Chinese Historical Fiction
Explore the best Chinese historical fiction books, featuring epic tales of ancient dynasties, legendary warriors, and rich cultural heritage. Discover must-read novels that bring China's past to life.
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Imperial Woman
by Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
The story of the last empress of China.--from Cover.
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The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck
ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A poignant tale about the life and labors of a Chinese farmer during the sweeping reign of the country¹s …
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Silk Road
by Jeanne Larsen
SILK ROAD takes you into the golden age of China's multi-cultural Tang dynasty. Aided by ghosts, goddesses, dragons, and her own determination, the heroine becomes …
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The Hundred Secret Senses
by Amy Tan
The story of two sisters, one brought up in the U.S., the other in China. The American sister is contemptuous of the other's belief in …
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The Bonesetter's Daughter
by Amy Tan
““As compelling as Tan’s first bestseller, The Joy Luck Club. . . No one writes about mothers and daughters with more empathy than Amy Tan.” …
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The Kitchen God's Wife
by Amy Tan
"Remarkable...mesmerizing...compelling.... An entire world unfolds in Tolstoyan tide of event and detail....Give yourself over to the world Ms. Tan creates for you." —The New York …
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The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
“The Joy Luck Club is one of my favorite books. From the moment I first started reading it, I knew it was going to be …
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The Last Empress
by Anchee Min
Follows the last empress of China, as Empress Orchid copes with tragic personal losses as she struggles to save her crumbling empire.
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Red Azalea
by Anchee Min
A revelatory and disturbing portrait of China, this is Anchee Min’s celebrated memoir of growing up in the last years of Mao’s China. As a …
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Becoming Madame Mao
by Anchee Min
A fictional portrait of Jiang Ching follows her life from her youth as the unwanted daughter of a concubine, to her search for fame as …
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Wild Ginger
by Anchee Min
Narrated by Maple, a less than passionate Maoist whose father is imprisoned for a minor crime, a powerful story of desire during the time of …
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Peony in Love
by Lisa See
“I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret.” For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she …
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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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Shanghai Girls
by Lisa See
Forced to leave Shanghai when their father sells them to California suitors, sisters May and Pearl struggle to adapt to life in 1930s Los Angeles …