Query: Chinese novels from 2009 or 2008
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
London Single Diary
Frog (novel)
The Three-Body Problem (novel)
One Sentence Is Ten Thousand Sentences
Beijing Coma
Massage (novel)
The Fat Years
Frontier (novel)
The Tibet Code
Illumine Lingao
The Dark Forest
Evidence from documents: London Single Diary: '''''London Single Diary''''' is a 2009 novel, the sixth book by British Chinese author Yilin Zhong, and the first book she wrote in the UK.
Frog (novel): '''''Frog''''' () is a novel by Mo Yan, first released in 2009. The novel is about Gugu (姑姑 "paternal aunt"), the aunt of "Tadpole", the novel's narrator. Gugu performs various abortions after the One Child Policy is introduced. The novel discusses both the reasons why the policy was implemented and the consequences of it.


It was translated into English by Howard Goldblatt (Chinese: 葛浩文), foremost translator of contemporary Chinese literature and former research professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Notre Dame. He served as Mo Yan's longtime English translator.


In Mandarin Chinese the word for frog, 蛙 (''wā''), sounds similar to the sound made by a baby (娃 ''wā''), and the narrator's name means "tadpole".
The Three-Body Problem (novel): It was published as a standalone book in 2008, becoming one of the most successful Chinese science fiction novels of the last two decades
One Sentence Is Ten Thousand Sentences: '''''One Sentence Is Ten Thousand Sentences''''' is a novel written by Liu Zhenyun from 2006 to 2008.
Beijing Coma: '''''Beijing Coma''''' is a 2008 novel by Ma Jian. It was translated from Chinese by Flora Drew. The Chinese government has since banned the book.
Massage (novel): 2008: '''''Massage''''' is a 2008 Chinese novel by Bi Feiyu about blind masseurs
Chinese novels: '''''Massage''''' is a 2008 Chinese novel by Bi Feiyu about blind masseurs
The Fat Years: '''''The Fat Years''''' is a 2009 Chinese science fiction novel
Frontier (novel): First published in China in 2008
The Tibet Code: Chinese novels from: a series of fantasy adventure novels written by He Ma. The novels follow Qiang Ba, an expert on Tibetan Mastiffs, and his mentor Fang Xin, as a mysterious letter pulls them into a convoluted search for a hoard of Buddhist treasure hidden during the persecution of the 9th-century Tibetan emperor Langdarma
2008: The series' first two novels were posted online and publication began quickly after an interested publisher bought the rights in 2008. It became an instant success, with the ten novels selling a combined 10 million copies.
Illumine Lingao: '''''Illumine Lingao''''' (), also known as '''''Morning Star of Lingao''''', is a Chinese ''chuanyue'' (time travel) novel co-written by Xiao Feng () under the pen name "Boaster" (). The novel was originally published online in 2009 on Qidian Chinese Network.
The Dark Forest: a 2008 science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. It is the sequel to the Hugo Award-winning novel ''The Three-Body Problem'' (, ) in the trilogy titled "''Remembrance of Earth's Past''" (, ), but Chinese readers generally refer to the series by the title of the first novel.