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 Hall of Uselessness
The Great Game
Penguin History of Modern China
The Return of a King
Mao's Great Famine
Mao's Last Revolution
The Generalissimo
Midnight in Peking
When Asia Was the World
The Tragedy of Liberation
Empress Dowager Cixi
From the Ruins of Empire
People's Republic of Amnesia
China
Siam Mapped
The great Chinese revolution, 1800-1985
The Classic of Mountains and Seas
China
The Opium War
The Party
Hungry Ghosts