During the World Book Day on April 23, 2023, Jingdong Research Institute for Con-sumption and Industrial Development released the 2023 Online Book Consumption Observation. The sales data and research fndings revealed that among online book purchases, education-al and children’s books had the highest sales, accounting for 32% and 18% of the entire platform respectively. The fastest-growing sales were in medical, art, and electronics and communication books, while the per capita sales of political, military, legal books were the highest, refecting the professional choices and career directions of China’s new genera-tion, as well as their interest and willingness to explore diferent felds.From the perspective of consumer demo-graphics, the age group of 36 to 45 accounted for nearly 50% of book purchases, while the age group of 26 to 35 accounted for nearly 30%. They were the main consumer force on the Jingdong Books platform. Different age groups have significant differences in their motivations and purposes of buying books. Among the post-00s generation, the most popular purchases are exam preparation ma-terials, college textbooks and study guidance, as well as foreign language learning books. Apart from educational books, they also enjoy reading youth literature, photography, and novels. Many of those who were born in the 1990s are busy balancing their careers and family lives, and they prefer books on parenting, financial investment, household items, marriage, and family. Jingdong Books summarized this phenomenon as “unmarried users buy books to advance their careers, while married users buy books to invest in education.”During Jingdong’s “6.18” mid-year pro-motion, Jingdong Books unveiled the most popular list for the middle of 2023. The top 3 books on the list are If History Was a Group of Cats Series (“如果历史是一群喵”系列), Xiao Xiurong’s 2024 Political Science Exam Preparation Series, and the collection of The Three-Body Problem. Among the 30 sets of books selected for the list, 11 are literary works, which were also in the Most Popular Book category. Educational books follow closely with 8 selections. Several children’s books and social science and management titles have also been included, validating the reading and book-buying preferences of Chi-nese readers as observed earlier.