As Rachel Chu prepares to marry Nick Young, she learns the identity of her long-lost biological father, a mainland Chinese billionaire, and is pulled into the rivalries, scandals, and extravagant spending of Shanghai and Hong Kong's ultra-wealthy alongside Nick's cousin Astrid and the social-climbing Kitty Pong. A running thread involves Kitty's new sister-in-law Colette assigning her a strict etiquette and literary reading curriculum to remake her into old-money society.
Books mentioned in China Rich Girlfriend (20)
Snobs by Julian Fellowes: “The books are to be read in the following order: Snobs by Julian Fellowes...”
The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee: “The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee, from Kitty's assigned reading list.”
People Like Us by Dominick Dunne: “People Like Us by Dominick Dunne, from Kitty's assigned reading list.”
The Power of Style by Annette Tapert and Diana Edkins: “The Power of Style by Annette Tapert and Diana Edkins (this is out of print; I will lend you my copy).”
Pride and Avarice by Nicholas Coleridge: “Pride and Avarice by Nicholas Coleridge, from Kitty's assigned reading list.”
The Soong Dynasty by Sterling Seagrave: “The Soong Dynasty by Sterling Seagrave, from Kitty's assigned reading list.”
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen: “Freedom by Jonathan Franzen, from Kitty's assigned reading list.”
D.V. by Diana Vreeland: “D. V. by Diana Vreeland, from Kitty's assigned reading list.”
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: “Jane Austen—complete works beginning with Pride and Prejudice.”
The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton: “Edith Wharton—The Custom of the Country, The Age of Innocence, The Buccaneers, The House of Mirth (must be read in strict order).”
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton: “Edith Wharton—The Custom of the Country, The Age of Innocence, The Buccaneers, The House of Mirth (must be read in strict order).”
The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton: “Edith Wharton—The Custom of the Country, The Age of Innocence, The Buccaneers, The House of Mirth (must be read in strict order).”
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton: “Edith Wharton—The Custom of the Country, The Age of Innocence, The Buccaneers, The House of Mirth (must be read in strict order).”
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray: “Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, from Kitty's assigned reading list.”
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: “Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, from Kitty's assigned reading list.”
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh: “Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, from Kitty's assigned reading list.”
Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope: “Anthony Trollope—all the books in the Palliser series, beginning with Can You Forgive Her?”
Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg: “I noticed many magazines but not a single book in your entire house, with the exception of a Chinese-language translation of Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In found in one of the maid's bedrooms.”
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin: “Actually, everyone knows that Tommen Baratheon, age seven, is the youngest man to sit on the Iron Throne. (See George R. R. Martin's A Storm of Swords.)”
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Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan: “If you read China Rich Girlfriend, you'd already know what a pontianak is.”