The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Taiwan

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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
3419 Taipei People Pai Hsien-yung 1971 Chinese Chinese
5524 Mao's China And After Maurice Meisner 1977 American English
6586 Crystal Boys Pai Hsien-yung 1983 Chinese Chinese
6766 Notes Of A Desolate Man Chu Tʽien-wen 1994 Taiwanese Chinese
8072 Taipei Tao Lin 2013 American English
8232 China Susan Shirk 2007 Unknown English
9275 The Butcher's Wife And Other Stories Li Ang 1983 Taiwanese Chinese
9699 The Beautiful Country And The Middle Kingdom John Pomfret 2016 American English
10899 The Man With The Compound Eyes Wu Ming-yi 2011 Taiwanese Chinese
11613 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
12456 The Astonishing Color Of After Emily X. R. Pan 2018 American English
12459 The Collected Schizophrenias Esmé Weijun Wang 2019 American English
12896 Orphan Of Asia Zhuoliu Wu 1945 Taiwanese Chinese
13237 Making Trouble Loa Ho 1930 Chinese Chinese
13314 地之子 Tai Jingnong 1948 Chinese Unknown
13521 My Native Land Chung Li-ho 1956 Chinese Chinese
13812 Outside The Window Chiung Yao 1963 Chinese Chinese
13918 Son's Big Doll Huang Chun-ming 1968 Chinese Chinese
14009 Family Catastrophe Wang Wen-hsin 1973 Chinese Chinese
14046 又見棕櫚, 又見棕櫚 Yu Lihua 1971 Chinese Chinese
14155 Mulberry And Peach Hualing Nieh 1976 Chinese Chinese
14362 鐵漿 Chu Hsi-ning 1980 Chinese Chinese
14434 Taiwanese Trilogy Chung Chao-cheng 1984 Taiwanese Chinese
14483 A Race Of Generals Chen Yingzhen 1988 Chinese Chinese
14549 An Oxcart For Dowry Wang Chen-ho 1988 Taiwanese Chinese
14585 Lai Suo Huang Fan 1987 Chinese Chinese
14646 Fin De Siècle Splendor Chu Tʽien-wen 1990 Chinese Chinese
14985 Notes Of A Crocodile Qiu Miaojin 1994 Taiwanese Chinese
15685 Lucky Worries About His Country Chang Ta-chun 2001 Chinese Chinese
17163 Taiwan Travelogue Shuang-zi Yang Unknown Unknown
17163 The One Device Brian Merchant 2017 American English
17163 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17163 Green Island Shawna Yang Ryan 2016 Unknown English
17163 The Chinese Machiavelli Dennis Bloodworth 1976 Chinese English
17163 Mountain Of Fame John E. Wills Jr. 1992 Chinese English
17163 Neo Confucianism Stephen C. Angle, Justin Tiwald 2017 Chinese English
17163 Parachute Kids Betty C. Tang 2023 Unknown English
17163 Last Boat Out Of Shanghai Zia, Helen 2019 Unknown English