Best books to read about China
94. 
Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans
by:
Peter Schweizer
4.37 avg rating β 1,147 ratings 94. 
Investiture of the Gods (Illustrated Refined Edition)(Hardcover Edition)
by:
Xu Zhonglin
4.17 avg rating β 6 ratings 
105. 
A Basic Confucius: An Introduction To the Wisdom and Advice of China's Greatest Sage
by:
Kuijie Zhou
4.14 avg rating β 7 ratings 
105. 
The Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China
by:
Mark Elvin
3.70 avg rating β 141 ratings 
105. 
The Diary of Ma Yan: The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese Schoolgirl
by:
Ma Yan
3.67 avg rating β 1,024 ratings 105. 
A World Trimmed with Fur: Wild Things, Pristine Places, and the Natural Fringes of Qing Rule 3.92 avg rating β 39 ratings
115. 
Basic Writings of Mo Tzu, HsΓΌn Tzu, and Han Fei Tzu
by:
Burton Watson
3.91 avg rating β 69 ratings 115. 
The Cartoon History of the Universe II, Vol. 8-13: From the Springtime of China to the Fall of Rome (The Cartoon History of the Universe, #2)
by:
Larry Gonick
4.30 avg rating β 1,934 ratings 115. 
The Book of Chinese Beliefs: A Journey into the Chinese Inner World
by:
Frena Bloomfield
3.75 avg rating β 16 ratings 
120. 
Golden Treasury of Chinese Poetry: One Hundred and Twenty One Classical Poems
by:
John A. Turner
3.44 avg rating β 9 ratings 125. 
Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250-1276
by:
Jacques Gernet
3.73 avg rating β 193 ratings 
125. 
125. 
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 5: The Dreamer Wakes
by:
Cao Xueqin
4.34 avg rating β 749 ratings 125. 
Division to Unification in Imperial China: The Three Kingdoms to the Tang Dynasty (220 907) (Understanding China Through Comics, 2)
by:
Jing Liu
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 118 ratings 
132. 
The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed
by:
Michael Meyer
3.96 avg rating β 1,203 ratings 
132. 
China At The Crossroads: Sustainability, Economy, Security and Critical Issues for the 21st Centry
by:
Jisi Wang
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 5 ratings 132. 
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 4: The Debt of Tears
by:
Cao Xueqin
4.33 avg rating β 764 ratings 
137. 
Eight Dragons on the Roof and Other Tales: Traditional Dragon Stories from China
by:
Haiyan Chen
3.83 avg rating β 6 ratings 137. 
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 2: The Crab-Flower Club
by:
Cao Xueqin
4.35 avg rating β 1,024 ratings 137. 
Mengzi Shuo: Luan Shi De Zhe Si = Mencius Speaks: The Cure For Chaos
by:
Zhizhong Cai
4.43 avg rating β 7 ratings 
142. 
146. 
Behind the Chinese Miracle: Migrant Workers Tell Their Stories
by:
Lu Guoguang
4.50 avg rating β 2 ratings 
146. 
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 
149. 
The Age of Confucian Rule: The Song Transformation of China
by:
Dieter Kuhn
4.09 avg rating β 195 ratings 151. 
Bamboo Women: Stories from Ming Quong, a Chinese Orphanage in California
by:
Nona Mock Wyman
3.62 avg rating β 24 ratings 
154. 
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 
157. 
The Terracotta Warriors: Exploring the Most Intriguing Puzzle in Chinese History
by:
Edward Burman
3.71 avg rating β 93 ratings 157. 
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earthβs Past, #1)
by:
Liu Cixin
4.08 avg rating β 460,885 ratings 
161. 
Wisdom of the Zen Masters: The Quest for Enlightenment
by:
Tsai Chih Chung
4.29 avg rating β 79 ratings 
166. 
Zen Stories: The Staff and Shout of the Venerable Ones
by:
Tsai Chih Chung
4.28 avg rating β 25 ratings 
168. 
The Book of Lord Shang - A Classic of the Chinese School of Law
by:
Shang Yang
3.86 avg rating β 139 ratings 
172. 
The Manchu Way: The Eight Banners and Ethnic Identity in Late Imperial China
by:
Mark C. Elliott
4.09 avg rating β 98 ratings