Nonfiction about China
1. 
Journey to the West: A Long March from Eastern Dream to Western Reality
by:
Biao Wang
4.27 avg rating β 142 ratings 2. 
Inconvenient Memories: A Personal Account of the Tiananmen Square Incident and China Before and After
by:
Anna Wang Yuan
3.96 avg rating β 91 ratings 
5. 
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War
by:
Stephen R. Platt
4.23 avg rating β 1,989 ratings 6. 
One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment
by:
Mei Fong
3.96 avg rating β 3,257 ratings 7. 
Eighth Moon: The True Story of a Young Girl's Life in Communist China
by:
Bette Bao Lord
3.97 avg rating β 217 ratings 8. 
The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up
by:
Liao Yiwu
4.22 avg rating β 3,055 ratings 8. 
Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods
by:
Amelia Pang
4.35 avg rating β 2,144 ratings 8. 
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
by:
Jung Chang
3.91 avg rating β 10,431 ratings 
14. 
A Mother's Ordeal: One Woman's Fight Against China's One-Child Policy
by:
Steven W. Mosher
4.33 avg rating β 391 ratings 
16. 
Adventure, romance and war in the Far East: The Iris Hay-Edie Diary: A historical memoir
by:
Iris Hay-Edie
4.28 avg rating β 160 ratings 16. 
16. 
Dangerous Pleasures: Prostitution and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Shanghai (Philip E.Lilienthal Books)
by:
Gail Hershatter
4.01 avg rating β 68 ratings 16. 
Cinderella's Sisters: A Revisionist History of Footbinding
by:
Dorothy Ko
3.96 avg rating β 207 ratings 16. 
When Huai Flowers Bloom: Stories of the Cultural Revolution
by:
Shu Jiang Lu
3.33 avg rating β 6 ratings 16. 
Inside the Chinese Wine Industry: The Past, Present, and Future of Wine in China
by:
Loren Mayshark
3.83 avg rating β 29 ratings 16. 
China's One-Child Policy: The Government's Massive Crime Against Women and Unborn Babies 3.67 avg rating β 3 ratings
16. 
The War on the Uyghurs: China's Internal Campaign against a Muslim Minority
by:
Sean R. Roberts
4.30 avg rating β 154 ratings 16. 
No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs
by:
Nury Turkel
4.52 avg rating β 664 ratings 16. 
Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son: Abandonment, Adoption, and Orphanage Care in China
by:
Kay Ann Johnson
4.16 avg rating β 253 ratings 16. 
Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties, and the Making of Wallis Simpson
by:
Paul French
3.72 avg rating β 247 ratings 
33. 
Het terracotta leger van Xi'an : schatten van de eerste keizers van China
by:
Benoit Mater
4.17 avg rating β 6 ratings 
33. 
The Book of Chinese Beliefs: A Journey into the Chinese Inner World
by:
Frena Bloomfield
3.75 avg rating β 16 ratings 33. 
Is Nothing Sacred? Making Money as a Wedding Priest in China. (Unconventional Entrepreneurs Book 4) 4.17 avg rating β 6 ratings
33. 
Terracotta Warriors: History, Mystery and the Latest Discoveries
by:
Edward Burman
3.71 avg rating β 93 ratings 33. 
The Long March: The True History of Communist China's Founding Myth
by:
Sun Shuyun
3.83 avg rating β 492 ratings 33. 
Chasing the Chinese Dream: Stories from Modern China
by:
Nick Holdstock
3.71 avg rating β 21 ratings 42. 
42. 
China A to Z: Everything You Need to Know to Understand Chinese Customs and Culture
by:
May-lee Chai
3.79 avg rating β 152 ratings 
42. 
42. 
The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han (History of Imperial China, #1) 3.76 avg rating β 587 ratings
42. 
The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China
by:
Jonathan Kaufman
4.27 avg rating β 4,820 ratings 51. 
Cultivating Global Citizens: Population in the Rise of China
by:
Susan Greenhalgh
3.86 avg rating β 7 ratings 51. 
China Shakes the World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future -- and the Challenge for America
by:
James Kynge
3.78 avg rating β 756 ratings 
51. 
Troublemaker:: One Man's Crusade Against China's Cruelty
by:
Harry Wu
3.93 avg rating β 87 ratings 51. 
Mengzi Shuo: Luan Shi De Zhe Si = Mencius Speaks: The Cure For Chaos
by:
Zhizhong Cai
4.43 avg rating β 7 ratings 
51. 
Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
by:
Paul French
3.86 avg rating β 7,295 ratings 51. 
China's Forgotten People: Xinjiang, Terror and the Chinese State
by:
Nick Holdstock
3.99 avg rating β 77 ratings 
60. 
Wisdom of the Zen Masters: The Quest for Enlightenment
by:
Tsai Chih Chung
4.29 avg rating β 79 ratings 60. 
The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962-1976
by:
Frank DikΓΆtter
4.06 avg rating β 1,956 ratings 60. 
Land of Strangers: The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia
by:
Eric Schluessel
4.29 avg rating β 24 ratings 
68. 
Jesus in Beijing: How Christianity Is Transforming China And Changing the Global Balance of Power
by:
David Aikman
3.89 avg rating β 300 ratings 68. 
Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China's Drive for Global Supremacy
by:
Bill Gertz
3.96 avg rating β 222 ratings 68. 
Holy War in China: The Muslim Rebellion and State in Chinese Central Asia, 1864-1877
by:
Kim Hodong
4.59 avg rating β 17 ratings 
74. 
The Unknown Cultural Revolution: Life and Change in a Chinese Village
by:
Dongping Han
4.32 avg rating β 145 ratings 74. 
Shi Ji: Li Shi De Chang Cheng = History Speaks: The Four Princes Of The Warring States
by:
Zhizhong Cai
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 5 ratings 74. 
Love, Amy: An Accidental Memoir Told in Newsletters from China
by:
Amy Young
4.27 avg rating β 55 ratings 74. 
Treasures of the Silk Road: The Religions That Transformed China
by:
Jacob Ghazarian
0.00 avg rating β 0 ratings 
79. 
Women Writers of Traditional China: An Anthology of Poetry and Criticism
by:
Kang-i Sun Chang
4.45 avg rating β 20 ratings 
79. 
Escape from China: The Long Journey From Tiananmen to Freedom
by:
Zhang Boli
4.18 avg rating β 60 ratings 79. 
Ancient China and its Enemies: The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History
by:
Nicola Di Cosmo
3.97 avg rating β 78 ratings 
84. 
Great Learning; The Middle Path; The Analects of Confucius; Mencius Speaks
by:
Tsai Chih Chung
4.75 avg rating β 4 ratings 84. 
A Heart for Freedom: The Remarkable Journey of a Young Dissident, Her Daring Escape, and Her Quest to Free China's Daughters
by:
Chai Ling
3.80 avg rating β 1,081 ratings 84. 
Bazaars of Chinese Turkestan: Life and Trade Along the Old Silk Road
by:
Peter Yung
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 4 ratings 
87. 
The Age of Confucian Rule: The Song Transformation of China
by:
Dieter Kuhn
4.09 avg rating β 195 ratings 87. 
How China's Communist Party Made the World Sick (Broadside, 64)
by:
Bill Gertz
4.05 avg rating β 40 ratings 87. 
Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
by:
Paul Midler
4.09 avg rating β 2,415 ratings 87. 
Meltdown in Tibet: China's Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia
by:
Michael Buckley
4.01 avg rating β 73 ratings 87. 
93. 
The Troubled Empire: China in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties (History of Imperial China, #5)
by:
Timothy Brook
3.92 avg rating β 309 ratings 93. 
Secrets and Siblings: The Vanished Lives of Chinaβs One Child Policy
by:
Mari Manninen
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 48 ratings 93. 
Dragon Ride: True Stories of Adventure, Miracles, and Evangelism from China
by:
Grace Jacob
4.54 avg rating β 258 ratings 93. 
China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power
by:
Rob Gifford
4.04 avg rating β 3,974 ratings 93. 
The Long March 1935: The Epic of Chinese Communism's Survival
by:
Dick Wilson
3.66 avg rating β 29 ratings 
