I read books. Mostly travel books.
![Liao Yiwu's "The Corpse Walker"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-154716.jpg)
Liao Yiwu
Is this book still banned in China, and if so, does that make it better?
![Helge Timmerberg's "Shiva Moon"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-154610.jpg)
Helge Timmerberg
Is it a good thing or a bad thing when a writer starts to write about writing?
![Christian Y. Schmidt's "Alone Among 1.3 Billion"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-155214.jpg)
Christian Y. Schmidt
Did he have to try this hard to show that he’s a fanboy?
![Albert von Le Coq's "Retracing Hella's Marks In East-Turkestan"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-141937.jpg)
Albert von Le Coq
Was this the most educated of all 19th-century explorers?
![Karl Boy-Ed's "Beijing And Its Vicinities In The Year 1900"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-143206.jpg)
Karl Boy-Ed
Can this book be interesting to anyone except China-enthusiasts?
![Otto Braun's "Chinese Notes"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-142121.jpg)
Otto Braun
What happens when you inject a ton of ideology into an account of an adventure?
![Tuvia Tenenbom's "I sleep in Hitler's Room"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-155132.jpg)
Tuvia Tenenbom
Is this how a cynic gets outsmarted by an even bigger cynic?
![Rewi Alley's "Travels in China"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-141507.jpg)
Rewi Alley
Did this guy just hate China or did he want to show how much can you brown nose a dictator?
![Yu Chunshun's "A Hero's Travels Through China"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-153412.jpg)
Yu Chunshun
Could this adventure story have been edited into a good book?
![Oliver Lutz Radtke's "Welcome to Presence"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-155045.jpg)
Oliver Lutz Radtke
Is China absurd, or does absurdity reside in those who are always looking for it?
![Andrew McCarthy's "The Longest Way Home"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-155306.jpg)
Andrew McCarthy
Is it possible to write a whole a book like a Roxette song, and should anyone read it?
![Volker Häring's "A Bus Called Wanda"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-155413.jpg)
Volker Häring
Where exactly is the dividing line between the cultural expert and the ignorant visitor?