After a plagiarism scandal upended China’s literati, a spate of bestselling books published by amateur writers has changed what Chinese readers consider as literature.

Five recent books on China cover a range of heated topics, from dystopian Hong Kong to the end of Sino-U.S. engagement.

Five books published in China last year, from fiction to memoir, reveal a nation still reeling from the pandemic, and finding a new literary voice...

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 recent Chinese books in translation apply different prisms — pictures, poetry, fiction, memoir — to draw narratives out of complicated personal and political histories.