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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
2,246 books — 2,083 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyHamlet by William ShakespeareOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,707 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
437 books — 1,110 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
1,009 books — 841 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
762 books — 596 voters
ROADMAP FOR A BRILLIANT LIFE by Elaine Yarbrough & Bob BensonRoadmap for a Brilliant Life by Elaine Yarbrough & Bob BensonNational Geographic by Leah Bendavid-ValThe Art Book by Phaidon PressAlways a Traveler, Never a Tourist by Judy Bloomberg
Best Coffee Table Books
612 books — 431 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
221 books — 278 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Constant Princess by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryNefertiti by Michelle Moran
Royal Fiction
531 books — 244 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCirce by Madeline MillerThe Pythagorean by Alexander MorpheighThe Odyssey by HomerThusnelda & Armin the Younger Years Book 1 by Michael G. Kramer
The 52 Book Club 2026: #1 - Set In An Ancient Civilization
246 books — 242 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellAcross the Nightingale Floor by Lian HearnAnalogies Shorinjiryu Karatedo, Golf & Baseball by Emanuel Hawthorne KyoshiThe Ninja by Eric Van LustbaderThe Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. Boroson
Martial Arts Fiction
303 books — 228 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
487 books — 211 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
258 books — 206 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenButterfly Swords by Jeannie LinThe Lotus Palace by Jeannie LinRainbirds by Clarissa GoenawanThe Dragon and the Pearl by Jeannie Lin
Romance in East/Southeast Asia (and/or) East/Southeast Asian Heroes and Heroines
411 books — 205 voters
Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich HarrerWinging It by Lia RussReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiA Capitalist in North Korea by Felix AbtThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Asia
349 books — 189 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
420 books — 168 voters
The Art of War by Sun TzuTao Te Ching by Lao TzuDream of the Red Chamber by Cao XueqinWild Swans by Jung ChangMonkey by Wu Cheng'en
Chinese Literature
320 books — 156 voters

The Neverending Story by Michael EndeLe Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryTintenherz by Cornelia FunkeThe Last Wish by Andrzej SapkowskiThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Fantasy - Beyond the English Language
403 books — 142 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
156 books — 139 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)
391 books — 138 voters
The Poppy War by R.F. KuangThe Dragon Republic by R.F. KuangJade City by Fonda LeeSpin the Dawn by Elizabeth LimWe Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
Asian Inspired Fantasy Novels
184 books — 123 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
150 books — 122 voters
Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert by Erica M. ElliottJourney to the West by Biao WangGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS by Scott L. NelsonLucky by Scott NelsonCasey Dancer by Kristin Casey
Memoirs I've Loved Too
375 books — 114 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
178 books — 109 voters
From Mountains to Medicine by Erica M. ElliottWeird England by Johann-Günther KönigJourney to the West by Biao WangLucky by Scott NelsonGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS by Scott L. Nelson
Memoirs I've Loved III
58 books — 93 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Source by James A. MichenerThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyHawaii by James A. Michener
Best Sweeping Epics about Places
85 books — 77 voters
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken LiuWhat It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka ArimahStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangA Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia BerlinNight at the Fiestas by Kirstin Valdez Quade
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Contemporary Short Story Collections
127 books — 76 voters

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckGenghis by Conn IgguldenThe Green Phoenix by Alice PoonEmpress Orchid by Anchee Min
History through Novels: Pre-1900s China
89 books — 71 voters
A Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkSadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor CoerrRevolution Is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang CompestineWhen My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue ParkI Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade by Diane Lee Wilson
East Asia in YA & Middle Grade Historical Fiction
147 books — 71 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
74 books — 69 voters
The Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. BorosonA-Ma Alchemy of Love by Nataša PantovićGulab by Rohith S. KatbamnaA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Girl with No Face by M.H. Boroson
Best Asian Protagonist
179 books — 42 voters

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