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Mai Jia 麦家


Born
China
Genre
Thriller


Mai Jia is arguably the most successful writer in China today. His books are constant bestsellers, with total sales over three million copies. He became the highest paid author in China last year with his new book, Wind Talk. He has achieved unprecedented success with film adaptation: all of his novels are made - or are being made - into major films or TV series, the screenplays of which are often written by Mai Jia himself. He is hailed as the forerunner of Chinese espionage fiction, and has created a unique genre that combines spycraft, code-breaking, crime, human drama, historical fiction, and metafiction. He has won almost every major award in China, including the highest literary honor - the Mao Dun Award.

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Average rating: 3.42 · 3,502 ratings · 506 reviews · 46 distinct works • Similar authors
Decoded
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3.28 avg rating — 2,576 ratings — published 2002 — 79 editions
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人生海海
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4.10 avg rating — 451 ratings — published 2019 — 10 editions
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The Message
3.59 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 2013 — 34 editions
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In the Dark
3.41 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 2003 — 39 editions
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人间信
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3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2024
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Point of Sword: the Bright ...
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Two Young Women From Fuyang
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Maijia Spy Series:The Edge ...
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011
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黑记 (麦家文集)
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“In science, time is the real obstacle. Given unlimited time, everyone can learn all the secrets of the universe.”
― Mai Jia, Decoded
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“If the horse made the world smaller and boat travel made the world larger, then the internal combustion engine made the world magical.”
― Mai Jia, Decoded
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“An interesting but wrong theory is always better than a boring but perfect proof.”
― Mai Jia, Decoded
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