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1	The Hidden Blade (The Heart of Blade Duology, #1) by Sherry Thomas (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 1,606 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1	Tempted Tigress (Tigress, #6) by Jade Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 102 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1	The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee 3.37 avg rating — 24,437 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Cornered Tigress (Tigress, #5) by Jade Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 80 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	A Dance with Danger (Lovers and Rebels, #2; Tang Dynasty, #5) by Jeannie Lin (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 224 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Sword Dancer (Lovers and Rebels, #1; Tang Dynasty, #4) by Jeannie Lin (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 647 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Sounds of the River: A Young Man's University Days in Beijing – A Poetic Coming-of-Age Memoir of China's Cultural Revolution by Da Chen 4.03 avg rating — 546 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Colors of the Mountain: A Memoir by Da Chen 3.97 avg rating — 2,851 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	"Socialism Is Great!": A Worker's Memoir of the New China by Lijia Zhang (Goodreads Author) 3.49 avg rating — 549 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	China in Ten Words. Yu Hua by Yu Hua 4.05 avg rating — 9,551 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Wild Orchid: A Retelling of The Ballad of Mulan by Cameron Dokey 3.87 avg rating — 6,492 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	China's Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa by Howard W. French 3.83 avg rating — 1,925 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	What Never Leaves by Daniel Tam-Claiborne (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 169, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Empress Orchid (Empress Orchid, #1) by Anchee Min 3.90 avg rating — 26,487 ratings score: 167, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 54,858 ratings score: 167, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Monkey: The Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en 4.03 avg rating — 8,575 ratings score: 167, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Peony in Love by Lisa See (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 51,642 ratings score: 167, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 134,716 ratings score: 167, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) by Liu Cixin (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 544,520 ratings score: 163, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China by Alec Ash (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 1,178 ratings score: 163, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Mr. China by Tim Clissold 3.98 avg rating — 1,711 ratings score: 163, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Beijing Doll by Chun Sue 2.85 avg rating — 1,100 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham 3.98 avg rating — 54,076 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Inconvenient Memories: A Personal Account of the Tiananmen Square Incident and China Before and After by Anna Wang Yuan (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 100 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Mandarin Optional by Darby Jones 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Shanghai Assignment by Karl Andrews (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Golden Lily - 10 Years On: Asia's First Dinghy Sailing Gold Medallist (Making Waves Book 1) by Lijia Xu 4.94 avg rating — 31 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Lost Kingdom of Daughters by Weina Dai Randel (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 1,574 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Bury What We Cannot Take by Kirstin Chen (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 2,628 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Jade Temptress (The Pingkang Li Mysteries, #2) by Jeannie Lin (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,217 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Secret Mandarin by Sara Sheridan (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 1,068 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Tantric Tales of Tibetan Lust by Darby Jones 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Golden Lily: Asia's First Dinghy Sailing Gold Medallist (Making Waves Book 1) by Lijia Xu 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang 3.80 avg rating — 18,016 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Pearl Stallion by Rae Muir 3.59 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory by Peter Hessler 4.26 avg rating — 8,271 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Emperor's Pearl by Robert van Gulik 4.07 avg rating — 1,379 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Chinese Whiskers by Pallavi Aiyar (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 330 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler 4.29 avg rating — 14,355 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Beijing for Beginners: An Irishman in the People's Republic by Gary Finnegan 4.19 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present by Peter Hessler 4.23 avg rating — 7,800 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	A Calamitous Chinese Killing (Inspector Singh Investigates, #6) by Shamini Flint (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 836 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China by Leslie T. Chang 3.93 avg rating — 9,826 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Meltdown in Tibet: China's Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia by Michael Buckley 4.05 avg rating — 80 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road by Rob Schmitz (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 2,021 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Hotel on the Roof of the World: From Miss Tibet to Shangri-La by Alec Le Sueur 3.94 avg rating — 1,296 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China by John Pomfret 4.05 avg rating — 1,497 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up by Liao Yiwu 4.23 avg rating — 3,242 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos 4.24 avg rating — 9,021 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 by Frank Dikötter 4.07 avg rating — 5,459 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers by Richard McGregor really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,319 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Wild Grass: Three Portraits of Change in Modern China by Ian Johnson (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 375 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China by James McGregor 3.90 avg rating — 555 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah 4.08 avg rating — 42,816 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Diary of Ma Yan: The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese Schoolgirl by Ma Yan 3.67 avg rating — 1,069 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve by Lenora Chu (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 2,515 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 394,056 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World by Zak Dychtwald (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 648 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation by Ken Liu (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 5,733 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 103,577 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The Art of War by Sun Tzu 3.94 avg rating — 602,929 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars