A Free Life
by Ha Jin | 
The Stolen Bicycle
by Wu Ming-Yi | 
February Flowers
by Fan Wu | 
Bone
by Fae Myenne Ng | 
Soul Mountain
by Gao Xingjian | 
The Year She Left Us
by Kathryn Ma | 
Lenin's Kisses
by Yan Lianke | 
The Crazed
by Ha Jin | 
Mulberry and Peach
by Hualing Nieh | 
Dream of the Blue Room
by Michelle Richmond | 
Beautiful as Yesterday
by Fan Wu | 
The Storyteller
by Mario Vargas Llosa | 
Take Me With You
by Catherine Ryan Hyde | 
Empire Falls
by Richard Russo | 
Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | 
Anne of Windy Poplars
by Lucy Maud Montgomery | 
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes | 
Little Bee
by Chris Cleave | 
Out Stealing Horses
by Per Petterson | 
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by David Eggers |
In the Pond is a 2000 novel by Ha Jin, who has also written Under the Red Flag, Ocean of Winds, and Waiting. He has been praised for his works relating to Chinese life and culture. The novel centers around the character Shao Bin, a Chinese man working at fertilizer plant, and his epic struggle to obtain a decent apartment for his young family. Continually passed over by the plant's corrupt leaders, Bin decides to fight back against his communist superiors. Conflict espouses when Bin's struggle is met with counterattacks and opposition he could never have imagined.