What to Read After Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom
Readers who loved Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom by Stephen R. Platt keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom 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 Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom
God's Chinese Son
Deng Xiaoping and the transformation of China
The search for modern China
The Great Game
Mao's great famine
The return of a king
Mao's last revolution
The generalissimo
Midnight in Peking
When Asia Was the World
Empress Dowager Cixi
Penguin History of Modern China
From the Ruins of Empire
The tragedy of liberation
The Hall of Uselessness
The Party
The great Chinese revolution, 1800-1985
The Classic of Mountains and Seas
The Opium War
Siam Mapped
Hungry ghosts
The Devil Soldier
War without mercy
Ghost on the throne