10 Best classics books like Monkey King by Wu Cheng'en

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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…

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Cover of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling, John Minford

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
  • literature
  • asia
  • chinese literature
  • fiction
  • china
  • fantasy
"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

Cover of Merchanter's Luck (The Company Wars, #2) by C.J. Cherryh

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

By: C.J. Cherryh

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The fateful meeting between the owner of a tramp star-freighter that flies the Union planets under … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of One Hundred Leaves: A new annotated translation of the Hyakunin Isshu by Fujiwara no Teika, Blue Flute

3. One Hundred Leaves: A new annotated translation of the Hyakunin Isshu

By: Fujiwara no Teika , Blue Flute

4.13

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

The Hyakunin Isshu is a poetry anthology beloved by generations of Japanese since it was compiled i… read more

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  • literature
  • asia
  • classics
  • asian literature
Cover of The Golden Days (The Story of the Stone #1) by Cao Xueqin, David Hawkes

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
  • china

5. Oration on the Dignity of Man (None)

By: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola , A. Robert Gaponigri

3.06

Format: 220 pages,

An ardent treatise for the Dignity of Man, which elevates Humanism to a truly Christian level, maki… read more

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  • classics
Cover of Three Kingdoms: Classic Novel in Four Volumes by Luo Guanzhong, Moss Roberts

6. 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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  • classics
  • literature
  • chinese literature
  • fiction
  • china
Cover of Outlaws of the Marsh (Vol. 1-4) by Luo Guanzhong, Shi Nai'an, Sidney Shapiro

7. 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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  • literature
  • asia
  • chinese literature
  • fiction
  • china
Cover of Great Mythologies of the World by Kathryn McClymond, Grant L. Voth, Julius H. Bailey, None

8. Great Mythologies of the World

By: Kathryn McClymond , Grant L. Voth , Julius H. Bailey , None

3.90

Format: 448 pages, Audible Audio

The deep-seated origins and wide-reaching lessons of ancient myths built the foundation for our mod… read more

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  • mythology
  • audiobook

9. The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

By: Red Pine , None

4.03

Format: 606 pages, Paperback

A fifth-century Indian Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma is credited with bringing Zen to China. Although … read more

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10. Classical Chinese Poetry: An Anthology

By: David Hinton

4.43

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

With this groundbreaking collection, translated and edited by the renowned poet and translator Davi… read more

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11. The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution

By: Gregory Cochran , Henry Harpending

3.81

Format: None pages,

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12. Introduction to the Philosophy of History with Selections from The Philosophy of Right

By: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel , None

4.19

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

. . . eminently readable . . . admirably picks up the spirit of what Hegel is saying. . . . more re… read more

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13. The Táin: From the Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge

By: Anonymous , Thomas Kinsella , Louis Le Brocquy

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Tain Bo Cuailnge, centre-piece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's… read more

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14. The Technological Society

By: Robert K. Merton , Jacques Ellul

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

."..He goes through one human activity after another and shows how it has been technicized, rendere… read more

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15. 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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  • classics
  • literature
  • asia
  • chinese literature
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • china
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
Cover of A Heart Divided (Legends of the Condor Heroes, #4) by Jin Yong

16. A Heart Divided (Legends of the Condor Heroes, #4)

By: Jin Yong

4.45

Format: 593 pages, Paperback

Guo Jing and Lotus have escaped Qiu Qianren's mountain stronghold on the condors' backs, but Lotus … read more

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  • chinese literature
  • fiction
  • china
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"As I see it, having blood on one's hands does not make one a hero."

-Jin Yong, A Heart Divided (Legends of the Condor Heroes, #4)

"But wherever you rode on your conquests, you left a pile of corpses as high as any mountain. Do your achievements outweigh your sins?"

-Jin Yong, A Heart Divided (Legends of the Condor Heroes, #4)

Cover of A Past Unearthed (Return of the Condor Heroes, #1) by Jin Yong

17. A Past Unearthed (Return of the Condor Heroes, #1)

By: Jin Yong

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

CHINA , 1237 A.D. Genghis Khan is dead. The Mongolians, led by the conqueror's third son, Ogedai… read more

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  • china
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 3 by Priest

18. Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 3

By: Priest

4.24

Format: 460 pages, Paperback

When a mysterious illness knocks Zhao Yunlan off his feet, he enjoys being doted on by Shen Wei—unt… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Wishes tend to come true for people like you."

-Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 3

"You can’t judge the dead the same way you judge the living."

-Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 3

"Your soul bears my mark. Given enough time, I can always find you."

-Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 3

"Slowly, a sort of mutually reliant affection took shape there at the maw of hell."

-Priest, Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 3

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19. Dialogue on the Infinity of Love

By: Tullia d'Aragona

3.87

Format: 114 pages, Paperback

Celebrated as a courtesan and poet, and as a woman of great intelligence and wit, Tullia d'Aragona … read more

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  • classics
Cover of The Inhumans and Other Stories: A Selection of Bengali Science Fiction by Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay

20. The Inhumans and Other Stories: A Selection of Bengali Science Fiction

By: Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay

3.46

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

The first English translation of a cult science fiction favorite by Hemendra Kumar Roy, one of the … read more

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4.08

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

Cao Xueqin , David Hawkes

4.05

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Conservation of Shadows

Aliette de Bodard , Yoon Ha Lee

4.03

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4.00

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