Chinese Literature

Chinese literature extends thousands of years, from the earliest recorded dynastic court archives to the mature fictional novels that arose during the Ming Dynasty to entertain the masses of literate Chinese. The introduction of widespread woodblock printing during the Tang Dynasty (618–907) and the invention of movable type printing by Bi Sheng (990–1051) during the Song Dynasty (960–1279) rapidly spread written knowledge throughout China. In more modern times, the author Lu Xun (1881–1936) is considered the founder of baihua literature in China.

I Deliver Parcels in Beijing
A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing
长安的荔枝
Women, Seated
Ghost Music
Land of Big Numbers
Rouge Street: Three Novellas
Jumpnauts
Cinema Love
太白金星有点烦
City of Fiction
Đêm Trường Tăm Tối
Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War
Elsewhere
The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories
The Art of War
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
To Live
Tao Te Ching
Three Kingdoms (4-Volume Boxed Set)
Monkey: The Journey to the West
Red Sorghum
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days
Outlaws of the Marsh (4-Volume Boxed Set)
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
The Analects
Love in a Fallen City
Dream of the Red Chamber
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienEast of Eden by John SteinbeckLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellIt by Stephen  King
Big Fat Reads Worth The Effort 2.0
45 books — 73 voters
The Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinThe Dark Forest by Liu CixinDeath's End by Liu Cixin仰望星空之遥远的问候 by Bryant JohnsonVagabonds by Hao Jingfang
Chinese Science Fiction Novels
19 books — 24 voters

Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating Vol. 1 by Jiang Zi BeiI Can Do It Vol. 1 by Jiang Zi BeiGuide on How to Fail at Online Dating Vol. 2 by Jiang Zi BeiGuide on How to Fail at Online Dating Vol. 3 by Jiang Zi BeiDemon Venerable Also Wants to Know Vol. 1 by Cyan Wings
Hai Tang Book's
12 books — 2 voters

Złota pagoda by Yukio MishimaWyznanie maski by Yukio MishimaDziennik szalonego starca by Jun'ichirō TanizakiJestem, tęsknię, mówię by Yūko TsushimaCzteroksiąg by 阎连科
Proza Dalekiego Wschodu
36 books — 6 voters
The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThe Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays by Richard HofstadterUbik by Philip K. DickThe Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
FOTRT essential reading
27 books — 2 voters


Camellia Yang
No man is an island entire of itself; we are all a piece of the continent, connected by the stories we share and the bridges we build between cultures.
Camellia Yang, The Invisible Third Culture Adult

Xuan and I had decided to take a trip together in honor of our one-thousand-day anniversary. We ate Korean barbecue, shared a decadent cake, and then drove three and a half hours to Yosemite. I’d never heard of such an occasion. But in Seoul, where Ji-Hoon was born and raised, there was almost a monthly holiday devoted to romance. We wore similar out- fits, which Xuan said was common for couples in Asian countries. Three years was a big deal, especially when we didn’t know how many more we’d hav ...more
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