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The writer Pu Song Lin was like the Edgar Allan Poe or Steven King of Ancient China.
Despite being written in the Qing Dynasty they still had the ability to put a shiver down my spine. There are some very quirky, grose and even funny tales in there aswell.
Don't buy the old translations the new one by Professor John Minford is much more enjoyable to read and has not been censored like the old Giles translation. As a result there are alot of unexpected sexual escapades.
2006 Pu Songling蒲松齡, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio聊齋誌異, London, Penguin Classics, xxxviii + 562 pp. (including lengthy introduction, glossary and bibliography)
The introduction glossary and bibliography were also very interesting.

I totally enjoyed reading it."
Yes, The Girl Who Played Go by the same author was also good.


Lisa See's books are wonderful and gives us insight into Chinese culture and way of thinking.
Peony in Love sounds like "chick lit" but the title is very misleading. It actually gave me an in depth understanding of the Chinese beliefs about life after death.
Her Shanghai Girls and the sequel, Dreams of Joy are also brilliant.

I would recommend On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family. I think this is the best book by Lisa See.
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And of course, I would be remiss not to mention Amy Tan in this category as her books deal heavily with Chinese identity, my favorite of hers being The Bonesetter's Daughter.