Summer China Reads
Five new China books for your summer reading list, from an intergenerational family memoir to a children's picture book of the Cultural Revolution.
Books on the Chinese-American Experience
To celebrate AAPI month, we partnered with Asia Society to round up five books that capture different facets of what it means to be Chinese-American.
What China’s Reading: Short Stories
Chinese literature has a long-standing, often fantastical tradition of the short story form. Five modern collections, from both the mainland and Taiwan, show that legacy...
Translated Chinese Literature: Trauma Fiction
Chinese writers have long used fiction to process trauma, both historical and personal. In these five newly translated titles, the trend continues in modern settings,...
What China’s Reading: How Past Reflects Present
Chinese literature has a long tradition of using history to discuss contemporary affairs. Our columnist picks five recent titles that do just that, from Shang...
Translated Chinese Literature: Winter Warmers
Our columnist picks another five recently translated titles — from Hong Kong tea house poetry to a self-help seal — and reviews the state of...
What to Read in 2024
A few China titles we're excited to read in the year ahead — and deeper pickings to draw from in our comprehensive book listings project.
Best China Books of 2023
Our round-up of recommended titles (and one anti-recommendation) from the past year, selected by our editors and various guests.
What China’s Reading
Our round-up of untranslated Chinese books from the Sinophone world, from “everyday feminism” to working-class struggles, and a globetrotting frog.
New Chinese Literature in Translation
Our pick of five recent fiction books translated from Chinese into English, from donkeys that see ghosts to a dystopian vision of Hong Kong.
New China Nonfiction from 2023
In the first of our monthly book round-ups, we run through five recently published nonfiction titles to make sure are on your shelf.
China Book Listings
Our dynamic, regularly updated lists of all upcoming and recent China books, as well as bestsellers and editors' picks from the pack.