• The best books on Sri Lanka - The Sri Lanka Reader: History, Culture, Politics by John Clifford Holt
  • The best books on Sri Lanka - An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon by Robert Knox
  • The best books on Sri Lanka - The Road to Peradeniya: An Autobiography by Ivor Jennings
  • The best books on Sri Lanka - When Memory Dies by A. Sivanandan
  • The best books on Sri Lanka - Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje

The best books on Sri Lanka, recommended by Razeen Sally

Many visitors to Sri Lanka have been beguiled by its charms, from its hill towns to its beaches, its ancient temples to its friendly people. And yet, for a quarter of a century until 2009, it was torn apart by a brutal civil war. Here, Sri Lanka-born political economist Razeen Sally, author of Return to Sri Lanka: Travels in a Paradoxical Land, recommends the best books to get a better understanding of Sri Lanka and the complexities that make the country so fascinating to visit and read about.

  • The best books on Chinggis Khan - Chinggis Khan by Michal Biran
  • The best books on Chinggis Khan - Chinggis Khan by Ruth W. Dunnell
  • The best books on Chinggis Khan - The Secret History of the Mongols by Igor de Rachewiltz (trans.)
  • The best books on Chinggis Khan - The Mongols and the Islamic World: From Conquest to Conversion by Peter Jackson
  • The best books on Chinggis Khan - Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

The best books on Chinggis Khan, recommended by Timothy May

He was born Temüjin and was afraid of dogs as a child. He went on to create the largest land empire the world has ever known, but was more than just a bloodthirsty conqueror. Timothy May, Professor of Eurasian History at the University of North Georgia and author of a number of books on the Mongol Empire, separates the facts from the myths and explains how the modern world would have looked very different without Genghis or, more accurately, Chinggis Khan.

  • Best China Books of 2020 - Aftershock: Essays from Hong Kong by Holmes Chan (editor)
  • Best China Books of 2020 - Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang by James Millward
  • Best China Books of 2020 - Forbidden Memory: Tibet during the Cultural Revolution by Susan Chen (translator) & Tsering Woeser
  • Best China Books of 2020 - Beijing from Below: Stories of Marginal Lives in the Capital's Center by Harriet Evans
  • Best China Books of 2020 - Champions Day: The End of Old Shanghai by James Carter
  • Best China Books of 2020 - American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

Best China Books of 2020, recommended by Jeffrey Wasserstrom

All eyes are on China as it occupies an increasingly important role on the world stage and its economic growth continues to barrel on. But behind the Chinese Communist Party’s apparent competence lies a deep insecurity about its relationship with its own citizens, particularly those who question its right to rule them. American historian and Sinologist Jeffrey Wasserstrom picks the best books of 2020 on China.