Ma Jian On very rare occasions, a book can be so fresh, vivid and sincere that its integrity will be apparent almost before you have begun reading it. This brilliant...

Kylie Chan The second book in Australian author Kylie Chan’s ingenious urban fantasy saga—a tale of  ancient gods and foul demons doing battle in the modern world—Red Phoenix combines Chinese mythology...

Ji-Li Jiang In 1966 Ji–li Jiang turned twelve. An outstanding student and leader, she had everything: brains, the admiration of her peers, and a bright future in China's Communist Party....

Ying Chang Compestine The summer of 1972, before I turned nine, danger began knocking on doors all over China.Nine-year-old Ling has a very happy life. Her parents are both dedicated...

Kevin KwanFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians (the basis for the acclaimed major motion picture) and China Rich Girlfriend, here is the uproarious conclusion to...

Paul TherouxPaul Theroux left Victoria Station on a rainy Saturday in April thinking that taking eight trains across Europe, Eastern Europe, the USSR and Mongolia would be the easy way...

Lisa Brackman American Iraq War veteran Ellie Cooper is living in Beijing when a chance encounter with a Uighur—a member of a Chinese Muslim minority—at the home of her sort-of...

Kim Thuy I came into the world during the Tet Offensive, in the early days of the Year of the Monkey...Ru: In Vietnamese it means lullaby; in French it is...

Barbara W TuchmanBarbara W. Tuchman won the Pulitzer Prize for Stilwell & the American Experience in China, 1911-45 in '72. She uses the life of Joseph Stilwell, the military attache...

Any Tan   January 1, 2006 by Harper

Kevin KwanTHE ICONIC AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING PHENOMENON CRAZY RICH ASIANS RETURNS WITH THE GLITTERING TALE OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHO FINDS HERSELF TORN BETWEEN TWO MEN.'Your perfect summer read'...

Salman RushdieThe novel that set the stage for his modern classic, The Satanic Verses, Shame is Salman Rushdie’s phantasmagoric epic of an unnamed country that is “not quite Pakistan.” In...