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Literary & Classics28
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To Live
Yu Hua
4.32 average rating, · 28.1k ratings
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Three Kingdoms
Luo Guanzhong
4.36 average rating, · 7k ratings
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Wolf Totem
Jiang Rong
4.09 average rating, · 5.1k ratings
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Brothers
Yu Hua
4.08 average rating, · 3.8k ratings
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Outlaws of the Marsh
Shi Nai'an
4.12 average rating, · 3.2k ratings
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Fortress Besieged
Qian Zhongshu
4.30 average rating, · 2.9k ratings
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Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en
4.34 average rating, · 2.9k ratings
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Dream of the Red Chamber
Cao Xueqin
4.00 average rating, · 2.9k ratings
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days
Cao Xueqin
4.19 average rating, · 2.6k ratings
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The Journey to the West, Volume 1
Wu Cheng'en
4.26 average rating, · 2.2k ratings
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Sandalwood Death
Mo Yan
4.28 average rating, · 1.4k ratings
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Taipei People
Pai Hsien-yung
4.27 average rating, · 1.4k ratings
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 2 of 2
Luo Guanzhong
4.37 average rating, · 1.2k ratings
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 2: The Crab-Flower Club
Cao Xueqin
4.33 average rating, · 1.1k ratings
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The Selected Poems of Li Po
Li Po
4.27 average rating, · 1.1k ratings
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The Journey to the West, Volume 2
Wu Cheng'en
4.32 average rating, · 1k ratings
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 3: The Warning Voice
Cao Xueqin
4.43 average rating, · 929 ratings
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The King of Trees: Three Novellas: The King of Trees, The King of Chess, The King of Children
Ah Cheng
4.08 average rating, · 921 ratings
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The Journey to the West, Volume 3
Wu Cheng'en
4.31 average rating, · 830 ratings
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The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 4: The Debt of Tears
Cao Xueqin
4.34 average rating, · 818 ratings
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One Hundred Poems from the Chinese
Kenneth Rexroth
4.32 average rating, · 716 ratings
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City of Fiction
Yu Hua
4.00 average rating, · 720 ratings
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Jin Ping Mei/ The Golden Lotus
Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
4.13 average rating, · 693 ratings
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Moment in Peking
Lin Yutang
4.46 average rating, · 629 ratings
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