What to Read After The Secrets of Jin-shei
Readers who loved The Secrets of Jin-shei by Alma Alexander keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Secrets of Jin-shei 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 The Secrets of Jin-shei
Empress
The Last Empress
Women of the Silk
Pearl of China
The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel
The Painter from Shanghai
The Teahouse Fire
Spring Moon
The Red Chamber
The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
Imperial Woman
Grass for His Pillow (Tales of the Otori, Book 2)
Brilliance of the Moon
Becoming Madame Mao
Empress Orchid
Wild Ginger
The Hundred Secret Senses
Pavilion of Women
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Calligrapher's Daughter
Tomoe Gozen
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow, Translated by Michael Berry and Susan Chan Egan
The Bondmaid
Last Concubine