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
12th out of 747 books — 587 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
4th out of 99 books — 109 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
122nd 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
163rd out of 2,037 books — 3,943 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
2nd out of 42 books — 38 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
26th out of 288 books — 113 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
15th out of 173 books — 106 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
104th out of 713 books — 592 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
293rd out of 316 books — 54 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
7th out of 108 books — 13 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
2190th out of 7,219 books — 28,369 voters
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren HoughTruth & Beauty by Ann PatchettMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisWild by Cheryl StrayedDirtbag, Massachusetts by Isaac Fitzgerald
Must-Read Personal Accounts
48th out of 273 books — 212 voters

Journey to the West by Biao WangCountry Driving by Peter HesslerChina's Great Wall of Debt by Dinny McMahonMade in China by Amelia PangMeltdown in Tibet by Michael Buckley
Non-Fiction Books About China
31st out of 58 books — 32 voters
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah HarariA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny NordbergThe Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. GraffBlood River by Tim Butcher
History of the 21st Century
21st out of 22 books — 2 voters

Bhutan Travelog Edition 2 by Joni HerisonBhutan Travelog by Joni HerisonCHINA by Tom CarterGinseng Roots by Craig ThompsonOracle Bones by Peter Hessler
China Travelogue Books
5th out of 20 books — 6 voters
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Popsugar 2020 - A Book by or about a Journalist
320th out of 338 books — 189 voters

The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom by John PomfretIron & Silk by Mark SalzmanThe Third Revolution by Elizabeth C. EconomyThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinRiding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux
The SupChina Book List
5th out of 13 books — 3 voters
AI Superpowers by Kai-Fu LeeThe Girl at the Baggage Claim by Gish JenMao by Jung ChangBlockchain Chicken Farm by Xiaowei WangCulture Hacks by Richard Conrad
Schwarzfam '22 中国 Reading List
8th out of 34 books — 4 voters

Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelBlood River by Tim ButcherAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeNext Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
Popsugar 2020 - A Book Set in a Country Beginning with “C”
112th out of 194 books — 146 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris11/22/63 by Stephen KingKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
ATY 2020 - Historical Fiction or History
230th out of 280 books — 59 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
542nd out of 1,000 books — 830 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
27th out of 29 books — 6 voters

Going Clear by Lawrence WrightAt Canaan's Edge by Taylor BranchMaster of the Senate by Robert A. CaroThe New Negro by Jeffrey C. StewartThe Indian World of George Washington by Colin G. Calloway
National Book Award Nonfiction Winners and Finalists 2000-2019
66th out of 100 books — 2 voters
The Hidden Blade by Sherry ThomasTempted Tigress by Jade LeeThe Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. LeeCornered Tigress by Jade LeeA Dance with Danger by Jeannie Lin
Books set in China
38th out of 58 books — 8 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Road by Cormac McCarthyAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best ALA Adult Notables
46th out of 142 books — 53 voters
Journey to the West by Biao WangThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangWhite Gardenia by Belinda AlexandraUnderstanding China by Stefan PiechThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Books on China
16th out of 73 books — 29 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthySuite Française by Irène NémirovskyEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Inheritance of Loss by Kiran DesaiHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2006 (fiction and nonfiction)
50th out of 64 books — 52 voters
Blood River by Tim ButcherOver the Edge of the World by Laurence BergreenIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Trigger by Tim ButcherPapillon by Henri Charrière
Best Historical Travel Journals
203rd out of 335 books — 239 voters

Van Gogh by Steven NaifehThe Social Animal by David BrooksAt Home by Bill BrysonZeitoun by Dave EggersThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2012--The intended Reading List
28th out of 69 books — 26 voters
1491 by Charles C. MannThe Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrieIron Kingdom by Christopher ClarkIndia by John KeayAfrica by John Reader
World History AP 2013
108th out of 186 books — 27 voters

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