Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution that Made China Modern is a nonfiction book written by Taiwanese-American professor Jing Tsu.

[7] Kingdom of Characters was a finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction,[1][8] eventually losing to Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa's His Name Is George Floyd.

In a mostly positive review, Gaston Dorren from The Guardian criticized the book's focus on less successful language reformers, as opposed to those who had more impact on Chinese's modernization.

[10] The New Yorker's Ian Buruma noted Tsu's failure to mention Japanese impact on Chinese reform, and questioned her claim that simplified characters were one of the major factors in China's growth in literacy.

[11] In a review published in the Journal of Chinese History, Joshua Fogel found the book to be "fascinating", but criticized its "triumphalism" of certain developments and "overly dramatic" style.