It's called 《"My Altay》," a collection of essays written by a girl who used to live in Altai, the north of Xinjiang Province.

In English you underline or italicize novel names, but since that formatting is not allowed here, I put them in quotation marks. It's the next closest thing, but quotation makes are usually used for short stories and poems.

When I was in middle school, I liked her books for outsideextra-curricular reading.

If your Chinese level is beyond intermediate, I recommend 《"My Altay》."

The book's sudden popularity is because the moviedrama based on it was released and widely welcomreceived.

A drama has episodes.

I had athe chance to read it recently.

I canould feel the subtle but rich emotions of the author through the simple but funny words.

It's a past event (you reading the book), so it's meant to be in the past.

Morest importantly, I saw a kind of life that I had never had and maybe would never experience.

This is the right phrase.

This book reminds me of San Mao, another well-known womanfemale author.

When I was in middle school, I liked her books for outside readingbecause she wrote about places she's been to.

I think what you meant was that she wrote about other cultures, places in the world. This type of writing is called travel writing.

If your Chinese level is beyondabove intermediate, I recommend 《My Altay》.

There wa's a book that became very famous in April.

I would probably say "this April".

It's called 《"My Altay》,", and is a collection of essays written by a girl who used to live in Altai, thea region north of Xinjiang Province.

I wasn't sure if you mean north of Xinjiang, or it's in the north of Xinjiang.

This book reminds me of San Mao, another well-known womanfemale author.

As you haven't discussed anything specifically about female authors (e.g. their experiences with sexism in publishing, them sharing their experiences as women), it's slightly unusual to highlight that the author is a woman. With many professions, highlighting that someone is a woman can be a way to subtly question how good they are at their jobs, e.g. I was seen by a female doctor. They were led by a female CEO. It was a female engineer in charge of the project. Obviously this isn't the case all the time, just something to keep in mind!

When I was in middle school, I liked her books for outside reading.

I assume you mean reading for pleasure, as opposed to assigned reading for school? I think it's implied, so you don't need to specify.

Or "enjoyed her books".

If your Chinese level is beyond intermediate, I recommend 《"My Altay》".