2/24/2023 0 Comments Lenora tor booksSort by time period of primary subject matter :Īncient and Imperial China | Republican Era to 1949 | Mao to Tiananmen | 1990s to Pre-Olympics | 2008-Present Tweet us or me personally I want to say a big thank you to all of our blurb writers, who are listed here (along with, in the case of some, the China books they themselves have written).Ĭulture/Society/Memoir | Literature | History | Politics | Business/Tech Like all great art, literature’s value lies in part in its ability to spark conversation think of this list as not merely a resource, but a dialogue-starter. But as the overseeing editor, I wouldn’t have it any other way. The folly of ranking, I assure you, is not lost on me. 36 and 39) featuring canonical histories, short story collections, travelogues, memoirs, treatises, and more.Īnd of course, all of it ranked. In the end, this is what we came up with: A list with books by journalists and historians, migrant poets and politicians, Nobel Prize winners (three, in fact) and dissidents on topics including sex, sorcery, food, debt, Chinese medicine, gay life, and footbinding across all eras, from the 14th century ( Three Kingdoms) to 2019 (the books that come in at Nos. All selections are related to mainland China, with exceptions: We considered some older Taiwanese writers who were active at a time before a distinct Taiwanese literary tradition had emerged, and Hong Kong writer Jin Yong, whose martial arts epics have had tremendous influence on Chinese readers everywhere. We decided to limit all authors to one title. Yes, this was more mad than methodical - but we’re proud of the result. There was no criteria except availability in English. We sourced broadly, in an attempt to create a unique, inclusive list that has something for everyone, neither catering to a specific taste nor pandering to any preconceived idea of what such a list should look like. This is the SupChina Book List, 100 books about China across all genres - fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and everything in between - ranked from 100 to 1.
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