China Must Reads

Explore the must-read books shaping China's literary landscape. Discover top titles, bestsellers, and cultural gems that define what China reads today.

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River Town

by Peter Hessler

A New York Times Notable Book Winner of the Kiriyama Book Prize In the heart of China's Sichuan province, amid the terraced hills of the …
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Mao

by Jung Chang

The most authoritative life of the Chinese leader every written, Mao: The Unknown Story is based on a decade of research, and on interviews with …
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Factory Girls

by Leslie T. Chang

An eye-opening and previously untold story, Factory Girls is the first look into the everyday lives of the migrant factory population in China. China has …
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

by Lisa See

Lily is haunted by memories–of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, …
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Red China Blues

by Jan Wong

Jan Wong, a Canadian of Chinese descent, went to China as a starry-eyed Maoist in 1972 at the height of the Cultural Revolution. A true …
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I Love You Like Crazy Cakes

by Rose A. Lewis

This story of a woman who travels to China to adopt a baby girl, based on the author's own experiences, is a celebration of the …
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Wild Swans

by Jung Chang

Memoir of three Chinese women, Jung Chang, her mother, and her grandmother in twentieth-century China.
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