What to Read After The Last Empress
Readers who loved The Last Empress by Anchee Min keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Last Empress 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 Last Empress
Peony in Love
Imperial Woman
Peony
The Secrets of Jin-shei
The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel
The Painter from Shanghai
The red chamber
Spring Moon
Pearl of China
Wild ginger
Red Azalea
The dragon's village
The Hundred Secret Senses
Nefertiti
The Joy Luck Club
The valley of amazement
Saving fish from drowning
Twentieth Wife
Joy Luck Club
Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls #2)
Pavilion of Women
The heretic queen
Geisha
Katherine