16 Best literature books like The Golden Days (The Story of the Stone #1) by Cao Xueqin, David Hawkes

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The Golden Days (The Story of the Stone #1)

By: Cao Xueqin , David Hawkes

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

"The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first p…

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1. Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

By: Pu Songling , John Minford

4.08

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

With their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle charm, the 104 stories in this selection from T… read more

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  • classics
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  • asia
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"A man eager to climb famous mountains must have the patience to follow a winding path. A man eager to eat bear's paw must have the patience to simmer it slowly. A man eager to watch the moonlight mus…"

-Pu Songling, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

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2. The Journey to the West, Volume 4

By: Wu Cheng'en , Anthony C. Yu

4.39

Format: 479 pages, Paperback

The Journey to the West, volume 4, comprises the last twenty-five chapters of Anthony C. Yu's four-… read more

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  • china
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3. The Common Reader

By: Virginia Woolf

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Woolf's first and most popular volume of essays. This collection has more than twenty-five selectio… read more

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  • classics
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4. The Golden Days (The Story of the Stone #1)

By: Cao Xueqin , David Hawkes

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

"The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first p… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • asia
  • chinese literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • china
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5. Journey to the West, Volume 3

By: Wu Cheng'en , Anthony C. Yu

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The Journey to the West, volume 3, comprises the third twenty-five chapters of Anthony C. Yu's four… read more

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  • classics
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  • chinese literature
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6. The Journey to the West, Volume 1

By: Wu Cheng'en , Anthony C. Yu

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

First published in 1952, The Journey to the West, volume I, comprises the first twenty-five chapter… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
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7. The Journey to the West, Volume 2

By: Wu Cheng'en , Anthony C. Yu

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The Journey to the West, volume 2, comprises the second twenty-five chapters of Anthony C. Yu's fou… read more

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8. Love in a Fallen City

By: Eileen Chang , Karen S. Kingsbury

4.20

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Eileen Chang is one of the great writers of twentieth-century China, where she enjoys a passionate … read more

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9. The Dream of the Red Chamber

By: Cao Xueqin , Mark van Doren , Chi-chen Wang

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

For more than a century and a half, Dream of the Red Chamber has been recognized in China as the gr… read more

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10. The Circular Ruins

By: George Guidall , Jorge Luis Borges , Andrew Hurley

3.77

Format: 134 pages, Audiobook

"The Circular Ruins"/"Las ruinas circulares") first published in the literary journal Sur in Decemb… read more

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11. The Tale of Genji

By: Royall Tyler , Murasaki Shikibu

3.90

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

See an alternate cover edition . Written in the eleventh century, this portrait of courtly life in… read more

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12. Red Sorghum

By: Mo Yan , Howard Goldblatt

3.63

Format: None pages,

Spanning three generations, this novel of family and myth is told through a series of flashbacks th… read more

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13. Three Kingdoms: Classic Novel in Four Volumes

By: Luo Guanzhong , Moss Roberts

4.00

Format: 256 pages,

"The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been." With this … read more

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Cover of Outlaws of the Marsh (Vol. 1-4) by Luo Guanzhong, Shi Nai'an, Sidney Shapiro

14. Outlaws of the Marsh (Vol. 1-4)

By: Luo Guanzhong , Shi Nai'an , Sidney Shapiro

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The Water Marginis one of the "Four Great Classical Novels" of Chinese literature. Based upon the s… read more

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Cover of Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason by Michel Foucault, Richard Howard, José Teixeira Coelho Netto

15. Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason

By: Michel Foucault , Richard Howard , José Teixeira Coelho Netto

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . Michel Foucault examines the ar… read more

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  • classics
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16. The Pillow Book

By: Sei Shōnagon , Ivan Morris

3.91

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

"The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon" is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the … read more

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  • classics
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17. To Live

By: Michael Berry , Yu Hua

4.34

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

From the author of Brothers and China in Ten Words this celebrated contemporary classic of Chinese … read more

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"It’s better to live an ordinary life. If you go on striving for this and that, you’ll end up paying with your life."

-Michael Berry, To Live

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18. Adam Bede

By: George Eliot , Joanna Trollope , Hugh Osborne

3.82

Format: 624 pages, Paperback

The story of a beautiful country girl's seduction by the local squire and its bitter, tragic sequel… read more

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"She hates everything that is not what she longs for."

-George Eliot, Adam Bede

"Timid people always reek their peevishness on the gentle."

-George Eliot, Adam Bede

"Our deeds determine us, as long as we determine our deeds"

-George Eliot, Adam Bede

"Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds."

-George Eliot, Adam Bede

19. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

By: Judith Butler

3.81

Format: None pages,

Since its publication in 1990, Gender Troublehas become one of the key works of contemporary femini… read more

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20. Red Rose, White Rose

By: Eileen Chang , Karen S. Kingsbury

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Mass Market Paperback

There were two women in Zhenbao's life: one he called his white rose, the other his red rose. One w… read more

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21. Monkey King

By: Wu Cheng'en

4.10

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

One of the world's greatest fantasy novels and a rollicking classic of Chinese literature, in a spa… read more

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16 Top fiction books like The Golden Days (The Story of the Stone #1) by Cao Xueqin, David Hawkes

Transform Your Habits

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

Pu Songling , John Minford

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Journey to the West, Volume 4

Wu Cheng'en , Anthony C. Yu

4.39

Transform Your Habits

The Golden Days (The Story of the Stone #1)

Cao Xueqin , David Hawkes

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Journey to the West, Volume 3

Wu Cheng'en , Anthony C. Yu

3.61

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10 Top fiction books like Monkey King by Wu Cheng'en

Transform Your Habits

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

Pu Songling , John Minford

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Merchanter's Luck (The Company Wars, #2)

C.J. Cherryh

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Golden Days (The Story of the Stone #1)

Cao Xueqin , David Hawkes

4.05

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Three Kingdoms: Classic Novel in Four Volumes

Luo Guanzhong , Moss Roberts

4.00

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