Chinese History


The Search For Modern China
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War
The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957
The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962-1976
Mao: The Unknown Story
The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han (History of Imperial China, #1)
Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
China: A History
The Art of War
Midnight in Peking by Paul   FrenchChinese Shadows by Simon LeysRickshaw Boy by Lao SheBraised Pork by An YuThe Dragon's Tail by Adam Williams
Books set in BEIJING
49 books — 15 voters

On Desperate Ground by Hampton SidesThe General vs. the President by H.W. BrandsThe Korean War by Max HastingsThe Korean War by Bruce CumingsThe Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot by Blaine Harden
The Korean War (nonfiction)
93 books — 4 voters
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseThe Longest Day by Cornelius RyanAn Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonWith the Old Breed by Eugene B. Sledge
Best World War II History (nonfiction)
691 books — 507 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
147 books — 120 voters
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiThe Immigrant by Nery McMahonBlack Indian by Shonda BuchananThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Non Fiction/Memoirs by Women of Color
346 books — 68 voters

Kailin Gow
She succeeds because she is loved and respected. - Kailin Gow, Amazon Lee and The Red Jade General Lady Liang of Song
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Pénélope Bagieu
Official historians have long depicted wu zetian as a sort of chinese version of the Red Queen from The Alice and Wonderland, by focusing on her secret police and fondness by bumping off enemies. "And she slept her way to the top". An interesting angle given that her brief dynasty was one of the most prosperious periods in many respects (in terms of peace, arts, and social progress.) On the other hand, what is always pointed out (and emphasized as fact) is that she was fearsome, ambitious, and ...more
Pénélope Bagieu, Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

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books about the history of China in the 19th and 20th centuries
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