8 Best nonfiction books like Kings of Shanghai by Jonathan Kaufman

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Kings of Shanghai

By: Jonathan Kaufman

4.34

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Kings of Shanghai tells the story of two Jewish families - the Sassoons and the Kadoories - who imm…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Kings of Shanghai by Jonathan Kaufman , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Natchez Burning (Penn Cage, #4)

By: Greg Iles

4.17

Format: 791 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles returns with his most eagerly anticipated novel yet—… read more

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"A man's biggest enemy is his mouth."

-Greg Iles, Natchez Burning (Penn Cage, #4)

"You can't build happiness on someone else's pain."

-Greg Iles, Natchez Burning (Penn Cage, #4)

"The past is never dead. It's not even past; if it were there would be no grief or sorrow."

-Greg Iles, Natchez Burning (Penn Cage, #4)

"Albert didn't know how that skinny school teacher could take what Willie gave her. But that was another thing he'd learned over the years; the size of the woman on the outside didn't mean nothing. It…"

-Greg Iles, Natchez Burning (Penn Cage, #4)

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2. Chinese Whispers: Searching For Forgiveness In Beijing

By: Jan Wong

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • china

3. Menachem Begin: The Battle for Israel's Soul

By: Daniel Gordis

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Reviled as a fascist by his great rival Ben-Gurion, venerated by Israel's underclass, the first Isr… read more

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4. Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour

By: Kate Fox

3.00

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In WATCHING THE ENGLISH anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks, habits and fo… read more

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5. All That I Am

By: Anna Funder

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

All That I Amis a masterful and exhilarating exploration of bravery and betrayal, of the risks and … read more

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6. A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal

By: John Le Carré , Ben Macintyre

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Master storyteller Ben Macintyre's most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth century… read more

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7. Edenglassie

By: Melissa Lucashenko

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful … read more

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8. The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)

By: Chris Hammer

4.23

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Tilt. Chris Hammer's… read more

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9. The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

By: Javier Blas

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Little noticed and little scrutinised, the commodity traders have become essential cogs in the modern economy. Without them, petrol stations would run out of fuel, factories would grind to a halt and…"

-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

"Most of us take for granted the ease with which we can fill up our cars, buy a new smartphone or order a cup of Colombian coffee. But underpinning almost all of our consumption is a frenetic internat…"

-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

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10. Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China

By: Desmond Shum

3.91

Format: None pages, Audiobook

This “powerful and disturbing” (Bill Browder, author of Red Notice) New York Times bestseller is na… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • china
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11. Shanghai

By: Joseph Kanon

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest sett… read more

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  • china
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12. In the Dragon's Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century

By: Sebastian Strangio

4.26

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

A timely look at the impact of China’s booming emergence on the countries of Southeast Asia “An ex… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • china
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13. Murder in the Crooked House (Kiyoshi Mitarai, #2)

By: Sōji Shimada

3.55

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

The Crooked House sits on a snowbound cliff at the remote northern tip of Japan. A curious place to… read more

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14. The Shortest History of China

By: Linda Jaivin

4.01

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

From kung-fu to tofu, tea to trade routes, sages to silk, China has influenced cuisine, commerce, m… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • china
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15. Peace (Hirsch, #2)

By: Garry Disher

4.20

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Constable Paul Hirschhausen runs a one-cop station in the dry farming country south of the Flinders… read more

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16. Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia

By: Jeevan Vasagar

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A compelling, illuminating and evocative history of Singapore—the world's most successful city-stat… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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17. Histoire intime de la Ve République - Le sursaut

By: Franz-Olivier Giesbert

3.81

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

"Si je me suis attelé à ce vaste projet — une histoire intime de la Ve République en trois époques … read more

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18. Histoire intime de la Vᵉ République, tome II : La belle époque

By: Franz-Olivier Giesbert

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

C'était le bon temps. Quand la France contemporaine nous accable, il suffit, pour aller mieux, de s… read more

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  • history
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19. Kings of Shanghai

By: Jonathan Kaufman

4.34

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Kings of Shanghai tells the story of two Jewish families - the Sassoons and the Kadoories - who imm… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • china
Cover of The Last Yakuza: Life and Death in the Japanese Underworld by Jake Adelstein

20. The Last Yakuza: Life and Death in the Japanese Underworld

By: Jake Adelstein

3.87

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The Last Yakuza tells the history of the yakuza like it’s never been told before in this gripping, … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

9 Top history books like Kings of Shanghai by Jonathan Kaufman

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Chinese Whispers: Searching For Forgiveness In Beijing

Jan Wong

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

Javier Blas

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China

Desmond Shum

3.91

Transform Your Habits

In the Dragon's Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century

Sebastian Strangio

4.26

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A Nation Without Borders: The United States and Its World, 1830-1910

Eric Foner , Steven Hahn

2.00

Transform Your Habits

From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000

Lee Kuan Yew , Henry Kissinger

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West

Catherine Belton

4.18

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The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

Javier Blas

4.34

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