ub9ac\ucee4\ubc84)\" style=\"width:56px;height:56px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:10px;background:#f3f4f6\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:42px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:800;font-size:1.05em;color:#111827;text-align:center\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:700;color:#111827;line-height:1.45\">\ud589\ubcf5\ud560 \uac70\uc57c \uc774\ub798\ub3c4 \ub418\ub098 \uc2f6\uc744 \uc815\ub3c4\ub85c(10\ub9cc \ubd80 \uae30\ub150 \uad50\ubcf4\ubb38\uace0 \ub2e8\ub3c5 \ub9ac\ucee4\ubc84)<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\uc77c\ud64d \u00b7 Kyobo<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"ranking-list-row\">\n<td style=\"width:64px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents.kyobobook.co.kr\/sih\/fit-in\/400x0\/pdt\/9791124468050.jpg?t=2975418\" alt=\"\ub2e4\uc815\ud55c \uc0ac\ub78c\uc774 \uc774\uae34\ub2e4(\uc2a4\ud398\uc15c \uc591\uc7a5 \ub9ac\ucee4\ubc84\ud310)\" style=\"width:56px;height:56px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:10px;background:#f3f4f6\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:42px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:800;font-size:1.05em;color:#111827;text-align:center\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:700;color:#111827;line-height:1.45\">\ub2e4\uc815\ud55c \uc0ac\ub78c\uc774 \uc774\uae34\ub2e4(\uc2a4\ud398\uc15c \uc591\uc7a5 \ub9ac\ucee4\ubc84\ud310)<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\uc774\ud574\uc778 \u00b7 Kyobo<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"ranking-list-row\">\n<td style=\"width:64px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents.kyobobook.co.kr\/sih\/fit-in\/400x0\/pdt\/9791162145418.jpg?t=2975418\" alt=\"\uad6c\uc6d0\uc5d0\uac8c\" style=\"width:56px;height:56px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:10px;background:#f3f4f6\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:42px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:800;font-size:1.05em;color:#111827;text-align:center\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:700;color:#111827;line-height:1.45\">\uad6c\uc6d0\uc5d0\uac8c<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\uc815\uc601\uc6b1 \u00b7 Kyobo<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"ranking-list-row\">\n<td style=\"width:64px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents.kyobobook.co.kr\/sih\/fit-in\/400x0\/pdt\/9791124497029.jpg?t=2975418\" alt=\"\uc0ac\ucd98\uae30 \uc5c4\ub9c8\uc758 \uc624\uc7a5\uc721\ubd80\" style=\"width:56px;height:56px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:10px;background:#f3f4f6\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:42px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:800;font-size:1.05em;color:#111827;text-align:center\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:700;color:#111827;line-height:1.45\">\uc0ac\ucd98\uae30 \uc5c4\ub9c8\uc758 \uc624\uc7a5\uc721\ubd80<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\ub098\ubbfc\uc560 \u00b7 Kyobo<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"ranking-list-row\">\n<td style=\"width:64px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents.kyobobook.co.kr\/sih\/fit-in\/400x0\/pdt\/9791198375308.jpg?t=2975418\" alt=\"\uacb0\ud63c\u119e\uc5ec\ub984\" style=\"width:56px;height:56px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:10px;background:#f3f4f6\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:42px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:800;font-size:1.05em;color:#111827;text-align:center\">7<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:700;color:#111827;line-height:1.45\">\uacb0\ud63c\u119e\uc5ec\ub984<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\uc54c\ubca0\ub974 \uce74\ubb88 \u00b7 Kyobo<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"ranking-list-row\">\n<td style=\"width:64px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents.kyobobook.co.kr\/sih\/fit-in\/400x0\/pdt\/9791193153710.jpg?t=2975418\" alt=\"\ub108\ub97c \uc544\ub07c\uba70 \uc0b4\uc544\ub77c\" style=\"width:56px;height:56px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:10px;background:#f3f4f6\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:42px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:800;font-size:1.05em;color:#111827;text-align:center\">8<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:700;color:#111827;line-height:1.45\">\ub108\ub97c \uc544\ub07c\uba70 \uc0b4\uc544\ub77c<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\ub098\ud0dc\uc8fc \u00b7 Kyobo<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"ranking-list-row\">\n<td style=\"width:64px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents.kyobobook.co.kr\/sih\/fit-in\/400x0\/pdt\/9791169851053.jpg?t=2975418\" alt=\"\uc5b4\ub978\uc758 \ud589\ubcf5\uc740 \uc870\uc6a9\ud558\ub2e4\" style=\"width:56px;height:56px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:10px;background:#f3f4f6\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:42px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:800;font-size:1.05em;color:#111827;text-align:center\">9<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:700;color:#111827;line-height:1.45\">\uc5b4\ub978\uc758 \ud589\ubcf5\uc740 \uc870\uc6a9\ud558\ub2e4<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\ud0dc\uc218 \u00b7 Kyobo<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"ranking-list-row\">\n<td style=\"width:64px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents.kyobobook.co.kr\/sih\/fit-in\/400x0\/pdt\/9788960909960.jpg?t=2975418\" alt=\"\ub2f9\uc2e0\uc758 \ub3c5\uc790\uac00 \ub420\uac8c\uc694\" style=\"width:56px;height:56px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:10px;background:#f3f4f6\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:42px;padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle;font-weight:800;font-size:1.05em;color:#111827;text-align:center\">10<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:700;color:#111827;line-height:1.45\">\ub2f9\uc2e0\uc758 \ub3c5\uc790\uac00 \ub420\uac8c\uc694<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\uc815\uc138\ub791 \u00b7 Kyobo<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Ranking Summary for July 29, 2026<\/h2>\n<p>The \uc0c1\uc704\uad8c for this week are primarily dominated by *Anxiety (Recover:K)* by Alain de Botton (Eunhaengnamu), *Goodbye, Peter Pan* by Jeon Gyeong-cheol (Iyagijangsu), and *I&#x27;ll be so happy I might wonder if this is okay (100k copy \uae30\ub150 Kyobo Bookstore \ub2e8\ub3c5 cover)* by Ilhong (Bookrum).<\/p>\n<h2>Insights into Korean Reading Trends<\/h2>\n<p>For \ud574\uc678 KStories \ub3c5\uc790, this Kyobo Essay Weekly \uc21c\uc704 serves as a valuable \ucc38\uace0 to understand current \ub3c5\uc11c trends in \ud55c\uad6d.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to focus on which books, \uc800\uc790, and publishers stand out, rather than simply listing sales \uc21c\uc704.<\/p>\n<p>Among the publishers, Bookrum made multiple appearances with two titles on the list.<\/p>\n<h2>Noteworthy Ranking Changes<\/h2>\n<p>Biggest \uc0c1\uc2b9\ud3ed: *Anxiety (Recover:K)* by Alain de Botton (Eunhaengnamu) \uc0c1\uc2b9 one spot from last week&#x27;s 2nd place to #1.<\/p>\n<p>Biggest \ud558\ub77d\ud3ed: *Adult \ud589\ubcf5 is Quiet* by Taesu (Page2 Books), which fell two spots from last week&#x27;s 7th place to #9.<\/p>\n<p>Books that dropped out of the chart include *The \uac10\uac01 of an Everyday-ist* by Kim Ina (Kyobo).<\/p>\n<h2>Top 10 Essay Bestsellers as of July 29, 2026<\/h2>\n<p>#1 *Anxiety (Recover:K)* by Alain de Botton (Eunhaengnamu) &#8211; \uc0c1\uc2b9 one spot from last week&#x27;s #2.<\/p>\n<p>#2 *Goodbye, Peter Pan* by Jeon Gyeong-cheol (Iyagijangsu) &#8211; \ud558\ub77d one spot from last week&#x27;s #1.<\/p>\n<p>#3 *I&#x27;ll be so happy I might wonder if this is okay (100k copy \uae30\ub150 Kyobo Bookstore \ub2e8\ub3c5 cover)* by Ilhong (Bookrum) &#8211; \uc720\uc9c0 last week&#x27;s #3.<\/p>\n<p>#4 *The Kind Person Wins (Special \uc591\uc7a5 Edition)* by Lee Hae-in (Feelm) &#8211; \uc720\uc9c0 last week&#x27;s #4.<\/p>\n<p>#5 *To \uad6c\uc6d0* by Jeong Young-wook (Bookrum) &#8211; \uc0c1\uc2b9 one spot from last week&#x27;s #6.<\/p>\n<p>#6 *A \uc0ac\ucd98\uae30 Mom&#x27;s \uc624\uc7a5\uc721\ubd80* by Na Min-ae (Seogyo Books) &#8211; \ud558\ub77d one spot from last week&#x27;s #5.<\/p>\n<p>#7 *\uacb0\ud63c, Summer* by Albert Camus (Noksaek Gwangseon) &#8211; \uc0c1\uc2b9 one spot from last week&#x27;s #8.<\/p>\n<p>#8 *Live Cherishing Yourself* by Na Tae-joo (Double Book) &#8211; \uc0c1\uc2b9 one spot from last week&#x27;s #9.<\/p>\n<p>#9 *Adult \ud589\ubcf5 is Quiet* by Taesu (Page2 Books) &#8211; \ud558\ub77d two spots from last week&#x27;s #7.<\/p>\n<p>#10 *I&#x27;ll Be Your \ub3c5\uc790* by Jeong Se-rang (Maumsaenghchaek) &#8211; \uc2e0\uaddc \uc9c4\uc785.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kstories-terms-box\" style=\"margin:32px 0 20px;padding:22px 24px;border:1px solid #e3e8f0;border-radius:16px;background:#f8fbff;line-height:1.9\">\n<div 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