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Ian Johnson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Ian Johnson is an author and journalist. Civil society, religion, politics in China. @cfr_org senior fellow for China Studies. https://t.co/1CJRw3KZbM… RT ≠ endorsement.

17 books
Book Cover for: The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens, Richard Haass

The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens

Richard Haass
Ian JohnsonIan Johnson

The biggest problem facing US foreign policy? Its dysfunctional domestic situation. In this timely book, @RichardHaass lays out how American citizens can take responsibility for getting their country in order.

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Wuhan Lockdown, Guobin Yang

The Wuhan Lockdown

Guobin Yang
Ian JohnsonIan Johnson

Starting soon! @Yangguobin talks about his book, The Wuhan Lockdown. I've read it and strongly recommend it for its sensitive portrayal of ordinary people caught up in this extraordinary event. I'm happy to play a small role in this event as discussant. https://twitter.com/nyu_ipk/status/1488185809987637259

Paperback, 2022

$28.00Member price:$28.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man, Thomas Mann

Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man

Thomas Mann
Ian JohnsonIan Johnson

A great meditation by Christopher Beha of Thomas Mann's early rejection of liberal democracy (especially his classic Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man published by @NYRB_Imprints ); it conjures up conundrums faced by Chinese intellectuals today. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/books/review/reflections-of-a-nonpolitical-man-thomas-mann.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Book%20Review

Paperback, 2021

$22.95Member price:$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Daoism in China: An Introduction, Want Yi'e

Daoism in China: An Introduction

Want Yi'e
Ian JohnsonIan Johnson

文章有简体和整體的中文版 How I got to know Wang Yi, the jailed pastor of Pray for Early Rain Covenant Church. This is an introduction I wrote to a collection of his theological writings, which has recently been published in the United States. 1/ https://t.co/p77BE9rW7p

Paperback, 1980

$19.95Member price:$18.95 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Qigong Fever: Body, Science, and Utopia in China, David Palmer

Qigong Fever: Body, Science, and Utopia in China

David Palmer
Ian JohnsonIan Johnson

@Dali_Yang I’d also recommend David Palmer’s Qigong Fever, which has a very strong chapter, “Militant Qigong,” on FLG

Hardcover, 2007

$26.00Member price:$26.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: Golden Age, Wang Xiaobo

Golden Age

Wang Xiaobo
Ian JohnsonIan Johnson

I join the Aug. 5 @nytimesbooks podcast to discuss a new translation of a key novel of China's reform era, Wang Xiaobo's Golden Age. I also drop some hints about a new book I'm finishing up (manuscript due Aug 26 🤯, pub date 2023 🙏🏽). https://t.co/pnt9LClJ2Q

Hardcover, 2022

$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: XI: A Study in Power, Kerry Brown

XI: A Study in Power

Kerry Brown
Ian JohnsonIan Johnson

⁦@jwassers⁩ reviews Kerry Brown’s quick-hit primer on Xi. My takeaway: the world needs a good biography of arguably the world’s most important leader but this isn’t it. Via ⁦@GuardianBooks⁩ https://t.co/tuDlHRqGc9

Paperback, 2022

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Pleasure of Thinking: Essays, Wang Xiaobo

Pleasure of Thinking: Essays

Wang Xiaobo
Ian JohnsonIan Johnson

It’s getting real: just got the catalogue from @PenguinBooks for the September launch of my book on counter-history in China with a snazzy cover by @aiww The catalogue cover features the late great Wang Xiaobo, whose essays are finally appearing in English! https://t.co/fqnBkGGiJO

Hardcover, 2023

$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from a Quarantined City, Fang Fang

Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from a Quarantined City

Fang Fang
Ian JohnsonIan Johnson

Michael is much more than a translator but his translations are very important, from his work on Fang Fang's Wuhan Diary (for which he was sometimes pilloried on western and Chinese social media) to his new work on Han Song's dystopian science fiction. 2/3

Hardcover, 2020

$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Blood Letters: The Untold Story of Lin Zhao, a Martyr in Mao's China, Lian XI

Blood Letters: The Untold Story of Lin Zhao, a Martyr in Mao's China

Lian XI
Ian JohnsonIan Johnson

I just registered for what is sure to be an outstanding lecture by Lian Xi of @DukeDivinity on the iconic Mao-era Christian dissident Lin Zhao: "Blood Letters & Dueling Visions of Salvation: Christianity in Mao's China" https://t.co/a4ruFXbe8z @Eventbrite

Hardcover, 2018

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book