Reading About China

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Journey to the West: A Long March from Eastern Dream to Western Reality
Journey to the West: A Long March from Eastern Dream to Western Reality
by: Biao Wang
4.27 avg rating β€” 142 ratings
2.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating β€” 120,272 ratings
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The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 257,764 ratings
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Watering Heaven
Watering Heaven 4.16 avg rating β€” 152 ratings
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Dream of the Red Chamber
Dream of the Red Chamber 4.01 avg rating β€” 2,775 ratings
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days 4.20 avg rating β€” 2,418 ratings
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A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
by: Yiyun Li
3.93 avg rating β€” 3,977 ratings
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Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China
Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China 4.11 avg rating β€” 4,393 ratings
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Unsavory Elements: Stories of Foreigners on the Loose in China
Unsavory Elements: Stories of Foreigners on the Loose in China 3.59 avg rating β€” 197 ratings
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China Simplified: Language Gymnastics
China Simplified: Language Gymnastics 4.20 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
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The Selected Poems of Li Po
The Selected Poems of Li Po
by: Li Po
4.27 avg rating β€” 1,063 ratings
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The Vagrants
The Vagrants
by: Yiyun Li
3.89 avg rating β€” 4,521 ratings
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 2: The Crab-Flower Club
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 2: The Crab-Flower Club 4.35 avg rating β€” 1,024 ratings
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Mencius
Mencius 4.29 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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Red Sorghum
Red Sorghum
by: Mo Yan
3.80 avg rating β€” 8,538 ratings
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Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China 3.91 avg rating β€” 10,431 ratings
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Old Tales Retold ζ•…δΊ‹ζ–°ηΌ–
Old Tales Retold ζ•…δΊ‹ζ–°ηΌ–
by: Lu Xun
4.19 avg rating β€” 228 ratings
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Selected Stories
Selected Stories
by: Lu Xun
3.88 avg rating β€” 569 ratings
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Rickshaw Boy
Rickshaw Boy
by: Lao She
3.90 avg rating β€” 2,629 ratings
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Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
by: Lu Xun
3.90 avg rating β€” 2,456 ratings
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Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962
Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962 4.16 avg rating β€” 997 ratings
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For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink
For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink 3.78 avg rating β€” 4,227 ratings
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Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes: The Tangshan Earthquake and the Death of Mao's China
Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes: The Tangshan Earthquake and the Death of Mao's China 3.70 avg rating β€” 151 ratings
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The Wardens of Punyu
The Wardens of Punyu
by: D.L. Kung
4.08 avg rating β€” 59 ratings
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Mythbusting the Cult of Confucius: What the Chinese Really Are, How to Understand Them and Why We Need to
Mythbusting the Cult of Confucius: What the Chinese Really Are, How to Understand Them and Why We Need to 4.40 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
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Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China
Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China 3.98 avg rating β€” 631 ratings
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The China-America Alliance: East Asian and American Cultural Values Promote Global Harmony
The China-America Alliance: East Asian and American Cultural Values Promote Global Harmony 4.53 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
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Inconvenient Memories: A Personal Account of the Tiananmen Square Incident and China Before and After
Inconvenient Memories: A Personal Account of the Tiananmen Square Incident and China Before and After 3.96 avg rating β€” 91 ratings
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Yeh-Shen: A Traditional Chinese Cinderella Tale
Yeh-Shen: A Traditional Chinese Cinderella Tale liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
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Selected Stories by Xuemo ι›ͺ漠小说精选
Selected Stories by Xuemo ι›ͺ漠小说精选
by: Xuemo.
4.55 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
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No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs
No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs 4.52 avg rating β€” 664 ratings
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Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties, and the Making of Wallis Simpson
Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties, and the Making of Wallis Simpson 3.72 avg rating β€” 247 ratings
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The Death of Woman Wang
The Death of Woman Wang 3.46 avg rating β€” 960 ratings
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The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China: The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun
The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China: The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun
by: Lu Xun
3.90 avg rating β€” 1,250 ratings
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The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers
The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers 4.01 avg rating β€” 3,202 ratings
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The End of May Road (Handover Mysteries, #2)
The End of May Road (Handover Mysteries, #2)
by: D.L. Kung
3.50 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
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The Shanghai Diary
The Shanghai Diary 4.08 avg rating β€” 986 ratings
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Journey to the West: A Long March from Eastern Dream to Western Reality
Journey to the West: A Long March from Eastern Dream to Western Reality
by: Biao Wang
4.27 avg rating β€” 142 ratings
33.
Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods
Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods 4.35 avg rating β€” 2,144 ratings
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Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
by: Yiyun Li
3.70 avg rating β€” 2,715 ratings
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The Shadows of Shigatse
The Shadows of Shigatse
by: D.L. Kung
4.18 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
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Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You 3.83 avg rating β€” 598,207 ratings
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The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China
The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China 4.27 avg rating β€” 4,820 ratings
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Call to Arms ε‘ε–Š
Call to Arms ε‘ε–Š
by: Lu Xun
4.31 avg rating β€” 1,031 ratings
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Ina Aus China: oder: Was hat schon Platz in einem Koffer. Roman
Ina Aus China: oder: Was hat schon Platz in einem Koffer. Roman 3.89 avg rating β€” 46 ratings
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A Stone is Most Precious Where it Belongs
A Stone is Most Precious Where it Belongs 4.35 avg rating β€” 1,019 ratings
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The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up
The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up
by: Liao Yiwu
4.22 avg rating β€” 3,055 ratings
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The Last Manchu: The Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi, Last Emperor of China
The Last Manchu: The Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi, Last Emperor of China
by: Pu Yi
3.81 avg rating β€” 1,166 ratings
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To Live
To Live
by: Yu Hua
4.33 avg rating β€” 23,074 ratings
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The Dissident
The Dissident 3.35 avg rating β€” 910 ratings
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The Keys of the Kingdom
The Keys of the Kingdom 4.33 avg rating β€” 3,520 ratings
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China Underground
China Underground 3.72 avg rating β€” 423 ratings
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On A Chinese Screen
On A Chinese Screen 3.71 avg rating β€” 509 ratings
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
by: Dai Sijie
3.64 avg rating β€” 67,010 ratings
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The Blacks of Premodern China
The Blacks of Premodern China 3.17 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon 3.95 avg rating β€” 24,248 ratings
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City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City
City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City 4.61 avg rating β€” 346 ratings
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The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
by: Xinran
4.31 avg rating β€” 12,972 ratings
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The Crazed
The Crazed
by: Ha Jin
3.52 avg rating β€” 2,475 ratings
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Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China 3.86 avg rating β€” 7,295 ratings
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Het Andere Oosten
Het Andere Oosten 3.60 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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Waiting
Waiting
by: Ha Jin
3.54 avg rating β€” 23,307 ratings
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I Have Seen the World Begin: Travels through China, Cambodia, and Vietnam
I Have Seen the World Begin: Travels through China, Cambodia, and Vietnam 3.77 avg rating β€” 394 ratings
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Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking
Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking 4.33 avg rating β€” 2,340 ratings
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Last Chance to See
Last Chance to See 4.32 avg rating β€” 25,703 ratings
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Lost on Planet China
Lost on Planet China 3.77 avg rating β€” 11,967 ratings
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The Emperor's Bones
The Emperor's Bones 3.62 avg rating β€” 164 ratings
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Bone Mountain (Inspector Shan, #3)
Bone Mountain (Inspector Shan, #3) 4.29 avg rating β€” 1,037 ratings
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The Dragon's Tail
The Dragon's Tail 3.95 avg rating β€” 127 ratings
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The Palace of Heavenly Pleasure
The Palace of Heavenly Pleasure 3.83 avg rating β€” 440 ratings
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Soong Dynasty
Soong Dynasty really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 746 ratings
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Boxers (Boxers & Saints, #1)
Boxers (Boxers & Saints, #1) 3.87 avg rating β€” 18,406 ratings