Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom by Stephen R. PlattGod's Chinese Son by Jonathan D. SpenceThe Taiping Revolutionary Movement by Youwen JianWhat Remains by Tobie Meyer-FongFlashman and the Dragon by George MacDonald Fraser
Best Taiping Books
2nd out of 17 books — 8 voters
Wild Swans by Jung ChangThe Color of Jadeite by Eric D. GoodmanMonkey by Wu Cheng'enThree Kingdoms by Luo GuanzhongDream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin
Best books to read about China
32nd out of 173 books — 106 voters

Wild Swans by Jung ChangThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Best Books About China
218th out of 747 books — 587 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
3213th out of 3,774 books — 3,804 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Best Books About Nineteenth Century History
415th out of 648 books — 282 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3123rd out of 3,140 books — 3,678 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondVaka Moana, Voyages of the Ancestors by K.R. HoweA Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Ellen OhPhysics of the Impossible by Michio KakuThe World Until Yesterday by Jared Diamond
Worldbuilding Books for Writers
16th out of 40 books — 3 voters
Native Son by Richard WrightDarth Vader and Son by Jeffrey   BrownSons and Lovers by D.H. LawrenceThe Son of Neptune by Rick RiordanFathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Sons
110th out of 353 books — 50 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyFathers and Sons by Ivan TurgenevThe Magician’s Nephew by C.S. LewisNative Son by Richard WrightLife with Father by Clarence Day Jr.
The Relations
518th out of 533 books — 31 voters
Journey to the West by Biao  WangWild Swans by Jung ChangThe Good Women of China by XinranFalling Leaves by Adeline Yen MahSky Burial by Xinran
Top 10 China non-fiction, memoir and autobiography
34th out of 91 books — 27 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezHamlet by William ShakespeareEl niño con el pijama de rayas by John BoynePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Books In My Bookshelf
50th out of 169 books — 7 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottJassy by Norah LoftsWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Have a physical copy on the shelf
348th out of 596 books — 13 voters

The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories by Agatha ChristieShark vs. Train by Chris  BartonOff to Be the Wizard by Scott  MeyerSammy the Seasick Pirate by Janelle Springer-WillmsMy Big Little Golden Book About God by Jane Werner Watson
2023_I was doomed to read these books1
35th out of 100 books — 1 voter
The Search For Modern China by Jonathan D. SpenceThe People's Republic of Chemicals by William J. KellyWaiting to Be Arrested at Night by Tahir Hamut IzgilMao's China and After by Maurice J. MeisnerMeltdown in Tibet by Michael  Buckley
Modern China- History, Culture, Politics
38th out of 93 books — 3 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Green Mile by Stephen  KingNeverwhere by Neil GaimanInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Books of 1996
395th out of 465 books — 226 voters