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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.

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.
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