Books in Taobao usually include nine categories: literary works, novels, essays, poems and songs. There are two kinds, the first is cultural interest, and the second is magazines, newspapers, books, magazines and newspapers. Under this general category, there are the following sub-categories, such as newspapers, newspaper subscriptions, medical care, psychological books, biographies, maps, geography, second-hand and idle books, children's books, teaching AIDS, law, industry, agricultural technology, management, reference books and so on.

Taobao books are collections of goods within Taobao's management scope to meet all or part of the needs of commodity production, circulation and consumption activities according to certain management purposes.