Tibet


Seven Years in Tibet
Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town
Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies
To a Mountain in Tibet
Lost Horizon
The Skull Mantra (Inspector Shan, #1)
Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama
Magic and Mystery in Tibet
Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet (Kodansha Globe)
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Tibet: A History
The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947 (Compass)
The Snow Leopard
Wild Swans by Jung ChangLife and Death in Shanghai by Nien ChengMao by Jung ChangRed Azalea by Anchee MinThe People's Republic of Amnesia by Louisa Lim
Banned CHINA Books
30 books — 55 voters

PIRATE’S ALLEY by Thomas J LevequeThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniBeneath a Marble Sky by John ShorsThe Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
Historical Fiction - South Asia
88 books — 31 voters
River Town by Peter HesslerCountry Driving by Peter HesslerUp to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside by Quincy  CarrollOracle Bones by Peter HesslerChina by Tom  Carter
China Expat Books
101 books — 112 voters

Paul Theroux
“ I was aware that in handing these pictures out I was breaking the law. But what the hell. They had nuisance value. They made the Tibetans happy. ”
― Paul Theroux, Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China

Colin Thubron
“ From time to time we see hearthrugs moving over the slopes. With quaintly hunched shoulders and bushy culottes, these are yaks. In their darkly dripping coats they stand out like rocks against the bleached grass where they graze. ”
― Colin Thubron, To a Mountain in Tibet

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