Books on Chinese History and Culture

Explore the best books on Chinese history and culture, featuring must-read titles on ancient dynasties, traditions, and modern insights. Dive into China's rich heritage today!

Attempted cover for Book ID: 0674018281
Cover Sourced by ISBN
ID: 0674018281
(Book - Data not in DB)
Attempted cover for Book ID: 0393973514
Cover Sourced by ISBN
ID: 0393973514
(Book - Data not in DB)
Attempted cover for Book ID: 0465015808
Cover Sourced by ISBN
ID: 0465015808
(Book - Data not in DB)
Attempted cover for Book ID: 1741048664
Cover Sourced by ISBN
ID: 1741048664
(Book - Data not in DB)
Mandate of Heaven Cover
Book

Mandate of Heaven

by Orville Schell

America's foremost chronicler of contemporary China brilliantly illuminates the new power structure, economic initiatives, and cultural changes that have transformed China since the Tianamen Square …
Attempted cover for Book ID: 1554684811
Cover Sourced by ISBN
ID: 1554684811
(Book - Data not in DB)
China Road Cover
Book

China Road

by Rob Gifford

Route 312 is the Chinese Route 66. It flows three thousand miles from east to west, passing through the factory towns of the coastal areas, …
River Town Cover
Book

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 …
Attempted cover for Book ID: B003GAN3P0
Cover Sourced by ISBN
ID: B003GAN3P0
(Book - Data not in DB)
Iron and Silk Cover
Book

Iron and Silk

by Mark Salzman

Salzman captures post-cultural revolution China through his adventures as a young American English teacher in China and his shifu-tudi (master-student) relationship with China's foremost martial …
Attempted cover for Book ID: 0393332004
Cover Sourced by ISBN
ID: 0393332004
(Book - Data not in DB)
Wild Swans Cover
Book

Wild Swans

by Jung Chang

Memoir of three Chinese women, Jung Chang, her mother, and her grandmother in twentieth-century China.
Life and death in Shanghai Cover
Book

Life and death in Shanghai

 

No summary available.
Mao Cover
Book

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 …
New Emperors Cover
Book

New Emperors

 

No summary available.
Chinese Cinderella Cover
Book

Chinese Cinderella

by Adeline Yen Mah

Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph and courage in the face of …
Red Scarf Girl (rack) Cover
Book

Red Scarf Girl (rack)

by Ji-li Jiang

It's 1966, and twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has everything a girl could want: brains, tons of friends, and a bright future in Communist China. But it's …
Attempted cover for Book ID: 0674033388
Cover Sourced by ISBN
ID: 0674033388
(Book - Data not in DB)
On The Trail of Marco Polo Cover
Book

On The Trail of Marco Polo

 

No summary available.
Attempted cover for Book ID: B003F76HH0
Cover Sourced by ISBN
ID: B003F76HH0
(Book - Data not in DB)
Ultimate journey Cover
Book

Ultimate journey

 

No summary available.
1421 Cover
Book

1421

 

No summary available.
Attempted cover for Book ID: 1554511038
Cover Sourced by ISBN
ID: 1554511038
(Book - Data not in DB)
Attempted cover for Book ID: 0393320510
Cover Sourced by ISBN
ID: 0393320510
(Book - Data not in DB)
Attempted cover for Book ID: 0679761284
Cover Sourced by ISBN
ID: 0679761284
(Book - Data not in DB)
Tai-Pan Cover
Book

Tai-Pan

by James Clavell

Dirk Straun, a pirate, smuggler, and ruthless individual, finds glory beyond his dreams as the Tai-Pan, or supreme leader, of Hong Kong.
A Great Wall Cover
Book

A Great Wall

by Patrick Tyler

The "riveting and endlessly fascinating story" (The Boston Globe) of the complex and often tormented relationship between the U.S. and China--a finalist for the Helen …
Nixon and Mao Cover
Book

Nixon and Mao

by Margaret MacMillan

Margaret MacMillan, praised as “a superb writer who can bring history to life” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), brings her extraordinary gifts to one of the most …
The Rape of Nanking Cover
Book

The Rape of Nanking

by Iris Chang

Attempts to analyze the degree to which the Japanese imperial government and its militaristic culture fostered in the Japanese soldier a total disregard for human …
Attempted cover for Book ID: 0142004170
Cover Sourced by ISBN
ID: 0142004170
(Book - Data not in DB)
Attempted cover for Book ID: 0425180840
Cover Sourced by ISBN
ID: 0425180840
(Book - Data not in DB)
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Cover
Book

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

by Jack Weatherford

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The startling true history of how one extraordinary man from a remote corner of the world created an empire that …