Kinfolk
by Pearl S. Buck | 
The Living Reed
by Pearl S. Buck | 
Dragon Seed
by Pearl S. Buck |
Spring Moon
by Bette Bao Lord | 
The Sand Pebbles
by Richard McKenna | 
Women of the Silk
by Gail Tsukiyama | 
Imperial Woman
by Pearl S. Buck |
Letter from Peking
by Pearl S. Buck | 
Peony
by Pearl S. Buck |
Shanghai Baby
by Wei Hui | 
Cloud Mountain
by Aimee Liu | 
The Incarnations
by Susan Barker | 
Wild Ginger
by Anchee Min | 
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck |
The Mother
by Pearl S. Buck | 
Beijing Coma
by Ma Jian | 
The Vagrants
by Yiyun Li |
A Single Pebble
by John Hersey |
The Hidden Flower
by Pearl S. Buck | 
The Big Wave
by Pearl S. Buck |
On her fortieth birthday, Madame Wu carries out a decision she has been planning for a long time: she tells her husband that after twenty-four years their physical life together is now over and she wishes him to take a second wife. The House of Wu, one of the oldest and most revered in China, is thrown into an uproar by her decision, but Madame Wu will not be dissuaded and arranges for a young country girl to come take her place in bed. Elegant and detached, Madame Wu orchestrates this change as she manages everything in the extended household of more than sixty relatives and servants. Alone in her own quarters, she relishes her freedom and reads books she has never been allowed to touch. When her son begins English lessons, she listens, and is soon learning from the foreigner, a free-thinking priest named Brother Andre, who will change her life. Few books raise so many questions about the nature and roles of men and women, about self-discipline and happiness.