| 红楼梦 | Hóng lóu Mèng | A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels |  |
| 西门庆 | Xī mén Qìng | Ximen Qing, a fictional character in the novels "Jin Ping Mei" 金瓶梅[Jin1 ping2 mei2] and "Water Margin" 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4] | |
| 四大名著 | sì dà míng zhù | the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] | |
| 词话 | cí huà | form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty | |
| 赛珍珠 | Sài Zhēn zhū | Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), American writer known for her novels on Asian cultures, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize laureate | |
| 章回小说 | zhāng huí xiǎo shuō | novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet | |
| 三国演义 | Sān guó Yǎn yì | Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains | |
| 西游记 | Xī yóu Jì | Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature / also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey | |
| 罗琳 | Luó lín | Rowling (name) / Joanne Kathleen Rowling (1965-), author of the Harry Potter series of novels | |
| 水浒传 | Shuǐ hǔ Zhuàn | Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵[Shi1 Nai4 an1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature | |
| 独孤求败 | Dú gū Qiú bài | Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] novels | |
| 司马辽太郎 | Sī mǎ Liáo tài láng | SHIBA Ryotarō / (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels | |
| 人间喜剧 | rén jiān xǐ jù | La Comédie humaine, series of novels by 19th century French novelist Honoré / de Balzac 巴爾扎克|巴尔扎克[Ba1 er3 zha1 ke4] | |
| 哀家 | āi jiā | I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas) | |
| 李英儒 | Lǐ Yīng rú | Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists | |
| 水浒全传 | Shuǐ hǔ Quán zhuàn | Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature / also written 水滸傳|水浒传 | |
| 海上奇书 | hǎi shàng qí shū | literary journal published in 1892-93 by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆 / featuring serialized novels in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular | |
| 哈利・波特 | Hā lì · Bō tè | Harry Potter, boy wizard in the novels by J.K. Rowling 羅琳|罗琳 | |
| 哈利·波特 | Hā lì · Bō tè | Harry Potter, boy wizard in the novels by J.K. Rowling 羅琳|罗琳 | |
| 说部 | shuō bù | (old) works of literature, including novels, plays etc | |
