What to Read After "Socialism is great!"
Readers who loved "Socialism is great!" by Lijia Zhang keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where "Socialism is great!" is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after "Socialism is great!"
Red China blues
A leaf in the bitter wind
Red Dust
The last days of old Beijing
The search for modern China
The private life of Chairman Mao
The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories
River town
Life and death in Shanghai
Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress
A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Wild Swans
Gut
Mistress of the Art of Death
First They Killed My Father
The Luminaries
Half the sky
Columbine
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Reading Lolita in Tehran
The Good Earth
The Rosie effect
The big short
Nothing to envy