Tim Summers

Caught Between Two Empires

The Gate to China: A New History of the People’s Republic & Hong Kong

By Michael Sheridan

Mick Brown

Last Dance in Lhasa

Tibet in Agony: Lhasa 1959

By Jianglin Li (Translated by Susan Wilf)

Jonathan Mirsky

Flow Country

The Water Kingdom: A Secret History of China

By Philip Ball

Graham Hutchings

Apocalypse Mao

The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962–1976

By Frank Dikötter

Jonathan Mirsky

Reluctant Dictator

The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for Modern China

By Jay Taylor

Jonathan Mirsky

Reforming Opinions

The Battle for China's Past: Mao & the Cultural Revolution

By Mobo Gao

Kerry Brown

War & Peace

The City of Heavenly Tranquillity: Beijing in the History of China

By Jasper Becker

China: A History

By John Keay

Jonathan Mirsky

Sore Feet, Heavenly Eyes

China Witness: Voices from a Silent Generation

By Xinran (Translated by Esther Tyldesley, Nicky Harman and Julia Lovell)