Bitter Growth written by Prof. Chu Yen, which won the golden tripod award for the company, and Open Life, whose 40th edition has recently been published, are among Elite's more successful publications.
爾雅早期出版的兩本書，王鼎鈞的「開放的人生」與琦君的「三更有夢書當枕」，為爾雅打下很好的基礎。