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Best China Books of 2024

Party luminaries. TV chefs. Poetry. Scandal. Our annual round-up of notable titles on or from China, split across nonfiction and translated literature, nominated by a...

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.
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How to Nominate

Nominate a book to win our 2025 book prize!

Nominations are now open for the Baifang Schell Book Prize — our annual awards celebrating nonfiction and literature on or from China and the Sinophone world! Click through to see how to nominate up to three books per individual or publisher. The nomination period runs from Nov 1-Dec 15 (midnight), for all books published in 2025. Nominate a book and tell a friend today.