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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
2,142 books — 1,870 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 — 1,709 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
418 books — 1,101 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
998 books — 827 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
747 books — 587 voters
Bridge of Birds by Barry HughartThe Tales of the Otori Trilogy by Lian HearnThe Twelve Kingdoms by Fuyumi OnoEon by Alison GoodmanMonkey by Wu Cheng'en
Chinese and Japanese Fantasy
314 books — 439 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
593 books — 292 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
217 books — 276 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
533 books — 228 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
405 books — 203 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
172 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
454 books — 199 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
275 books — 195 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
353 books — 185 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Pythagorean by Alexander MorpheighCirce by Madeline MillerThe Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad by Homer
The 52 Book Club 2026: #1 - Set In An Ancient Civilization
222 books — 172 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
402 books — 165 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
402 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
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
174 books — 114 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)
365 books — 107 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 Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkSadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor CoerrRisuko by David KudlerRevolution Is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang CompestineI Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade by Diane Lee Wilson
East Asia in YA & Middle Grade Historical Fiction
158 books — 97 voters
Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert by Erica M. ElliottJourney to the West by Biao WangDark Skies by David HaldaneWild Swans by Jung ChangBuses Are a Comin' by Charles Person
Memoirs I've Loved Too
352 books — 80 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
82 books — 75 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
121 books — 73 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
83 books — 70 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

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
40 books — 25 voters

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