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Asian History — Recommended Reading



Novice Favorites

Recommended for beginners of any age

Book TitleAuthor
Story of Japan by Robert Van Bergen
Story of China by Robert Van Bergen
India: Peeps at History by Beatrice Home


Japanese History

Book TitleAuthor
Story of Japan by Robert Van Bergen
Boy of Old Japan by Robert Van Bergen
Historical Tales: 12—Japanese and Chinese by Charles Morris
Child Life in Japan by William E. Griffis
Japan: Peeps at History by John Finnemore

Chinese History

Book TitleAuthor
Story of China by Robert Van Bergen
Historical Tales: 12—Japanese and Chinese by Charles Morris
China's Story by William E. Griffis
Story of General Gordon by Jeanie Lang
Travels of Marco Polo by George M. Towle

Indian History

Book TitleAuthor
India: Peeps at History by Beatrice Home
India by Victor Surridge
Our Empire Story by H. E. Marshall
Adventures of Akbar by Flora Annie Steel

Mongol History

Book TitleAuthor
Genghis Khan by Jacob Abbott

Biographies

Book TitleAuthor
Story of General Gordon by Jeanie Lang
Genghis Khan by Jacob Abbott

Legends and Fairy Tales

Book TitleAuthor
Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt
More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt
Indian Fables by P. V. Ramaswami Raju
Eastern Stories and Legends by Marie L. Shedlock
Tales of the Punjab by Flora Annie Steel
Indian Folk and Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
Fairy Tales of Old Japan by William E. Griffis

Fiction

Book TitleAuthor
Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Japanese Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins