{"id":1485,"date":"2026-07-27T14:19:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kstories.kr\/en\/structured-weekly_kyobo_humanities_ranking-kyobo_humanities_weekly-2026-07-26-en\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T15:13:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:13:50","slug":"structured-weekly_kyobo_humanities_ranking-kyobo_humanities_weekly-2026-07-26-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kstories.kr\/en\/structured-weekly_kyobo_humanities_ranking-kyobo_humanities_weekly-2026-07-26-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Humanities Bestsellers (as of July 26, 2026)"},"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_______3.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\">Top 10 Humanities Bestsellers (as of July 26, 2026)<\/div>\n<p>As of July 26, 2026, &#x27;European City Travels 3&#x27; by Yoo Shi-min (Saenggakui Gil) claims the top spot among humanities bestsellers. This week&#x27;s ranking features five new entries.<\/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\/9788965138310.jpg?t=2974986\" alt=\"\uc720\ub7fd \ub3c4\uc2dc \uae30\ud589 3\" 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\">\uc720\ub7fd \ub3c4\uc2dc \uae30\ud589 3<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\uc720\uc2dc\ubbfc \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\/9791192559100.jpg?t=2974986\" alt=\"\ub2c8\uccb4\uc758 \ucd08\uc6d4\uc790\" 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\">\ub2c8\uccb4\uc758 \ucd08\uc6d4\uc790<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\ud504\ub9ac\ub4dc\ub9ac\ud788 \ub2c8\uccb4 \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\/9791124038413.jpg?t=2974986\" alt=\"\ud488\uaca9 \uc788\ub294 \ub300\ud654\ub97c \uc704\ud55c \uc9c0\uc2dd \ube0c\ub9ac\ud551\" 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\">\ud488\uaca9 \uc788\ub294 \ub300\ud654\ub97c \uc704\ud55c \uc9c0\uc2dd \ube0c\ub9ac\ud551<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\uae40\uc9c4 \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\/9791198409690.jpg?t=2974986\" alt=\"\ub2c8\uccb4\uc640 \ud568\uaed8 \uc9c0\uc801 \ub300\ud654\ub97c\" 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\">\ub2c8\uccb4\uc640 \ud568\uaed8 \uc9c0\uc801 \ub300\ud654\ub97c<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\uc591\uc6d0\uadfc \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\/9791192372730.jpg?t=2974986\" alt=\"\uc704\ubc84\uba58\uc26c\" 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\">\uc704\ubc84\uba58\uc26c<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\ud504\ub9ac\ub4dc\ub9ac\ud788 \ub2c8\uccb4 \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\/9788931027068.jpg?t=2974986\" alt=\"\uc0ac\ub791\uc758 \uae30\uc220\" 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\ub791\uc758 \uae30\uc220<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\uc5d0\ub9ac\ud788 \ud504\ub86c \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\/9791199489561.jpg?t=2974986\" alt=\"\uc138\ub124\uce74, \uc624\ub298\uc744 \ube7c\uc557\uae30\uace0 \uc788\ub294 \ub2f9\uc2e0\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\">7<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:700;color:#111827;line-height:1.45\">\uc138\ub124\uce74, \uc624\ub298\uc744 \ube7c\uc557\uae30\uace0 \uc788\ub294 \ub2f9\uc2e0\uc5d0\uac8c<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\uc138\ub124\uce74 \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\/9791173579721.jpg?t=2974986\" alt=\"\ub9d0\ud558\uc9c0 \uc54a\uace0 \ub9d0\ud558\uae30\" 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\">\ub9d0\ud558\uc9c0 \uc54a\uace0 \ub9d0\ud558\uae30<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\uae40\uc815\uc6b4 \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\/9791124248171.jpg?t=2974986\" alt=\"\uc778\uc0dd\uc744 \uc704\ud55c \ucd5c\uc18c\ud55c\uc758 \uc0dd\uac01\" 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\">\uc778\uc0dd\uc744 \uc704\ud55c \ucd5c\uc18c\ud55c\uc758 \uc0dd\uac01<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\uc2e0\uc601\uc900 \uc678 \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\/9791193282045.jpg?t=2974986\" alt=\"\uc1fc\ud39c\ud558\uc6b0\uc5b4 \uc778\uc0dd\uc218\uc5c5(30\ub9cc \ubd80 \uae30\ub150 \uac1c\uc815\uc99d\ubcf4\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\">10<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px 8px;vertical-align:middle\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:700;color:#111827;line-height:1.45\">\uc1fc\ud39c\ud558\uc6b0\uc5b4 \uc778\uc0dd\uc218\uc5c5(30\ub9cc \ubd80 \uae30\ub150 \uac1c\uc815\uc99d\ubcf4\ud310)<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2px;font-size:0.95em;color:#4b5563;line-height:1.35\">\uc1fc\ud39c\ud558\uc6b0\uc5b4 \u00b7 Kyobo<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Ranking Summary: July 26, 2026<\/h2>\n<p>The top positions are dominated by &#x27;European City Travels 3&#x27; (Yoo Shi-min, Saenggakui Gil), &#x27;Nietzsche&#x27;s Overman&#x27; (Friedrich Nietzsche, Heeut), and &#x27;Knowledge Briefing for Dignified Conversation&#x27; (Kim Jin, Book Pleasure).<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Friedrich Nietzsche has two books in the rankings.<\/p>\n<h2>Insights into Korean Reading Trends<\/h2>\n<p>For international readers of KStories, the Kyobo Humanities Weekly ranking serves as a valuable reference, offering insights into current reading trends in Korea.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to focus not merely on the sales rank, but on which books, authors, and publishers are gaining prominence.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Ranking Changes<\/h2>\n<p>The most significant drop was &#x27;Speaking Without Speaking&#x27; (Kim Jung-woon, 21st Century Books), falling five places from last week&#x27;s 3rd position to 8th.<\/p>\n<p>Books that have dropped off the chart include &#x27;The Perfect Primitive Man&#x27; (Jachung, Kyobo), &#x27;Dark Psychology (200,000-copy Limited Edition)&#x27; (Dark Side Project, Kyobo), &#x27;Lee Hyang-in&#x27; (Rami Kaminski, Kyobo), &#x27;Dark Psychology 2&#x27; (Dark Side Project, Kyobo), and &#x27;Reading Nietzsche on Anxious Days&#x27; (Friedrich Nietzsche, Kyobo).<\/p>\n<h2>Top 10 Humanities Bestsellers: July 26, 2026<\/h2>\n<p>1. European City Travels 3 (Yoo Shi-min, Saenggakui Gil) &#8211; New Entry<\/p>\n<p>2. Nietzsche&#x27;s Overman (Friedrich Nietzsche, Heeut) &#8211; Retained 2nd place from last week<\/p>\n<p>3. Knowledge Briefing for Dignified Conversation (Kim Jin, Book Pleasure) &#8211; Dropped 2 places from last week&#x27;s 1st position<\/p>\n<p>4. Intellectual Conversations with Nietzsche (Yang Won-geun, Limitless) &#8211; New Entry<\/p>\n<p>5. \u00dcbermensch (Friedrich Nietzsche, Tteoreum (RISE)) &#8211; Retained 5th place from last week<\/p>\n<p>6. The Art of Loving (Erich Fromm, Munye Publishing Co.) &#8211; New Entry<\/p>\n<p>7. Seneca, To You Who Are Losing Today (Seneca, Nonfiction) &#8211; New Entry<\/p>\n<p>8. Speaking Without Speaking (Kim Jung-woon, 21st Century Books) &#8211; Dropped 5 places from last week&#x27;s 3rd position<\/p>\n<p>9. Minimum Thoughts for Life (Shin Young-jun et al., Sangsang Square) &#8211; Dropped 5 places from last week&#x27;s 4th position<\/p>\n<p>10. Schopenhauer&#x27;s Life Lessons (300,000 Copies Commemorative Revised &amp; Expanded Edition) (Schopenhauer, Hist) &#8211; New Entry<\/p>\n<div class=\"kstories-variant-link\" style=\"margin:18px 0 6px;text-align:right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kstories.kr\/en-ko\/structured-weekly_kyobo_humanities_ranking-kyobo_humanities_weekly-2026-07-26-enkr\/\" style=\"padding:10px 18px;border:1px solid #7c3aed;border-radius:14px;color:#7c3aed;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;background:#fff\">English-Korean Version<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top 10 Humanities Bestsellers (as of July 26, 2026) As of July 26, 2026, &#x27;European City Travels 3&#x27; by Yoo&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"remote_featured_image_url":"https:\/\/kstories.kr\/ko\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/01_______3.jpg","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1923,1922,1317,1433,1315,1855],"class_list":["post-1485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-2026-07-26","tag-book-trends","tag-humanities-bestsellers","tag-k-books","tag-kyobo-weekly-ranking","tag-south-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kstories.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kstories.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kstories.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kstories.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kstories.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1485"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kstories.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1499,"href":"https:\/\/kstories.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1485\/revisions\/1499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kstories.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kstories.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kstories.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}