New Chinas New Classics

Explore 'New China's New Classics'—a curated list of timeless Chinese literature and modern masterpieces. Discover must-read books that define China's rich cultural heritage and contemporary brilliance.

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The Woman Warrior

by Maxine Hong Kingston

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating blend of autobiography and mythology, of world and self, of hot rage and cool analysis. First published in 1976, it …
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Soul Mountain

 

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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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Falling Leaves

by Adeline Yen Mah

The emotionally wrenching yet ultimately uplifting memoir of a Chinese woman struggling to win the love and acceptance of her family. Born in 1937 in …
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

by Dai Sijie

New York Times Bestseller Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is an enchanting tale that captures the magic of reading and the wonder of romantic …
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Death of a Red Heroine

by Qiu Xiaolong

Qiu Xiaolong's Anthony Award-winning debut introduces Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police. A young “national model worker,” renowned for her adherence to the principles of …
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A Dictionary of Maqiao

by Han Shaogong

From the daring imagination of one of China’s greatest living novelists comes a work of startling power and originality–the story of a young man “displaced” …
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The Girl Who Played Go

by Shan Sa

As the Japanese military invades 1930s Manchuria, a young girl approaches her own sexual coming of age. Drawn into a complex triangle with two boys, …
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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 …
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Beijing Coma

by Ma Jian

Dai Wei, a PhD student and protestor in Tiananmen Square in June 1989, was caught by a soldier's bullet and fell into a deep coma. …
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Girl in Translation

by Jean Kwok

Emigrating with her mother from Hong Kong to Brooklyn, Kimberly Chang begins a secret double life as an exceptional schoolgirl during the day and sweatshop …
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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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