Words leave imprints in your mind like footprints in the sand...
beach reading
starry skies to read under
reading in nature

Book Trails

Sort by:

168 book trails

  • Location: China, Shanghai, Bejing

Peach Blossom Pavilion

Early 1900s: Torn from her family. Destined to become the most desired courtesan in China.

  • Location: Beijing (Peking)

The Incarnations

2008 and before: Sweeping between China past and present, THE INCARNATIONS illuminates the cyclical nature of history, and shows how man is condemned to repeat…

  • Location: Hong Kong

The Piano Teacher

1940s, 1950s: Exotic Hong Kong takes center stage in this sumptuous novel, set in the 1940s and ’50s.

  • Location: China

The Emperor Far Away

21C: China is a made of several remote areas populated by various ethnic groups. Not all have a good relationship with Bejing – so what…

  • Location: Canton, Hong Kong, Macau (Macao)

An Insular Possession

1800s – See and experience  Asia at the time of the Opium wars of the 19th century through the eyes of two young Americans

Featured Book

The Secret of Secrets

2025: Robert Langdon is back.

Read more