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== Books == Clements's many non-fiction publications, on subjects ranging from the history of the [[Vikings]] to the life of Chairman [[Mao Zedong|Mao Tse-tung]], serve as research for his fiction. His books have been translated into a dozen languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and Korean. His major works include: * ''The Moon in the Pines'' (2000, reprinted in paperback as ''Zen Haiku'', 2007) * ''[[The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917]]'' (1st ed. 2001, 2nd ed. 2006, 3rd ed. 2015, with [[Helen McCarthy]]) * ''The [[Japanese television drama|Dorama]] Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953'' (2003, with Motoko Tamamuro) * ''The Pirate King: [[Coxinga]] and the Fall of the Ming Dynasty'' (2004, publ. in paperback as ''Coxinga'', 2005) * ''[[Confucius]]: A Biography'' (2004, expanded 2nd ed. 2017) * ''A Brief History of the Vikings'' (2005) * ''[[Qin Shihuangdi|The First Emperor of China]]'' (2006, 2nd ed. 2015) * ''[[Wu Zetian|Wu]]'' (2007, 2nd ed. 2014) * ''[[Beijing]]: The Biography of a City'' (2008, 2nd ed. as ''An Armchair Traveller's History of Beijing'', 2016; 3rd ed. as ''A Short History of Beijing'', 2022) * ''[[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim|Mannerheim: President, Soldier, Spy]]'' (2009) * ''A Brief History of the [[Samurai]]'' (2010) * ''[[Tōgō Heihachirō|Admiral Togo: Nelson of the East]]'' (2010) * ''A Brief History of [[Khubilai Khan]]'' (2010) * ''Sun Tzu's Art of War: A New Translation'' (2012) * ''An Armchair Traveller's History of the Silk Road'' (2013) * ''Anime: A History'' (2013, 2nd ed. 2023) * ''An Armchair Traveller's History of Finland'' (2014, 2nd ed. as ''A Short History of Finland'', 2022) * ''Christ's Samurai: The True Story of the Shimabara Rebellion'' (2016) * ''A Brief History of the Martial Arts'' (2016) * ''A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shōgun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun'' (2017) * ''A Brief History of China: Dynasty, Revolution and Transformation: From the Middle Kingdom to the People's Republic'' (2019) * ''The Emperor's Feast: A History of China in Twelve Meals'' (2021) * ''Japan at War in the Pacific: The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire in Asia (1868–1945)'' (2022) * ''Rebel Island: The Incredible History of Taiwan'' (2024) In 2011, he became a contributing editor to ''[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]'' 3rd edition,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://schoolgirlmilkycrisis.com/blog/?p=2712 |title=The Official Schoolgirl Milky Crisis Blog » Blog Archive » Get Lost... |publisher=Schoolgirlmilkycrisis.com |date=10 October 2011 |access-date=2011-12-02}}</ref> with special responsibility for Chinese and Japanese entries.
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