Bookworm book listing

Vivian Wang from the Bookworm recommends the following bestsellers to Beijing Today readers.

Yu Li: Confessions of an Elevator Operator
By Jimmy Qi, 84pp, Make-Do Productions, $12.95

Yu Li is an inspector at a fake wine distillery in a small town in Hebei Province without any tall buildings. After he is fired for drinking the wine during inspections, Yu manages to land another job as an elevator operator in a luxury apartment building in far-off Beijing. The apartment building is home to New China’s winners: celebrities, the new rich and big-shot officials. Misadventures abound as Yu struggles to adjust to the confusion f city life and, above all, fights to subdue the “nuclear weapon” in his pant.

Mrs. West’s Hat
By Anthony Gorman and Helen Couchman, 84pp, Soloshow Publishing, $10.99

A thoughtful, quiet meditation on the life of Couchman’s grandmother, a remarkable lady and the owner of a number of extravagant hats.

Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptatio
By Michael Keller, illustrated by Nicolle Rager Fuller, 192pp, Rodale Books, $19.99

Author Michael Keller and illustrator Nicolle Rager Fuller introduce a new generation of readers to Darwin’s original text, including sections about his pioneering research, the public’s initial reception ohis book, his correspondence with other leading scientists, as well as recent breakthroughs in evolutionary theory. This riveting, beautifully rendered adaptation breathes new life into Darwin’s seminal and still-polariing work.

(By He Jianwei)