52 Book Club 2025: Lunar New Year Mini Challenge - Set In A Country That Celebrates Lunar New Year

1.
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
by: Lisa See
4.35 avg rating β€” 184,989 ratings
2.
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 992,928 ratings
3.
The Women
The Women 4.60 avg rating β€” 1,328,818 ratings
4.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating β€” 582,687 ratings
5.
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
by: Nghi Vo
3.92 avg rating β€” 42,143 ratings
6.
The Island of Sea Women
The Island of Sea Women
by: Lisa See
4.32 avg rating β€” 154,797 ratings
7.
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Bonesetter's Daughter
by: Amy Tan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 131,942 ratings
8.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating β€” 120,285 ratings
9.
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha (Mrs. Pollifax, #7)
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha (Mrs. Pollifax, #7) 4.07 avg rating β€” 6,049 ratings
10.
The Paper Daughters of Chinatown
The Paper Daughters of Chinatown 4.15 avg rating β€” 8,697 ratings
11.
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea 4.45 avg rating β€” 96,063 ratings
12.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) 3.67 avg rating β€” 624,982 ratings
13.
The Piano Teacher
The Piano Teacher 3.36 avg rating β€” 23,663 ratings
14.
The Night Tiger
The Night Tiger 3.86 avg rating β€” 65,363 ratings
15.
XOXO
XOXO
by: Axie Oh
3.80 avg rating β€” 43,723 ratings
16.
Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
by: Lisa See
3.92 avg rating β€” 160,771 ratings
17.
The Fox Wife
The Fox Wife 3.99 avg rating β€” 23,875 ratings
18.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating β€” 382,955 ratings
19.
A BÑnh Mì for Two
A BÑnh Mì for Two 3.80 avg rating — 4,143 ratings
20.
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
by: Grace Lin
4.32 avg rating β€” 53,140 ratings
21.
Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1)
Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1) 3.91 avg rating β€” 536,402 ratings
22.
Daughters of Shandong
Daughters of Shandong 4.48 avg rating β€” 13,999 ratings
23.
The Storm We Made
The Storm We Made 3.83 avg rating β€” 22,841 ratings
24.
The House of Doors
The House of Doors 4.11 avg rating β€” 20,516 ratings
25.
If You Could See the Sun
If You Could See the Sun
by: Ann Liang
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 52,347 ratings
26.
How We Disappeared
How We Disappeared 4.20 avg rating β€” 11,086 ratings
27.
Foul Lady Fortune (Foul Lady Fortune, #1)
Foul Lady Fortune (Foul Lady Fortune, #1) 4.21 avg rating β€” 30,212 ratings
27.
Bridge of Birds (The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, #1)
Bridge of Birds (The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 10,583 ratings
27.
Counterfeit
Counterfeit 3.48 avg rating β€” 102,215 ratings
27.
1636: The China Venture (Ring of Fire Book 27)
1636: The China Venture (Ring of Fire Book 27) 3.85 avg rating β€” 419 ratings
27.
The Garden of Evening Mists
The Garden of Evening Mists 4.15 avg rating β€” 28,998 ratings
27.
Song of the Six Realms
Song of the Six Realms 3.56 avg rating β€” 4,935 ratings
27.
Bienvenue Γ  la librairie Hyunam
Bienvenue Γ  la librairie Hyunam 3.92 avg rating β€” 69,087 ratings
27.
Yellow Singing Sail: A Memoir of an Only Child in China
Yellow Singing Sail: A Memoir of an Only Child in China 3.53 avg rating β€” 57 ratings
27.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Travelling Cat Chronicles 4.33 avg rating β€” 95,657 ratings
36.
If You Leave Me
If You Leave Me 3.69 avg rating β€” 4,785 ratings
36.
The Astonishing Color of After
The Astonishing Color of After 4.04 avg rating β€” 33,465 ratings
36.
Tales from the CafΓ© (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)
Tales from the CafΓ© (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2) 3.97 avg rating β€” 120,470 ratings
39.
Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4)
Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4) 3.93 avg rating β€” 34,679 ratings
39.
Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home
Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home 4.05 avg rating β€” 5,133 ratings
41.
The Library of Legends
The Library of Legends 3.79 avg rating β€” 11,225 ratings
41.
China
China 4.18 avg rating β€” 8,187 ratings
41.
Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)
Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3) 3.89 avg rating β€” 56,846 ratings
41.
A Single Shard
A Single Shard 3.95 avg rating β€” 42,062 ratings
45.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 257,771 ratings
45.
Before We Forget Kindness (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #5)
Before We Forget Kindness (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #5) 3.90 avg rating β€” 16,875 ratings
47.
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife
by: Amy Tan
4.04 avg rating β€” 87,070 ratings
48.
Saving Fish from Drowning
Saving Fish from Drowning
by: Amy Tan
3.47 avg rating β€” 32,827 ratings
48.
We Do Not Part
We Do Not Part
by: Han Kang
3.88 avg rating β€” 19,166 ratings
48.
Pavilion of Women
Pavilion of Women 4.15 avg rating β€” 15,177 ratings
51.
The Hundred Secret Senses
The Hundred Secret Senses
by: Amy Tan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 46,175 ratings
52.
The Valley of Amazement
The Valley of Amazement
by: Amy Tan
3.70 avg rating β€” 44,577 ratings
53.
A Magic Steeped in Poison (The Book of Tea, #1)
A Magic Steeped in Poison (The Book of Tea, #1) 3.82 avg rating β€” 35,088 ratings
54.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
by: Dai Sijie
3.64 avg rating β€” 67,012 ratings
54.
Flower Net (Red Princess, #1)
Flower Net (Red Princess, #1)
by: Lisa See
3.55 avg rating β€” 7,610 ratings
56.
Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls, #2)
Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls, #2)
by: Lisa See
4.10 avg rating β€” 67,692 ratings
57.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating β€” 703,414 ratings
57.
Peony in Love
Peony in Love
by: Lisa See
3.64 avg rating β€” 49,985 ratings
59.
Dragon Springs Road
Dragon Springs Road 3.97 avg rating β€” 4,344 ratings
59.
If I Had Your Face
If I Had Your Face 3.74 avg rating β€” 57,019 ratings
61.
The Lotus Shoes
The Lotus Shoes
by: Jane Yang
4.26 avg rating β€” 10,260 ratings
62.
The Last Rose of Shanghai
The Last Rose of Shanghai 4.12 avg rating β€” 43,620 ratings
62.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating β€” 2,082,593 ratings
64.
She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)
She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1) 3.84 avg rating β€” 89,401 ratings
65.
The Ghost Bride
The Ghost Bride 3.81 avg rating β€” 36,619 ratings
66.
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
by: Lisa See
4.29 avg rating β€” 120,825 ratings
67.
These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)
These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1) 3.80 avg rating β€” 165,259 ratings
68.
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom 3.84 avg rating β€” 4,778 ratings
69.
The Calligrapher's Daughter
The Calligrapher's Daughter 3.81 avg rating β€” 6,938 ratings
70.
A Painter in Penang (Penang #3)
A Painter in Penang (Penang #3) 4.21 avg rating β€” 1,171 ratings
71.
Adam & Evie's Matchmaking Tour
Adam & Evie's Matchmaking Tour 3.41 avg rating β€” 5,149 ratings
72.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.02 avg rating β€” 375,093 ratings
73.
The Mountains Sing
The Mountains Sing 4.31 avg rating β€” 57,493 ratings
74.
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil 3.97 avg rating β€” 50,328 ratings
75.
The Water Rat of Wanchai (Ava Lee, #1)
The Water Rat of Wanchai (Ava Lee, #1) 3.80 avg rating β€” 2,796 ratings
76.
Dead Sleep
Dead Sleep
by: Greg Iles
4.09 avg rating β€” 13,070 ratings
77.
The Bat (Harry Hole, #1)
The Bat (Harry Hole, #1) 3.55 avg rating β€” 127,309 ratings
78.
Tikki Tikki Tembo
Tikki Tikki Tembo 4.20 avg rating β€” 64,955 ratings
79.
The Ballad of a Small Player
The Ballad of a Small Player 3.49 avg rating β€” 1,369 ratings
80.
The Bone Clocks
The Bone Clocks 3.84 avg rating β€” 99,259 ratings
81.
The Bourne Supremacy (Jason Bourne, #2)
The Bourne Supremacy (Jason Bourne, #2) 4.11 avg rating β€” 181,471 ratings
82.
Gunmetal Gray (Gray Man, #6)
Gunmetal Gray (Gray Man, #6) 4.46 avg rating β€” 20,170 ratings
83.
The Hungry Ghosts
The Hungry Ghosts 3.32 avg rating β€” 669 ratings
84.
An Echo in the City
An Echo in the City
by: K.X. Song
3.86 avg rating β€” 559 ratings
85.
Women of Good Fortune
Women of Good Fortune 3.57 avg rating β€” 6,131 ratings
86.
Exciting Times
Exciting Times 3.21 avg rating β€” 73,047 ratings
87.
The Opium Lord's Daughter
The Opium Lord's Daughter 4.12 avg rating β€” 595 ratings
88.
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American
by: Laura Gao
4.24 avg rating β€” 5,651 ratings
89.
The Walled City
The Walled City 3.88 avg rating β€” 7,317 ratings
90.
Whispering Shadows (The Rising Dragon, #1)
Whispering Shadows (The Rising Dragon, #1) 3.67 avg rating β€” 2,181 ratings
91.
Ghetto at the Center of the World: Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong
Ghetto at the Center of the World: Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong 3.82 avg rating β€” 538 ratings
92.
Peach Blossom Spring
Peach Blossom Spring 4.18 avg rating β€” 19,428 ratings
93.
Remembering Shanghai: A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars and Scoundrels
Remembering Shanghai: A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars and Scoundrels 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,207 ratings
94.
This Time It's Real
This Time It's Real
by: Ann Liang
4.02 avg rating β€” 27,170 ratings
95.
Love in a Fallen City
Love in a Fallen City 3.94 avg rating β€” 4,334 ratings
96.
The Borrowed
The Borrowed 4.38 avg rating β€” 4,816 ratings
97.
A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice 4.15 avg rating β€” 60,762 ratings
98.
Bellies
Bellies 4.03 avg rating β€” 10,716 ratings
99.
Deep Water
Deep Water 3.40 avg rating β€” 3,603 ratings
100.
We, The Survivors
We, The Survivors
by: Tash Aw
3.66 avg rating β€” 2,156 ratings
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