Historical Fiction

Long-listed for the Man Booker International Prize 2018, The Stolen Bicycle is now available in a more compact paperback edition.A writer embarks on an epic quest in search of his missing father's...

Hidden deep in the mountains, the recruits at 'Unit 701', China's secret services, operate in a dark, shadowy world. There is the 'wind-listener', a blind surveillance officer who can hear...

Translated by Michael Berry Fang Fang’s Soft Burial begins with a mysterious, nameless protagonist. Decades earlier she was pulled out of a river in a state of near-death; upon regaining...

THE CAPTIVATING, HEART-RENDING STORY OF TWO WOMEN IN 1800S CHINA 'Mesmerising. Jane Yang masterfully creates this 19th century lost world' THE TIMES 'This story of love, loss and betrayal will leave...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024A mesmerising reversal of the east-west immigrant narrative set against China's economic boom, River East, River West is a deeply moving exploration of...

A love story that transcends time and place. Xishi's beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue - where the best fate for a girl is to...

Imperial China meets Edwardian England in this epic story of loves lost and gained, set during the aftermath of the Opium Wars. Best friends Jiali and Wu Fang know that...

A stunning, deeply moving autobiographical novel about growing up in Beijing in the 1970s and 80s and taking part in the Tiananmen Square protests. It is Beijing in the 1970s,...

Longlisted for the Historical Writers' Association Gold Crown Award 'Vivid, enigmatic, enchanting' M. L. Rio 'Irresistible' Sunday Times Some people think foxes go around collecting qi, or life force, but nothing...

Through the life of a remarkable woman—based on pioneering stage director Sun Weishi (1921–1968)—this epic novel immerses us in the multifaceted history of China’s Communist Party. A powerful, insightful account...

In Song Dynasty China, a young servant of a magistrate searches for the killers of a mentally-disabled boy shunned by the community China, during the Song Dynasty: In a small...

Translated by Carlos Rojas A laugh-out-loud political and sexual satire about the Chinese Cultural Revolution, by the acclaimed author of Serve The People! Hard Like Water is a brilliant satire...

On the night of the Tiananmen Square massacre, a woman gives birth alone in a Beijing hospital. Years later, her daughter Liya travels from America to China with her mother's...

Translated from the Chinese by Gigi Chang and Shelly Bryant THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" — NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS...

'A long-time confidante of the rain and snow, I am ninety years old. The rain and snow have weathered me, and I too have weathered them'At the end of the...

An epic story of love and betrayal set against the backdrop of the Tiananmen Square protestsIn Heiress Apparently, Gemma Huang's big acting break led her to Beijing, where she uncovered...

In the 14th year of the Tianbao Era (CE 755) An Lushan, a military governor with ties to the Knights Templar, leads his elite corps to rebel against the Tang...

The brilliantly imaginative New York Times bestselling fantasy retelling of Romeo and Juliet set against the immersive backdrop of 1920s Shanghai. In glittering Shanghai, a monster awakens . . ....

Winner of the Reddit Fantasy Award for Best Debut 2018‘The best fantasy debut of 2018' — WIRED A brilliantly imaginative epic fantasy debut, inspired by the bloody history of China's...

HUGO AWARDWINNER FOR FOR BEST NOVEL 2022 THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An absorbing historical fantasy, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan reimagines the rise to power...

A “beautifully written, poignant exploration of family, art, culture, immigration…and love” (Jean Kwok, author of Searching for Sylvie Lee and Girl in Translation) set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural...

From a rising literary star, an epic historical novel, set against the tense backdrop of the Long March and Mao’s rise to power, that tells a powerful and moving story...

The year is 1927, and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution. The heartstopping follow up to These Violent Delights, an imaginative, alluring retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in...

Assassin. Immortal. Spy. An ill-matched pair of spies pose as a couple to investigate a series of murders in 1930s Shanghai, from the author of These Violent Delights. Four years...

Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan – a dazzling queer historical fantasy of war and destiny set in an epic alternate China, and sequel to Sunday Times bestselling She...

The captivating sequel to Foul Lady Fortune, by the New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights. A lover in peril. A nation under threat. The clock is ticking...

Translated from the Chinese by Gigi Chang THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" — NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME. CHINA , 1237 A.D. Genghis Khan is dead, but...

StoriesPraised as “utterly remarkable” and “deeply resonant” by Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Viet Thanh Nguyen and Robert Olen Butler, a bold and brilliant debut collection, in the vein of The Refugees,...

A glorious, sweeping novel about family, migration and the search for a place to belong With every misfortune there is a blessing and within every blessing, the seeds of misfortune,...

A propulsive, seductive new novel about friendship, exploitation and intimacy from the prize-winning author of Where Reasons End Fabienne is dead. Her childhood best friend, Agnès, receives the news in...

An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. Oxford, 1836. The city of dreaming spires. It is the...