At the end of a year, it is almost a modern ritual to retrospect the past 365 days and to make a new year's resolution. Book-lovers would usually prefer this time to count the books they've read and written down a reading list for the coming year.

According to the annual report released by the Chinese Academy of Press and Publication on the World Book Day this year, Chinese people read an average of 7.86 books in 2016, a slight increase from last year.

Even though the number is far from big enough, Chinese people's reading list has been growing longer each year, and stories of books have also started to hit the trending topic ranking on social media.