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Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War IIJohn W. Dower199942 pts5 wins6 listsThe New PressHistoryReconstruction+2
Native Nations: A Millennium in North AmericaKathleen DuVal202534 pts4 wins4 listsRandom HouseHistoryBlack History & Culture+2
Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her WorldAmy Stanley202022 pts2 wins4 listsScribnerBiographyAsia & the Pacific
Hirohito and the Making of Modern JapanHerbert P. Bix200120 pts2 wins2 listsHarperCollinsBiographyAsia & the Pacific+2
The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes, Chinese Migration, and Global PoliticsMae Ngai202218 pts2 wins3 listsW. W. NortonHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
Minor Feelings: An Asian American ReckoningCathy Park Hong202016 pts1 wins3 listsOne WorldMemoir & AutobiographyAsia & the Pacific+2
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New ChinaEvan Osnos201414 pts1 wins2 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxSociety & CultureAsia & the Pacific+3
Empires, Nations & Families: A History of the North American West, 1800-1860Anne F. Hyde201114 pts1 wins2 listsUniversity of Nebraska PressHistoryIndigenous History+2
The Comanche EmpirePekka Hämäläinen200814 pts1 wins3 listsYale University PressHistoryAsia & the Pacific+2
Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and EmpireSujit Sivasundaram202014 pts1 wins3 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistoryAsia & the Pacific+2
The Search for Modern ChinaJonathan D. Spence199012 pts1 wins2 listsW. W. NortonHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful RiseSusan L. Shirk202310 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressPolitics & GovernmentAsia & the Pacific+2
The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global WorldMaya Jasanoff201810 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin PressHistoryAsia & the Pacific+2
Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of EmpireNicholas Thomas201210 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryAsia & the Pacific+2
The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for Modern ChinaJay Taylor200910 pts1 wins1 listsBelknap PressBiographyRegional & Local History+1
China Shakes The World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future – and the Challenge for AmericaJames Kynge200610 pts1 wins1 listsWeidenfeld & NicolsonBusiness & EconomicsMoney, Markets & Economic Policy+2
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First CenturyThomas Friedman200510 pts1 wins1 listsPicadorBusiness & EconomicsTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
The New Chinese Empire - And What It Means for the United StatesRoss Terrill200310 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksPolitics & GovernmentAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
American Empire: Roosevelt's Geographer and the Prelude to GlobalizationNeil Smith200210 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of California PressBiographyPresidential Biography+3
The Clash: A History of U.S.-Japan RelationsWalter LaFeber199710 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonHistoryMoney, Markets & Economic Policy+3
The End of History and the Last ManFrancis Fukuyama199210 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin BooksPolitics & GovernmentConstitutional History+2
In Our Image: America's Empire in the PhilippinesStanley Karnow198910 pts1 wins1 listsRandom HouseHistoryLatin America & the Caribbean+2
Allies of a Kind: The United States, Britain and the War Against Japan, 1941-1945Christopher Thorne197810 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+3
The Course of EmpireBernard De Voto,195210 pts1 wins1 listsHoughton MifflinHistoryAsia & the Pacific+2
The Rising Sun in the PacificSamuel E. Morison194810 pts1 wins1 listsLittle, BrownHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+1
Alexander The GreatRobin Lane Fox19738 pts2 wins2 listsPenguin BooksBiographyHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
Horizons: A Global History of ScienceJames Poskett20238 pts1 wins2 listsVikingHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+3
The Imperial PresidencyArthur M. Schlesinger Jr.19748 pts1 wins2 listsHoughton MifflinPolitics & GovernmentAsia & the Pacific+2
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American HistoryS.C. Gwynne20108 pts0 wins2 listsScribnerHistoryAsia & the Pacific+2
1587, a Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in DeclineRay Huang19818 pts0 wins2 listsYale University PressHistoryLgbtq History & Life+3
House of Huawei: Inside the Secret World of China’s Most Powerful CompanyEva Dou20258 pts0 wins2 listsUnknown imprintBusiness & EconomicsAsia & the Pacific+1
Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous PowerPekka Hämäläinen20208 pts0 wins3 listsYale University PressHistoryAsia & the Pacific+2
Russia in Revolution: An Empire in Crisis, 1890 to 1928S. A. Smith20186 pts1 wins2 listsOxford University PressHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern AsiaGary J. Bass20246 pts0 wins2 listsKnopfHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
Heart BerriesTerese Marie Mailhot20186 pts0 wins2 listsCounterpointMemoir & AutobiographyGender & Feminism+3
Eat the Buddha: The Story of Modern Tibet through the People of One TownBarbara Demick20206 pts0 wins3 listsGranta BooksPolitics & GovernmentLiterature & Writers+3
The Tropical Turn: Agricultural Innovation in the Ancient Middle East and the MediterraneanSureshkumar Muthukumaran20234 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of California PressHistoryAsia & the Pacific+3
Brown Skins, White Coats: Race Science in India, 1920–66Projit Mukharji20224 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceAsia & the Pacific+1
Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk RoadNeville Agnew, Marcia Reed, Tevvy Ball20164 pts1 wins1 listsGetty PublicationsArts & CriticismEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
The Company and the Shogun: The Dutch Encounter with Tokugawa JapanAdam Clulow20144 pts1 wins1 listsColumbia University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
The Crafting of the 10,000 Things: Knowledge and Technology in Seventeenth-Century ChinaDagmar Schäfer20114 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressScienceTechnology, Computing & Ai+2
Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance 1950–1963Kevin Starr20094 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryLiterature & Writers+2
Venturesome Economy: How Innovation Sustains Prosperity in a More Connected WorldAmar Bhide20084 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressBusiness & EconomicsMoney, Markets & Economic Policy+2
Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of JapanHarvard University Press20054 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia’s Surplus Male PopulationValerie M. Hudson, Andrea M. den Boer20044 pts1 wins1 listsMIT PressPolitics & GovernmentAmerican Politics+1
First Farmers: The Origins of Agricultural SocietiesPeter Bellwood20044 pts1 wins1 listsBlackwell PublishingHistoryFood, Agriculture & Land+3
LothagamMeave G. Leakey, John M. Harris20034 pts1 wins1 listsColumbia University PressWar & MilitaryWar & Military Strategy+3
Orwell: The LifeDJ Taylor20034 pts1 wins1 listsHenry Holt and CompanyBiographyLiterature & Writers+3
About Face: A History of America's Curious Relationship with China, from Nixon to ClintonJames Mann20004 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfPolitics & GovernmentCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual ChangeRandall Collins19984 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressSociety & CultureReligion & Religious Movements+3
KEIRETSU: Inside the Hidden Japanese ConglomeratesKenichi Miyashita, David Russell19944 pts1 wins1 listsMcGraw-HillBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Sowing the Seeds of Democracy in China: Political Reform in the Deng Xiaoping EraMerle Goldman19944 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressPolitics & GovernmentAsia & the Pacific+2
The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the PacificGananath Obeyesekere19924 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
Encyclopedia of World CulturesEditor-in-Chief: David Levinson19914 pts1 wins1 listsG.K. HallSociety & CultureEmpire & Colonialism+1
The China HandsE. J. Kahn, Jr.19754 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintJournalism & ReportageAsia & the Pacific+1
Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck in ChinaHilary Spurling20104 pts1 wins1 listsProfile BooksBiographyBiography & Public Lives+1
China’s Foreign Relations, 1917-31Robert Pollard19334 pts1 wins1 listsMacmillanHistoryRegional & Local History+1
Chinese CalligraphyZhongshi Ouyang, Wen C. Fong, et al20084 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressArts & CriticismAsia & the Pacific+1
Korean Endgame: A Strategy for Reunification and U.S. DisengagementSelig Harrison20024 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentWar & Military Strategy+3
Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old ChinaPaul French20134 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintTrue Crime & JusticeAsia & the Pacific+2
Out of India: a Raj ChildhoodMichael Foss20024 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South PacificJulia Whitty20084 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+1
The World of Thought in Ancient ChinaBenjamin I. Schwartz T19864 pts1 wins1 listsBelknap PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+1
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of ChinaJung Chang19924 pts1 wins1 listsHarperCollinsHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+1
A Fractured Liberation: Korea Under US OccupationKornel Chang20254 pts0 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryAsia & the Pacific+3
Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong’s Rendezvous with American HistoryYunte Huang20234 pts0 wins1 listsLiverightBiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Dust on the Throne: The Search for Buddhism in Modern IndiaDouglas Ober20234 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryAsia & the Pacific+2
Influence Empire: The Story of Tencent and China's Tech AmbitionLulu Chen20224 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintTechnologyEmpire & Colonialism+2
In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo–Océan Railroad and the Tragedy of French ColonialismJ. P. Daughton20214 pts0 wins1 listsW. W. NortonHistoryLatin America & the Caribbean+2
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India CompanyWilliam Dalrymple20204 pts0 wins1 listsBloomsburyHistoryMiddle East & North Africa+2
Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on EmpireTim Harper20204 pts0 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryAsia & the Pacific+2
Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of EmpirePrashant Kidambi20194 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryAsia & the Pacific+1
India in the Persianate Age, 1000–1765Richard M. Eaton20194 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin BooksHistoryEurope & Russia+2
The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the OceansDavid Abulafia20194 pts0 wins1 listsAllen LaneHistoryTravel, Exploration & Place+3
Empress: Queen Victoria and IndiaMiles Taylor20184 pts0 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India's New Gilded AgeJames Crabtree20184 pts0 wins1 listsTim Duggan BooksBusiness & EconomicsClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese StateElizabeth C. Economy20184 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressPolitics & GovernmentMoney, Markets & Economic Policy+2
Unruly Waters: How Rains, Rivers, Coasts, and Seas Have Shaped Asia's HistorySunil Amrith20184 pts0 wins1 listsBasic BooksHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
Asia’s Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific CenturyRichard McGregor20174 pts0 wins1 listsVikingHistoryAsia & the Pacific+3
Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma BuiltDuncan Clark20164 pts0 wins1 listsEccoBusiness & EconomicsConstitutional History+3
Alex Through the Looking-Glass: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect LifeAlex Bellos20144 pts0 wins1 listsBloomsburyScienceTravel, Exploration & Place+3
From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade AsiaPankaj Mishra20124 pts0 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxHistoryAsia & the Pacific+1
Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed NationNandan Nilekani20094 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin PressBusiness & EconomicsInfrastructure, Engineering & Built Environment+3
Deep Souths: Delta, Piedmont, and the Sea Island Society in the Age of SegregationJ. William Harris20034 pts0 wins1 listsJohns Hopkins University PressHistoryBlack History & Culture+2
The Concubine's Children: Portrait of a FamilyDenise Chong19944 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin PressBiographyEssays & Cultural Criticism+3
The Metaphysics of Indian-Hating and Empire-BuildingRichard Drinnon19804 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryAsia & the Pacific+2
Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?Graham Allison20184 pts0 wins1 listsHoughton Mifflin HarcourtPolitics & GovernmentAsia & the Pacific+1
Encyclopedia of China TodayFrederic M. Kaplan, Julian M. Sopin,, Stephen Andors19804 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden AgeStephen R. Platt20184 pts0 wins1 listsKnopfHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
Mao and China: From Revolution to RevolutionStanley Karnow19734 pts0 wins1 listsMacmillanHistoryEurope & Russia+2
Out of China: How the Chinese Ended the Era of Western DominationRobert Bickers20184 pts0 wins1 listsAllen LaneHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+1
The Chinese: Portrait of a PeopleJohn Fraser19804 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintSociety & CultureAsia & the Pacific+1
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the CenturyKirk Wallace Johnson20194 pts0 wins2 listsHutchinsonNature & EnvironmentCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Red PocketsAlice Mah20252 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographyFood, Agriculture & Land+3
At the Edge of EmpireEdward Wong20242 pts0 wins1 listsProfile BooksMemoir & AutobiographyEmpire & Colonialism+3
Patriot Number One: American Dreams in ChinatownLauren Hilgers20182 pts0 wins1 listsCrownRace & EthnicityAsia & the Pacific+2
Once Upon a Time in the East: A Story of Growing UpXiaolu Guo20172 pts0 wins1 listsRandom HouseMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Nixon and Mao: The Week that Changed the WorldMargaret MacMillan20072 pts0 wins1 listsRandom HouseHistoryAsia & the Pacific+1
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All awards · Topic: Asia & the Pacific · Sorted by score · 123 books · filtered