The Greatest Books of All Time Set in China

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
10381 The Airways Jennifer Mills 2021 Unknown English
10392 Zhaun Falun Li Hongzhi 1992 Chinese Chinese
10436 Daughter Of The Dragon Yunte Huang 2023 Unknown English
10450 War Trash Ha Jin 2004 Chinese English
10499 The Second Oldest Profession Phillip Knightley 1986 British English
10533 Ai Superpowers Kai-Fu Lee 2018 Chinese English
10565 China’s Great Wall Of Debt Dinny McMahon 2018 Unknown English
10566 The Third Revolution Elizabeth C. Economy 2018 Unknown English
10578 Strangers In The Land Michael Luo 2025 American English
10607 China's New Red Guards Jude Blanchette 2019 Unknown English
10651 Chinese Postman Brian Castro 2024 Unknown English
10689 Daughters Of The Bamboo Grove Barbara Demick 2025 American English
10716 The Beast In The Clouds Nathalia Holt 2025 American English
10762 The Banished Immortal Ha Jin 2019 American English
10776 Sandalwood Death Yan Mo 2001 Chinese Chinese
10842 Who Controls The Internet? Tim Wu, Jack Goldsmith 2006 American English
10895 The Man With The Compound Eyes Wu Ming-yi 2011 Taiwanese Chinese
10938 The Leavers Lisa Ko 2017 American English
10945 Five Spice Street Can Xue 1988 Chinese Chinese
10978 Love Must Not Be Forgotten Jie Zhang 1980 Chinese Chinese
11062 Midnight Mao Dun 1933 Chinese Chinese
11087 Family Ba Jin 1931 Chinese Chinese
11088 Mao's Last Dancer Li Cunxin 2003 Australian English
11164 The Creators Daniel J. Boorstin 1992 American English
11272 Half A Lifelong Romance Eileen Chang 1948 Chinese Chinese
11304 The Book Of Sins Chen Xiwo 2014 Chinese Chinese
11312 Homeseeking Karissa Chen 2025 Unknown English
11342 Best Loved Folktales Of The World Joanna Cole 1982 Unknown English
11363 Complete Works Jorge Luis Borges Argentinian Spanish
11436 A History Of Bombing Sven Lindqvist 1999 Swedish Swedish
11497 Hunter Shuang Xuetao 2019 Chinese Chinese
11543 Half The Sky Nicholas Kristof 2009 American English
11545 A Madman's Diary 狂人日記 Lu Xun 1918 Chinese Chinese
11569 Ghostwritten David Mitchell 1999 British English
11574 The Painted Veil W. Somerset Maugham 1925 British English
11611 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11612 The Cross Cultural Process In Christian History Andrew Walls 2002 Unknown English
11630 Death By Video Game Simon Parkin 2015 British English
11635 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11661 China Men Maxine Hong Kingston 1980 American English
11661 Years Of Upheaval Henry A. Kissinger 1982 American English
11661 The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams 2018 American English
11661 Patriot Number One Lauren Hilgers 2018 Unknown English
11851 Chosen Peoples Anthony D. Smith 2003 British English
11934 Super Pumped Mike Isaac 2019 American English
12018 Memories Of Peking Lin Hai-yin 1960 Chinese Chinese
12122 The Palestine Laboratory Antony Loewenstein 2023 Australian English
12174 Tibetan Book Of The Dead Robert Thurman 1994 Tibetan English
12205 Apple In China Patrick McGee 2025 Unknown English
12236 I Deliver Parcels In Beijing Hu Anyan 2023 Chinese English
12324 The Last Panda George B. Schaller 1993 American English
12399 Hot, Flat, And Crowded Thomas L. Friedman 2008 American English
12436 High Exposure David Breashears 1999 American English
12513 The House Tibet Georgia Savage 1991 Australian English
12513 Typical American Gish Jen 1991 American English
12562 Breakneck Dan Wang Unknown English
12579 Never Thought I'd End Up Here Ann Liang 2025 Unknown English
12602 The Travels Of Lao Ts'an Liu T'ieh-yün 1907 Chinese Chinese
12628 Wandering Lu Xun 1926 Chinese Chinese
12641 Officialdom Unmasked Li Baojia 1903 Chinese Chinese
12682 Children Of The Rich Lu Ling 1940 Chinese Unknown
12691 Wanting Claire Jia Unknown English
12716 Drowning Yu Dafu 1921 Chinese Chinese
12746 Ripples Across Stagnant Water Li Jieren 1935 Chinese Chinese
12785 The Marriage Of Young Blacky Zhao Shuli 1943 Chinese Chinese
12815 Bad Bad Girl Gish Jen 2025 American English
12811 Tigers Between Empires Jonathan C. Slaght 2025 American English
12894 Orphan Of Asia Zhuoliu Wu 1945 Taiwanese Chinese
12916 Let Only Red Flowers Bloom Emily Feng 2025 Unknown English
12946 Four Generations Under One Roof Lao She 1944 Chinese Chinese
12984 Chokepoints Fishman, Edward 2025 Unknown English
13016 Fate In Tears And Laughter Chang Hen-shui 1925 Chinese Chinese
13014 House Of Huawei Eva Dou 2025 American English
13036 The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia, Hongbin Li, Claire Cousineau 2025 Canadian English
13037 The Party's Interests Come First Joseph Torigian 2025 Unknown English
13190 These Memories Do Not Belong To Us Yiming Ma 2025 Unknown English
13227 Flower In A Sea Of Sin Zeng Pu 1905 Chinese Chinese
13234 Making Trouble Loa Ho 1930 Chinese Chinese
13254 公墓 Mu Shiying 1933 Chinese Chinese
13304 The Death Of Yuli Xu Zhenya 1912 Chinese Chinese
13306 Lotus Creek Sun Li 1950 Chinese Unknown
13305 Moment In Peking Lin Yutang 1939 Chinese English
13307 倪煥之 Ye Shengtao 1928 Chinese Chinese
13308 Spring Peach Xu Dishan 1930 Chinese Chinese
13309 Threshold Of Spring Rou Shi 1932 Chinese Chinese
13310 風蕭蕭 Xu Xu 1947 Chinese Chinese
13311 地之子 Tai Jingnong 1948 Chinese Unknown
13315 Records Of Orchard City Shi Tuo 1946 Chinese Chinese
13330 The General's Head Shi Zhecun 1932 Chinese Chinese
13331 Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed Over Two Decades Jianren Wu 1908 Chinese Chinese
13337 River Of Smoke Amitav Ghosh 2011 Indian English
13359 All The Emperor’s Horses David Kidd 1960 American English
13359 The Selected Poems Of T’ao Ch’ien T’ao Ch’ien -365 Chinese Classical chinese
13532 Gardner's Art Through The Ages Helen Gardner 1926 American English
13564 The Young Newcomer In The Organizational Department Wang Meng 1980 Chinese Chinese
13595 The Bride With White Hair Liang Yusheng 1957 Chinese Chinese
13735 Christianity In The Twentieth Century Brian Stanley 2018 British English
13742 Dictionary Of Subjects And Symbols In Art James Hall 1974 British English
13771 Flood Of Fire Amitav Ghosh 2015 Indian English
13794 艷陽天 Hao Ran 1964 Chinese Chinese
13801 The Blue And The Black Wang Lan 1963 Chinese Unknown
13803 The Drunkard Liu Yichang 1963 Chinese Chinese
13885 Googled Ken Auletta 2009 American English
13932 The Deer And The Cauldron Jin Yong 1969 Chinese Chinese
14023 The Man Who Stayed Behind Sidney Rittenberg 1993 American English
14070 Erste Erde Epos Raoul Schrott 2016 Austrian German
14072 The Girl Who Played Go Shan Sa 2001 Chinese French
14073 狂风 Sima Zhongyuan 1974 Chinese Unknown
14130 Passagère Du Silence Fabienne Verdier 2001 French French
14155 Mulberry And Peach Hualing Nieh 1976 Chinese Chinese
14161 My Journey to Lhasa Alexandra David-Neel 1927 French French
14165 The Whirlwind Chiang Kuei 1977 Chinese Unknown
14212 Enriching The Earth Vaclav Smil 2001 Canadian English
14232 M. Butterfly David Henry Hwang 1988 American English
14232 She Who Became The Sun Shelley Parker-Chan 2021 Australian English
14232 Under A White Sky Elizabeth Kolbert 2021 American English
14330 Execution Of Mayor Yin Chen Ruoxi 1978 Chinese Chinese
14374 Stones In The Wall Dai Houying 1980 Chinese Chinese
14383 The Chess Master Ah Cheng 1984 Chinese Chinese
14389 The World Is Flat Thomas L. Friedman 2005 American English