Editors' Top Picks
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
8th out of 747 books — 587 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Foreign Lands
65th out of 2,368 books — 2,202 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
81st out of 2,037 books — 3,943 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
1st out of 99 books — 109 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWild by Cheryl StrayedA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Wanderlust
34th out of 1,081 books — 1,183 voters
River Town by Peter HesslerThe Color of the Elephant by Christine HerbertMonique and the Mango Rains by Kris HollowayNine Hills to Nambonkaha by Sarah ErdmanThe Village of Waiting by George Packer
Best Peace Corps Books
1st out of 73 books — 91 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLost in Yaba by Walt GleesonNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiShōgun by James Clavell
Best Books on Asia
37th out of 1,000 books — 830 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul TherouxTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckThe Trigger by Tim Butcher
Have Passport Will Travel
68th out of 713 books — 592 voters

Journey to the West by Biao WangOracle Bones by Peter HesslerRiver Town by Peter HesslerFactory Girls by Leslie T. ChangJourney to the Forbidden China by Steven W. Mosher
Life in Modern China
3rd out of 42 books — 38 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonQuiet by Susan CainThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun Ether
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
139th out of 2,085 books — 1,453 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
917th out of 6,260 books — 8,073 voters
Little Princes by Conor GrennanBetween Inca Walls, A Peace Corps Memoir by Evelyn Kohl LaTorreRiver Town by Peter HesslerMonique and the Mango Rains by Kris HollowayThe Color of the Elephant by Christine Herbert
Volunteers - Memoirs
3rd out of 74 books — 24 voters

A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare
What To Read Next
5081st out of 20,757 books — 24,797 voters
The Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangThe Good Women of China by XinranRiver Town by Peter HesslerGod is Red by Liao YiwuDreaming in Chinese by Deborah Fallows
China Report Recommends
3rd out of 108 books — 13 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradBlood River by Tim ButcherDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieLife on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
Rivers
98th out of 914 books — 197 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
19th out of 173 books — 106 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Best Travel Book List Ever!
20th out of 161 books — 157 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl Strayed
Best Popular Travel Books on Goodreads
233rd out of 316 books — 54 voters

Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Sand Pebbles by Richard McKennaShanghai Girls by Lisa SeeThe Kitchen God's Wife by Amy TanThe Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
The American Experience in China--Fact and Fiction
9th out of 61 books — 29 voters
Journey to the West by Biao WangThe Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. BorosonShanghai Nobody by Vann ChowRiver Town by Peter HesslerThe Girl with No Face by M.H. Boroson
Cultural China
4th out of 20 books — 35 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
1784th out of 7,219 books — 28,369 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBlood River by Tim ButcherThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Traveling Vicariously
311th out of 2,156 books — 1,885 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteJFK Was Killed by Consensus by David W. Mantik MDAll the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Ou... by Philip Gourevitch
Best Books by Journalists
68th out of 288 books — 113 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanAtonement by Ian McEwanLife of Pi by Yann MartelDead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Best Books of 2001
187th out of 556 books — 284 voters

The Kurdish Bike by Alesa LightbourneThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverShantaram by Gregory David RobertsHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Recommended Books by International School Teachers Group
9th out of 139 books — 20 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtNight by Elie WieselEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
512th out of 2,163 books — 2,021 voters

Journey to the West by Biao WangThe Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1 by Cao XueqinThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangWild Swans by Jung ChangThe Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 2 by Cao Xueqin
Seeing China through Books
21st out of 109 books — 37 voters
Silence by Becca FitzpatrickStarcrossed by Josephine AngeliniTorment by Lauren KateHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingSo Shelly by Ty Roth
Water
140th out of 890 books — 184 voters

Country Driving by Peter HesslerRiver Town by Peter HesslerCity of Devils by Paul FrenchBeijing for Beginners by Gary FinneganFragrant Heart by Miranda Emmerson
China Through Foreign Eyes
2nd out of 29 books — 6 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
671st out of 2,516 books — 3,157 voters

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