China
- The Chinese Lake Murders and other Judge Dee mysteries by Robert van Gulik (7th century)
- The Court of the Lion by Eleanor Coony and Daniel Altieri (8th century, Emperor Minghuang and his consort, Grand Verity)
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong (3rd century)
- Spirit Mirror (1988) Chia Black Dragon series by Stephen Marley (2nd century)
- Mortal Mask (1991) Chia Black Dragon series by Stephen Marley (2nd century)
- Peony by Pearl Buck (19th century, Jewish family in China)
- Dragon Seed by Pearl Buck (Life of Chinese peasant family during Second Sino-Japanese War)
- Imperial Woman by Pearl Buck (about Empress Dowager Cixi/Tzu-Hsi)
- Empress Orchid by Anchee Min (about Empress Dowager Cixi)
- Shadow Sisters (1993) Chia Black Dragon series by Stephen Marley (7th century)
- Tai-Pan & Noble House by James Clavell
- Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard (WWII)
- The Journeyer by Gary Jennings (Kubilai Khan)
- Tienkuo: The Heavenly Kingdom by Li Bo (aka Steven Leibo) (19th century Sino-Western Relations and the Taiping Rebellion)
- Peking: A Novel of Chinas Revolution 1921-1978 by Anthony Grey (Long March & Cultural Revolution)
- The Story of the Stone by Cao Xueqin (18th century)
- La mujer en la muralla by Alberto Laiseca (Qin Shi Huang)
- Empress by Shan Sa (Wu Zetian)
- El lector de cadáveres by Antonio Garrido (Song Ci)
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Famous quotes containing the word china:
“Anyone who tries to keep track of what is happening in China is going to end up by wearing all the skin of his left ear from twirling around on it.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
“It all ended with the circuslike whump of a monstrous box on the ear with which I knocked down the traitress who rolled up in a ball where she had collapsed, her eyes glistening at me through her spread fingers—all in all quite flattered, I think. Automatically, I searched for something to throw at her, saw the china sugar bowl I had given her for Easter, took the thing under my arm and went out, slamming the door.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve, I’ve dreamed of havin’ my own things about me. My spinet over there and a table here. My own chairs to rest upon and a dresser over there in that corner, and my own china and pewter shinin’ about me.”
—Frank S. Nugent (1908–1965)