Books like Wind in the tower by Han Suyin

About the life of the painter Vincent Van Gogh

After her husband's death, American food writer Maggie McElroy learns a paternity claim has been filed in China against his estate. She travels to Beijing to investigate, interviewing a half‑American, half‑Chinese chef and uncovering unexpected truths.

In the backdrop of Mao's Cultural Revolution, two boys discover a stash of 19th‑century Western novels, reshaping their worldviews and opening a bridge between East and West.

**From Amazon:** "The Chinese Communist party refers to its victory in 1949 as a 'liberation.' In China the story of liberation and the revolution that followed is not one of peace, liberty, and justice. It is first and foremost a story of calculated terror and systematic violence." So begins Frank Dikötter’s stunning and revelatory chronicle of Mao Zedong’s ascension and campaign to transform the Chinese into what the party called New People. Due to the secrecy surrounding the country’s records, little has been known before now about the eight years that followed, preceding the massive famine and Great Leap Forward. Drawing on hundreds of previously classified documents, secret police reports, unexpurgated versions of leadership speeches, eyewitness accounts of those who survived, and more, and told with great narrative sweep, The Tragedy of Liberation bears witness to a shocking, largely untold history, giving voice at last to the millions who were lost and casting new light on the foundations of one of the most powerful regimes of the twenty-first century.

A fantastical adventure in space and time, where young protagonists must navigate through unknown territories to uncover the truth about their galaxy's fate.

A Chinese mother and her adopted daughter, raised by an American couple, discover how a rare native tea links their worlds and transforms their family's destiny across cultures.

A family faces a crisis when a white couple's baby is born with black features. Their racial identity is revealed, leading to chaos and tension.