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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorJourney to the West (4-Volume Boxed Set)
Wu Cheng'en · 2,346 pages
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
Lafcadio Hearn · 101 pages
Japanese Supernatural Tales
Edited by Michael Dylan Foster
Tales of Moonlight and Rain
Ueda Akinari · 248 pages
Heaven Official's Blessing (The Comic), Volume 4
Original story by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu; Art by STARember
Serpentine
Cindy Pon · 274 pages
Although sixteen-year-old Skybright feels lucky to be the handmaid and companion to the daughter of a wealthy family, she is hiding a secret that threatens to destroy her position and her closest relationships.
Eight Skilled Gentlemen
Barry Hughart · 255 pages
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings
Ellen Oh · 336 pages
Shen Of The Sea: Chinese Stories for Children
Arthur Bowie Chrisman · 221 pages
A series of fascinating Chinese stories with the character of folk and wonder tales in which the author has caught admirably the spirit of Chinese life and thought. Not only are the tales amusing and appealing in themselves, but hidden beneath their surface is the wise and practical philosophy that has influenced Chinese life for thousands of years. Arthur Chrisman spent several years studyi
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Grace Lin · 282 pages
In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
Julie C. Dao · 373 pages
Eighteen-year-old Xifeng is beautiful. The stars say she is destined for greatness, that she is meant to be Empress of Feng Lu. But only if she embraces the darkness within her. Growing up as a peasant in a forgotten village on the edge of the map, Xifeng longs to fulfill the destiny promised to her by her cruel aunt, the witch Guma, who has read the cards and seen glimmers of Xifeng's majestic fu
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
William L. Hedges · 358 pages
Originally entitled, "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.", this collection of essays, sketches, and tales established Washington's reputation as America's foremost professional author. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" are classics of American fiction and display Irving's ability to depict American landscapes and culture. This volume also contains a number of gently ironic
Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden, Vol. 01
Yuu Watase · 191 pages
High school student Miaka Yuki is suddenly transported into a fictional version of ancient China where she encounters enemies with mystical powers.
The Dragon Republic Deluxe Collector's Edition
R. F. KUANG
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface comes an all-new, fully illustrated, hardcover Deluxe Collector's Edition of R. F. Kuang's The Dragon Republic, with a full-wrap illustrated jacket and black-and-white interior art by JungShan Chang throughout, plus embossed case, designed endpapers, and stenciled edges! Considered one of Time Magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books o
Japanese Fairy Tales
Yei Theodora Ozaki · 232 pages
Natsume's Book of Friends, Vol. 3
Yuki Midorikawa
"Takashi Natsume can see the spirits and demons that hide from the rest of humanity. He has always been set apart from other people because of his gift, drifting from relative to relative, never fitting in. Now he's a troubled high school student who has come to live in the small town where his grandmother grew up. And there he discovers that he has inherited more than just the Sight from the myst
Dragon Keeper
Carole Wilkinson · 339 pages
set in China in 141 B.C. In a remote western palace, Ping, a slave girl of unknown origin, serves the emperor's Dragon Keeper, an incompetent drunkard who neglects the two last-known dragons in his charge. When one of them dies and an evil hunter threatens to kill the other for his magical body parts, the old dragon, Danzi, escapes with the girl. He entrusts Ping with his precious and beautiful pu
The Seven Chinese Brothers
Margaret Mahy · 40 pages
Seven Chinese brothers elude execution by virtue of their extraordinary individual qualities
Thirteen Orphans
Jane Lindskold · 367 pages
In an alternate world inspired by ancient Chinese lore and magic, Brenda learns about her magical ancestry after an attack on her father and finds herself among a band of orphans who each represent an animal from the Chinese zodiac.
The Complete Stories and Poems
Edgar Allan Poe · 819 pages
AMONG the great masters of the short story, Edgar Allan Poe retains his preeminence after more than a century. Ligeia, The Tell- Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado brought the suspense story to a point of artistic perfection not since surpassed. Every sentence carries the reader irresistibly toward a climax which continues to build to t
The Ghost Bride
Yangsze Choo · 362 pages
"One evening, my father asked me if I would like to become a ghost bride ..." Though ruled by British overlords, the Chinese of colonial Malaya still cling to ancient customs. And in the sleepy port town of Malacca, ghosts and superstitions abound. Li Lan, the daughter of a genteel but bankrupt family, has few prospects. But fate intervenes when she receives an unusual proposal from the wealthy an
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn
Alison Goodman · 576 pages
Sixteen-year-old Eon has a dream, and a mission. For years, he's been studying sword-work and magic, toward one end. He and his master hope that he will be chosen as a Dragoneye-an apprentice to one of the twelve energy dragons of good fortune. But Eon has a dangerous secret. He is actually Eona, a sixteen-year-old girl who has been masquerading as a twelve-year-old boy. Females are forbidden t