ACCORDING to reader’s ratings on Goodreads and Amazon , combined with the number of books collected in global library systems, five books with a China theme were selected as most popular among foreign readers in 2018. They are Tao Te Ching , The Art of War , AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley , and the New World Order , Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap ? and The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane .