What to Read After The Red Chamber
Readers who loved The Red Chamber by Pauline Chen keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Red Chamber 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 Red Chamber
The Last Empress
The Secrets of Jin-shei
Pavilion of Women
The Bonesetter's Daughter
Valley of Amazement
Katherine
Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls #2)
The Kitchen God's Wife
This Burns My Heart
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow, Translated by Michael Berry and Susan Chan Egan
The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel
China Dolls
Raise the Red Lantern
One More Sunrise
The Moon in the Palace
Peony in Love
The Teahouse Fire
Pearl of China
Lilah
The Blood of Flowers
The Painter from Shanghai
The Cooked Seed
Imperial Woman
Spring Moon