Great Books for China Travelers - Memoirs & Fiction
Discover the best books for China travelers! Explore captivating memoirs and fiction that bring China's culture, history, and adventures to life. Perfect for travel inspiration.
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Waiting
by Ha Jin
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award • National Book Award Winner • Pulitzer Prize Finalist • A New York Times Notable Book From the widely acclaimed …
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Under the Red Flag
by Ha Jin
Set in the northern Chinese provincial town of Dismount Fort, these 12 stories offer a fascinating glimpse of the lives of peasants, soldiers, workers, and …
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The Crazed
by Ha Jin
A New York Times Notable Book A Washington Post, Los Angeles times, and San Jose Mercury News Best Book of the Year Ha Jin’s seismically …
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The Good Women of China
by Xinran
When Deng Xiaoping’s efforts to “open up” China took root in the late 1980s, Xinran recognized an invaluable opportunity. As an employee for the state …
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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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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, …
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Colors of the Mountain
by Da Chen
Colors of the Mountain is a classic story of triumph over adversity, a memoir of a boyhood full of spunk, mischief, and love, and a …
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The Corpse Walker
by Liao Yiwu
The Corpse Walker introduces us to regular men and women at the bottom of Chinese society, most of whom have been battered by life but …
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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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Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
by Yu Hua
From the acclaimed author of Brothers and China in Ten Words: here is Yu Hua’s unflinching portrait of life under Chairman Mao. A cart-pusher in …
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Brothers
by Yu Hua
A bestseller in China, Brothers is an epic and wildly unhinged black comedy of modern Chinese society running amok. Here is China as we've never …
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To Live
by Yu Hua
Originally banned in China but later named one of that nation’s most influential books, a searing novel that portrays one man’s transformation from the spoiled …
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The Noodle Maker
by Ma Jian
From Mi Jian, the highly acclaimed Chinese dissident, comes a satirical novel about the absurdities of life in a post-Tiananmen China. Two men meet for …
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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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Candy
by Mian Mian
An international literary phenomenon-now available for the first time in English translation-Candy is a hip, harrowing tale of risk and desire, the story of a …
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Shanghai Baby
by Wei Hui
The gap that divides those of us born in the 1970s and the older generation has never been so wide. Dark and edgy, deliciously naughty, …
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Beijing Doll
by Chun Sue
Banned in China for its candid exploration of a young girl's sexual awakening yet widely acclaimed as being "the first novel of 'tough youth' in …
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The Family
by Pa Chin
The 1st vol. of the trilogy, Turbulent stream; the 2d vol. is Spring; the 3d, Autumn.
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Teahouse
by Lao She
This volume is set in a typical, old Beijing teahouse. Lao She's drama follows the lives of the owner and his customers through three stages …
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The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China
by Lu Xun
Lu Xun (Lu Hsun) is arguably the greatest writer of modern China, and is considered by many to be the founder of modern Chinese literature. …
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The Dream of the Red Chamber
by Cao Xueqin
The Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the "Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature." It is renowned for its huge scope, large …
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Monkey
by Cheng'en Wu
Immensely popular in the Far East, combines elements of the of picaresque novel with folk epic in a mix of satire, allegory, and history in …
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Stories from a Ming Collection
by Menglong Feng
The popularity of the Chinese storyteller goes back to the marketplace of the T'ang dynasty, but the familiar figure came into its own in the …