Start with high-confidence asian politics books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Party
Richard McGregor
On the Grand Trunk Road
Steve Coll
China Goes Global
David Shambaugh
China in Ten Words
Yu Hua, Allan H. Barr
China's Second Continent
Howard W. French
Stealth War
Robert Spalding, Ray Porter
War Without Rules
David Bryson, Brett Boles
A Brief History of Singapore and Malaysia
Christopher Hale
Red Capitalism
Carl Walter, Fraser Howie
The Hundred-year Marathon
Michael Pillsbury
The Nine Lives of Pakistan
Declan Walsh
Danger Zone
Hal Brands, Michael Beckley
Broken Earth
Steven W. Mosher
Has China Won?
Kishore Mahbubani
When China Attacks
Grant Newsham
Rebel Island
Jonathan Clements
The New China Playbook
Keyu Jin
China
Helmut Wagner
Chinese Statecraft in a Changing World
Jean Dong
