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Book Recommendations for General Fiction, set in China

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Total Books Recommended: 57

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  • Daughters of Shandong
    Eve J. Chung
    Hardcover: 05/07/2024
     
    A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters' harrowing escape to Taiwan as the ...
  • The World and All That It Holds
    Aleksandar Hemon
    Paperback: 01/30/2024
     
    The World and All That It Holds―in all its hilarious, heartbreaking, erotic, philosophical glory―...
  • Peach Blossom Spring
    Melissa Fu
    Paperback: 02/28/2023
     
    A "beautifully rendered" novel about war, migration, and the power of telling our stories, Peach Blossom ...
  • The Shadow of the Empire
    The Shadow of the Empire: A Judge Dee Investigation #1
    Qiu Xiaolong
    Paperback: 11/29/2022
     
    The legendary Judge Dee Renjie investigates a high-profile murder case in this intriguing companion novel to ...
  • Thank You, Mr. Nixon
    Gish Jen
    Paperback: 11/01/2022
     
    The acclaimed, award-winning author of The Resisters takes measure of the fifty years since the opening of ...
  • Swimming Back to Trout River
    Linda Rui Feng
    Paperback: 05/17/2022
     
    A lyrical novel set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution that follows a father's quest to ...
  • Four Treasures of the Sky
    Jenny Tinghui Zhang
    Paperback: 04/04/2022
     
    A propulsive and dazzling debut novel set against the backdrop of the Chinese Exclusion Act, about a Chinese ...

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