Best Books About China

1.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating — 120,284 ratings
2.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,769 ratings
3.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating — 382,948 ratings
4.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,409 ratings
5.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
by: Dai Sijie
3.64 avg rating — 67,012 ratings
6.
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II 4.24 avg rating — 50,743 ratings
7.
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Bonesetter's Daughter
by: Amy Tan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 131,941 ratings
8.
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze 4.28 avg rating — 13,672 ratings
9.
Life and Death in Shanghai
Life and Death in Shanghai 4.33 avg rating — 13,873 ratings
10.
The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
by: Xinran
4.31 avg rating — 12,973 ratings
11.
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife
by: Amy Tan
4.04 avg rating — 87,070 ratings
12.
Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present
Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present 4.22 avg rating — 7,536 ratings
13.
Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
by: Lisa See
3.92 avg rating — 160,770 ratings
14.
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China 3.93 avg rating — 9,485 ratings
15.
Peony in Love
Peony in Love
by: Lisa See
3.64 avg rating — 49,984 ratings
16.
Waiting
Waiting
by: Ha Jin
3.54 avg rating — 23,309 ratings
17.
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 57,465 ratings
18.
To Live
To Live
by: Yu Hua
4.33 avg rating — 23,082 ratings
19.
Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now
Red China Blues: My Long March From Mao to Now
by: Jan Wong
4.09 avg rating — 3,886 ratings
20.
Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory
Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory 4.26 avg rating — 8,012 ratings
21.
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil 3.97 avg rating — 50,327 ratings
22.
Understanding China: Learning from China's Past, Present, and Future
Understanding China: Learning from China's Past, Present, and Future 3.92 avg rating — 64 ratings
23.
The Art of War
The Art of War
by: Sun Tzu
3.95 avg rating — 550,590 ratings
24.
Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon 3.95 avg rating — 24,250 ratings
25.
Empress Orchid (Empress Orchid, #1)
Empress Orchid (Empress Orchid, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 25,598 ratings
26.
Empress
Empress
by: Shan Sa
3.69 avg rating — 6,393 ratings
27.
Pavilion of Women
Pavilion of Women 4.15 avg rating — 15,177 ratings
28.
Falling Leaves
Falling Leaves 3.91 avg rating — 28,925 ratings
29.
The Hundred Secret Senses
The Hundred Secret Senses
by: Amy Tan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46,174 ratings
30.
Soul Mountain
Soul Mountain 3.60 avg rating — 5,712 ratings
31.
Seven Years in Tibet
Seven Years in Tibet 4.10 avg rating — 25,967 ratings
32.
The Search For Modern China
The Search For Modern China 4.20 avg rating — 3,182 ratings
33.
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 — 4,777 ratings
34.
Red Sorghum
Red Sorghum
by: Mo Yan
3.80 avg rating — 8,540 ratings
35.
Mao: The Unknown Story
Mao: The Unknown Story 3.83 avg rating — 13,572 ratings
36.
China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power
China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power 4.04 avg rating — 3,974 ratings
37.
The Last Empress (Empress Orchid, #2)
The Last Empress (Empress Orchid, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 9,609 ratings
38.
The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze & Back in Chinese Time
The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze & Back in Chinese Time 3.93 avg rating — 1,843 ratings
39.
Riding the Iron Rooster
Riding the Iron Rooster 4.04 avg rating — 9,464 ratings
40.
East Wind: West Wind
East Wind: West Wind 4.06 avg rating — 9,491 ratings
41.
China in Ten Words
China in Ten Words
by: Yu Hua
4.05 avg rating — 8,348 ratings
42.
Noble House (Asian Saga, #5)
Noble House (Asian Saga, #5) 4.27 avg rating — 42,047 ratings
43.
Red Scarf Girl
Red Scarf Girl 3.79 avg rating — 16,932 ratings
44.
War Trash
War Trash
by: Ha Jin
3.81 avg rating — 4,149 ratings
45.
The Private Life of Chairman Mao
The Private Life of Chairman Mao
by: Li Zhisui
4.16 avg rating — 2,720 ratings
46.
CHINA: Portrait of a People
CHINA: Portrait of a People 4.23 avg rating — 184 ratings
47.
The Light of Eternal Spring
The Light of Eternal Spring 3.92 avg rating — 510 ratings
48.
Imperial Woman
Imperial Woman 4.09 avg rating — 9,081 ratings
49.
Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45
Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 4.16 avg rating — 3,678 ratings
50.
Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching
by: Lao Tzu
4.29 avg rating — 176,925 ratings
51.
Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth
Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth 3.67 avg rating — 3,323 ratings
52.
Red Azalea: A Memoir
Red Azalea: A Memoir 3.84 avg rating — 10,639 ratings
53.
White Shanghai (Russian Treasures #2)
White Shanghai (Russian Treasures #2) 3.96 avg rating — 223 ratings
54.
Mao's Last Dancer
Mao's Last Dancer
by: Li Cunxin
4.14 avg rating — 32,149 ratings
55.
Colors of the Mountain: A Memoir
Colors of the Mountain: A Memoir
by: Da Chen
3.96 avg rating — 2,795 ratings
56.
Mao's Last Revolution
Mao's Last Revolution 4.09 avg rating — 468 ratings
57.
Emperor of China: Self-portrait of K'ang-Hsi: Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi
Emperor of China: Self-portrait of K'ang-Hsi: Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi
by: Kangxi
3.91 avg rating — 436 ratings
58.
The Analects
The Analects
by: Confucius
3.81 avg rating — 23,508 ratings
59.
The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed
The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed 3.96 avg rating — 1,203 ratings
60.
Wolf Totem
Wolf Totem 4.09 avg rating — 4,937 ratings
61.
The Wardens of Punyu
The Wardens of Punyu
by: D.L. Kung
4.08 avg rating — 59 ratings
62.
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China 4.25 avg rating — 8,717 ratings
63.
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World 4.06 avg rating — 81,009 ratings
64.
Beijing Coma
Beijing Coma
by: Ma Jian
3.88 avg rating — 1,921 ratings
65.
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China 3.91 avg rating — 10,431 ratings
66.
Lust, Caution
Lust, Caution 3.70 avg rating — 2,016 ratings
67.
The World of Suzie Wong
The World of Suzie Wong 3.90 avg rating — 1,213 ratings
68.
The Travels
The Travels 3.58 avg rating — 7,904 ratings
69.
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 — 7,295 ratings
70.
The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers
The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers 4.01 avg rating — 3,203 ratings
71.
The Cambridge Illustrated History of China
The Cambridge Illustrated History of China 3.88 avg rating — 575 ratings
71.
The Girl Who Played Go
The Girl Who Played Go
by: Shan Sa
3.79 avg rating — 6,105 ratings
71.
Iron & Silk
Iron & Silk 3.97 avg rating — 3,552 ratings
74.
Rickshaw Boy
Rickshaw Boy
by: Lao She
3.90 avg rating — 2,629 ratings
75.
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 — 2,418 ratings
76.
The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present
The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present 4.30 avg rating — 541 ratings
77.
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 — 10,583 ratings
77.
Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls, #2)
Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls, #2)
by: Lisa See
4.10 avg rating — 67,692 ratings
79.
Pearl of China
Pearl of China 3.86 avg rating — 8,563 ratings
80.
Journey to the West (4-Volume Boxed Set)
Journey to the West (4-Volume Boxed Set) 4.34 avg rating — 2,581 ratings
81.
Sons (House of Earth, #2)
Sons (House of Earth, #2) 3.86 avg rating — 7,336 ratings
82.
Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62
Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 4.07 avg rating — 4,974 ratings
83.
Son of the Revolution: An Autobiography
Son of the Revolution: An Autobiography 3.95 avg rating — 1,018 ratings
84.
Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out
Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out
by: Mo Yan
4.06 avg rating — 5,081 ratings
85.
The Diary of Ma Yan: The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese Schoolgirl
The Diary of Ma Yan: The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese Schoolgirl
by: Ma Yan
3.67 avg rating — 1,024 ratings
86.
On China
On China 4.19 avg rating — 9,907 ratings
87.
The Man from Beijing
The Man from Beijing 3.51 avg rating — 17,816 ratings
87.
Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250-1276
Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250-1276 3.73 avg rating — 193 ratings
89.
The Crazed
The Crazed
by: Ha Jin
3.52 avg rating — 2,475 ratings
90.
The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 25,318 ratings
91.
Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
by: Helen Zia
4.47 avg rating — 5,196 ratings
92.
The Woman Who Lost China
The Woman Who Lost China 3.20 avg rating — 20 ratings
93.
Unsavory Elements: Stories of Foreigners on the Loose in China
Unsavory Elements: Stories of Foreigners on the Loose in China 3.59 avg rating — 197 ratings
94.
Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China
Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China 3.82 avg rating — 676 ratings
95.
Genghis Khan: Life, Death, and Resurrection
Genghis Khan: Life, Death, and Resurrection
by: John Man
3.71 avg rating — 1,742 ratings
96.
Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic
Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic 4.08 avg rating — 437 ratings
97.
Sounds of the River: A Young Man's University Days in Beijing
Sounds of the River: A Young Man's University Days in Beijing
by: Da Chen
4.04 avg rating — 534 ratings
98.
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 — 1,024 ratings
99.
Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet
Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet 4.18 avg rating — 1,316 ratings
100.
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 5: The Dreamer Wakes
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 5: The Dreamer Wakes 4.34 avg rating — 749 ratings
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