Ye Zhaoyan: 3 books

An unconventional love story that tracks the beautifully complicated arc of a marriage from youth to old age, this tender novel is a profound mediation on the mysteries—and bullheadedness—of love.

A decadent family drama of incest, addiction, and crime, this seductive novel set in small towns south of the Yangtze River in the 1920s was the basis for the film Temptress Moon.

This story of elusive love set in the TV industry has all the sex, plot twists, and family drama as a soap opera.