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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
2,132 books — 1,855 voters

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanShanghai Girls by Lisa SeeThe Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,097 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
997 books — 819 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
746 books — 586 voters
Bridge of Birds by Barry HughartThe Tales of the Otori Trilogy by Lian HearnThe Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi OnoEon by Alison GoodmanThe Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi Ono
Chinese and Japanese Fantasy
309 books — 440 voters

National Geographic by Leah Bendavid-ValThe Art Book by Phaidon PressAlways a Traveler, Never a Tourist by Judy BloombergAnsel Adams by Ansel AdamsPortraits by Steve McCurry
Best Coffee Table Books
594 books — 293 voters
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckEmpress Orchid by Anchee MinShanghai Girls by Lisa SeePeony in Love by Lisa See
Great Chinese Historical Fiction
216 books — 273 voters

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn TanDescendant of the Crane by Joan HeThe Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie OhWicked Fox by Kat ChoThe Girl with No Reflection by Keshe Chow
YA East Asian Fantasy
171 books — 200 voters
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Children of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirThe Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir
Of Kings and Queens
452 books — 197 voters

Shōgun by James ClavellAcross the Nightingale Floor by Lian HearnThe Ninja by Eric Van LustbaderThe Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. BorosonMusashi Book One by Eiji Yoshikawa
Martial Arts Fiction
273 books — 193 voters
Winging It  by Lia RussSeven Years in Tibet by Heinrich HarrerReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiA Capitalist in North Korea by Felix AbtThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Asia
352 books — 184 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad Akreyi
Cultural reads
401 books — 160 voters

The Neverending Story by Michael EndeLe Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Last Wish by Andrzej SapkowskiTintenherz by Cornelia FunkeThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Fantasy - Beyond the English Language
397 books — 145 voters
To Live by Yu HuaRed Sorghum by Mo YanWaiting by Ha JinEmpress Orchid by Anchee MinRaise the Red Lantern by Su Tong
Fiction from the Chinese Mainland
132 books — 137 voters

Tai-Pan by James ClavellNoble House by James ClavellSouth China Morning Blues by Ray HechtThe Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamEating Smoke by Chris Thrall
Books Set in Hong Kong
146 books — 119 voters
The Poppy War by R.F. KuangThe Dragon Republic by R.F. KuangSpin the Dawn by Elizabeth LimJade City by Fonda LeeWe Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
Asian Inspired Fantasy Novels
173 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
173 books — 106 voters
A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonThe Billion Dollar Spy by David E. HoffmanThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
The Cold War (nonfiction)
364 books — 106 voters

The Magnolia Sword by Sherry ThomasThe Wild Orchid by Cameron DokeyDefy by Sara B. LarsonThe Warrior Maiden by Melanie DickersonSpin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
Retellings of Mulan
69 books — 66 voters
Journey to the West by Biao  WangDark Skies by David HaldaneBuses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonThe Lord God Made Them All by James HerriotWild Swans by Jung Chang
Memoirs I've Loved Too
352 books — 50 voters

The Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. BorosonA-Ma Alchemy of Love by Nataša PantovićGulab by Rohith S. KatbamnaThe Girl with No Face by M.H. BorosonA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Asian Protagonist
173 books — 39 voters
Journey to the West by Biao  WangDark Skies by David HaldaneKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerJohn Adams by David McCullough
Memoirs I've Loved III
41 books — 26 voters

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