Yu Si-min's "Europe City Travelogue 3" from Saenggakui Gil Publishing maintains its top position on Kyobo Book Centre's Humanities Bestseller list as of August 9, 2026. This week's ranking features two new entries, and Seneca's "Seneca, To You Who Are Being Robbed of Today" published by Non-Fiction, showed the most significant climb.
TOP 10
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유럽 도시 기행 3
유시민 · Kyobo
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2 |
세네카, 오늘을 빼앗기고 있는 당신에게
세네카 · Kyobo
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3 |
니체의 초월자
프리드리히 니체 · Kyobo
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4 |
품격 있는 대화를 위한 지식 브리핑
김진 · Kyobo
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5 |
오디세이아(고대 그리스어 완역본)
호메로스 · Kyobo
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6 |
니체와 함께 지적 대화를
양원근 · Kyobo
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7 |
사랑의 기술
에리히 프롬 · Kyobo
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8 |
위버멘쉬
프리드리히 니체 · Kyobo
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쇼펜하우어 인생수업(30만 부 기념 개정증보판)
쇼펜하우어 · Kyobo
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10 |
명상록
마르쿠스 아우렐리우스 · Kyobo
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Ranking Summary: August 9, 2026
The upper ranks are dominated by "Europe City Travelogue 3" by Yu Si-min (Saenggakui Gil), "Seneca, To You Who Are Being Robbed of Today" by Seneca (Non-Fiction), and Friedrich Nietzsche's "Nietzsche's Superman" (Hieut).
Friedrich Nietzsche is a prominent author, with two of his books entering the top ranks this week.
Insight into Korean Reading Trends
For international readers of KStories, the Kyobo Humanities Weekly ranking serves as a valuable reference, offering insights into current reading trends in South Korea.
It is important to focus not merely on the sales ranks but on which books, authors, and publishers are making a significant impact.
Among the publishers, Hyeondae Jiseong has two books featured this week.
Key Ranking Shifts
Largest climb: "Seneca, To You Who Are Being Robbed of Today" by Seneca (Non-Fiction), rising two spots from last week's 4th place to 2nd.
Largest drop: "Übermensch" by Friedrich Nietzsche (Rise Publishing), falling two spots from last week's 6th place to 8th.
Books that fell off the chart include "Minimum Thoughts for Life" by Shin Young-jun et al. (Kyobo) and "Speaking Without Speaking" by Kim Jeong-woon (Kyobo).
Kyobo Humanities Bestsellers: Top 10 as of August 9, 2026
1st: "Europe City Travelogue 3" by Yu Si-min (Saenggakui Gil) – Retains the #1 spot.
2nd: "Seneca, To You Who Are Being Robbed of Today" by Seneca (Non-Fiction) – Up two spots from #4.
3rd: "Nietzsche's Superman" by Friedrich Nietzsche (Hieut) – Down one spot from #2.
4th: "Knowledge Briefing for Dignified Conversations" by Kim Jin (Book Pleasure) – Down one spot from #3.
5th: "The Odyssey (Complete Ancient Greek Translation)" by Homer (Hyeondae Jiseong) – New entry.
6th: "Intellectual Conversations with Nietzsche" by Yang Won-geun (Limitless) – Down one spot from #5.
7th: "The Art of Loving" by Erich Fromm (Munye Publishing) – Retains the #7 spot.
8th: "Übermensch" by Friedrich Nietzsche (Rise Publishing) – Down two spots from #6.
9th: "Schopenhauer's Life Lessons (Revised and Augmented Edition Commemorating 300,000 Copies)" by Schopenhauer (Hist) – Down one spot from #8.
10th: "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius (Hyeondae Jiseong) – New entry.