 | Travelers' Tales China: True Stories (Travelers' Tales Guides)
Buy new: $14.78 / Used from: $0.01 There is probably no better single book about China. It doesn't presume to be a historical or literary tome. Instead it's a pleasing compilation of material from many writers providing a good feel for and about China. Can be read in short does or in one long sitting.
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 | River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze (P.S.) by Peter Hessler
Buy new: $10.79 / Used from: $3.34 The classic memoir about teaching English in China. Provides insight into a definite time and place in a very readable book. This book is on many must-read lists.
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 | Death of a Red Heroine (Soho crime) by Qiu Xiaolong
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.91 A mystery that is more than the standard procedural drama. Weaving cultural observations, poetry and history into a compelling tale.
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 | Mr. China: A Memoir by Tim Clissold
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $2.87 Mr. Clissold's stories about business provide as much insight into the changing China as any formal textbook ever could.
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 | The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed by Michael Meyer
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $10.80 Mr. Meyer's focus on Beijing's Hutongs written while he was living in a Hutong is a great introduction to the complex and competing issues of progress and preservation in China.
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 | Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China by Jen Lin-Liu
Buy new: $16.32 / Used from: $1.74 While a memoir about learning to cook in China may not sound that interesting on the surface, this is a great book to help you understand the importance of food in Chinese culture. Very readable and it will make you hungry for real chinese food.
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 | Ocean of Words Army Stories by Ha Jin
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $3.24 Ha Jin's fiction is mesmerizing. This book, or other of his books, is a great introduciton to modern Chinese fiction.
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