Some Books on Chinese Revolution
Rana Mitter, Modern China, A very short introduction.
A Bitter Revolution.
Jonathan Fenby, History of Modern China.
Jonathan D Spence, The Search for Modern China.( any edition will do)
Mao ( Penguin Biography)
John King Fairbanks, China, A New History.
Jung Chang, Empress Dowager Cixi
Wild Swans
Mao, The Unknown Story ( With Jon Halliday)
Lucian Bianco, Origins of the Chinese Revolution
Nien Cheng, Life and Death in Shanghai