Books set all or part in China
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Age 16
by Rosena Fung
Hardcover: Jul 2024
A powerful coming-of-age graphic novel about how mothers and daughters pass down—and rebel against—standards of size, gender, race, beauty, and worth.
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Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution
by Tania Branigan
Hardcover: May 2023
Paperback: Jun 2024
An indelible exploration of the invisible scar that runs through the heart of Chinese society and the souls of its citizens.
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Daughters of Shandong
by Eve J. Chung
Hardcover: May 2024
A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters' harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story.
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The World and All That It Holds: A Novel
by Aleksandar Hemon
Hardcover: Jan 2023
Paperback: Jan 2024
The World and All That It Holds―in all its hilarious, heartbreaking, erotic, philosophical glory―showcases Aleksandar Hemon's celebrated talent at its pinnacle. It is a grand, tender, sweeping story that spans decades and continents. It ...
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Fragile Cargo: The World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City
by Adam Brookes
Hardcover: Feb 2023
Paperback: Oct 2023
The gripping true story of the bold and determined museum curators who saved the priceless treasures of China's Forbidden City in the years leading up to World War II and beyond.
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Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide
by Tahir Hamut Izgil
Hardcover: Aug 2023
A poet's account of one of the world's most urgent humanitarian crises, and a harrowing tale of a family's escape from genocide
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Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War
by Zhuqing Li
Hardcover: Jun 2022
Paperback: Jun 2023
Sisters separated by war forge new identities as they are forced to choose between family, nation, and their own independence.
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Peach Blossom Spring: A Novel
by Melissa Fu
Hardcover: Mar 2022
Paperback: Feb 2023
A "beautifully rendered" novel about war, migration, and the power of telling our stories, Peach Blossom Spring follows three generations of a Chinese family on their search for a place to call home (Georgia Hunter, New York Times bestselling author ...
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The Shadow of the Empire: A Judge Dee Investigation #1
by Qiu Xiaolong
Hardcover: Feb 2022
Paperback: Nov 2022
The legendary Judge Dee Renjie investigates a high-profile murder case in this intriguing companion novel to Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder set in seventh-century China.
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Thank You, Mr. Nixon: Stories
by Gish Jen
Hardcover: Feb 2022
Paperback: Nov 2022
The acclaimed, award-winning author of The Resisters takes measure of the fifty years since the opening of China and its unexpected effects on the lives of ordinary people. It is a unique book that only Jen could write - a story collection accruing ...
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The Amur River: Between Russia and China
by Colin Thubron
Hardcover: Sep 2021
Paperback: Sep 2022
The most admired travel writer of our time - author of Shadow of the Silk Road and To a Mountain in Tibet - recounts an eye-opening, often perilous journey along a little known Far East Asian river that for over a thousand miles forms the highly ...
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir
by Ai Weiwei
Hardcover: Nov 2021
Paperback: Sep 2022
In his widely anticipated memoir, "one of the most important artists working in the world today" (Financial Times) tells a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own extraordinary life and the legacy of his father, the nation's most...
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