Five recent titles bring mystery and magic to the season, from novels of split identity to a children’s book about escaping over-protective parents.

Five new China books for your summer reading list, from an intergenerational family memoir to a children's picture book of the Cultural Revolution.

After decades of urbanization and economic development, a cohort of China's population is seeking rural refuge and personal development instead — moving back to the land to "lie flat."

Formerly one of the last dissident writers left in China, Murong Xuecun is now living in exile. How does a novelist get to the point where he is one step from arrest?

In the first of our monthly book round-ups, we run through five recently published nonfiction titles to make sure are on your shelf.