Chinese Graded Novels for Intermediate Learners

Shanghai, 1990s. After growing up in distant Xinjiang, Qingqing returns to her grandmother's old neighborhood for the first time. In the narrow alleyways of a changing city, she discovers family, friendship, and a place she can finally call home. As the years pass, she grows alongside the people around her, witnessing the joys, losses, and transformations of everyday life. A warm coming-of-age story about belonging, memory, and the city that shapes us.

In Qingshi Town, everyone thinks an old disappearance case is already solved. Lin Xiaoman does not agree. She begins to investigate the case again, hoping to understand what really happened to Bai Anning and whether Shen Ran was truly guilty. A suspense graded reader adapted for HSK5- Chinese learners.

In a quiet underground cafe, Lin Qinghe wants to return to the day she broke up with Gu Yuanzhou. The cafe has a strange rule: she may go back to the past, but she cannot change the present. A gentle time-travel romance adapted for HSK4- and HSK5- Chinese learners.

Marco is a 17-year-old exchange student from Italy. After arriving at a Chinese high school, he quickly discovers that real-life Chinese is very different from textbook Chinese. Through the airport, dormitory, classroom, cafeteria, WeChat, and new classmates, he begins learning how to live in Chinese. A warm school-life graded reader for HSK4+ learners.

Read the beginning of the Chinese mythological world in simple, clear Chinese. This HSK4+ graded reader retells creation myths such as Pangu separating heaven and earth, Nuwa creating people, Nuwa repairing the sky, Fuxi drawing the trigrams, and Shennong tasting herbs. It is written for Chinese learners who want to understand classic Chinese mythology without classical Chinese or difficult literary language.

Meet four unforgettable heroes from Chinese mythology: Nezha, Sun Wukong, Zhong Kui, and Erlang Shen. This HSK4+ graded reader retells their stories in clear, learner-friendly Chinese, focusing on rebellion, courage, responsibility, justice, and the power to protect the human world.

One of China's Four Great Classical Novels, telling the story of Xuanzang and his three disciples on a perilous journey to the West. Through trials and battles with demons, they grow along the way, forming a vivid and imaginative mythological tale.

When I was ten, my mother passed away. That night, I dreamed of her. She told me that she would transform into a great elm tree, quietly standing by my side, keeping me company for the rest of my life.

Xia Ren was originally a lowly servant on the Immortal Mountain, fetching water and doing chores day after day. He had long believed that a path to immortality would never be his. Yet one day, by chance, he discovered an old broken basin at the bottom of a river.

The Art of War is one of the most influential military classics in Chinese history. This learner-friendly version helps Chinese learners understand its core ideas through simplified language and graded reading support.