A poster for anti-corruption TV series In the Name of the People. [Photo/Mtime]

Popular films and TV series have prompted a surge in sales of books, such as In the Name of the People and Murder on the Orient Express.

In the Name of the People, an anti-corruption novel by Chinese author Zhou Meisen, ranked fourth on Kindle's paid e-books list, thanks to its smash TV adaptation, aired from March to April. Statistics show purchases of the book's digital version increased 24-fold three months after its screening, and printed copies surged twelvefold.