CITY · CHINABooks set in Beijing
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17 books · 12 authors · 1937–2023
17 books here
Most-set authors
Liu Cixin (3) · Lao She (3) · Peter Hessler (2) · Ai Weiwei (1) · Ma Jian (1) · Bei Tong (1)
Genres
literary fiction (9) · romance (1) · historical fiction (1) · mystery & crime (1) · science fiction (1)
Books set here
Set in Beijing (12)
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows
Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei's primary home; studio, arrest, and artistic life in the capital
Beijing Comrades
Bei Tong
Beijing underground gay scene
Beijing Doll
Chun Sue
Beijing youth counterculture
Four Generations Under One Roof
Lao She
Wartime hutong family saga
Oracle Bones
Peter Hessler
Journalist base city
Red Memory
Tania Branigan
Beijing — Branigan's base as Guardian correspondent; ground zero of Cultural Revolution memory
Rickshaw Boy
Lao She
Rickshaw puller city life
The Bear and the Dragon
Tom Clancy
Chinese Politburo war planning
The Dark Forest
Liu Cixin
Beijing and Trisolaris discovery
The Teahouse
Lao She
Yu Tai teahouse setting
The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin
Beijing during Cultural Revolution
Wednesday's Child
Yiyun Li
Origin city of several characters in the collection
Also featuring Beijing (5)
Beijing Coma
Ma Jian
Beijing after 1989 crackdown
Country Driving
Peter Hessler
Road trip base city
Death's End
Liu Cixin
future Beijing simulation
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Madeleine Thien
Tiananmen Square 1989
Portrait of a Thief
Grace D. Li
Origin of looted artifacts — Old Summer Palace, the cultural heart of the heist
Notable locations in Beijing
Tiananmen Square1Tsinghua University, Beijing1Xiaoyangjuan Hutong, Beijing1