Ed Lin Books in Order
Ed Lin has written 10 books, published between 2001 and 2026. The first book is Waylaid (2001) and the newest is The Dead Can't Make a Living (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2001–2026
- Pages on record
- 1,961 in 7 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 33–49 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,961 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Ed Lin is a Taiwanese-American novelist and the first author to take three Asian American Literary Awards. His first novel, Waylaid (2001), won a Members' Choice Award there and a Booklist Editors' Choice Award in Fiction. The Detective Robert Chow novels put a Chinese-American police officer in the New York Chinatown of 1976, opening with This Is a Bust (2007) and continuing through Snakes Can't Run (2010) and One Red Bastard (2012); the Taipei Night Market books form a second series. Ten titles are catalogued, the newest being The Dead Can't Make a Living (2026).
How many Ed Lin books are there?
Ed Lin has 10 books, released between 2001 and 2026. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.
Ed Lin Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Ed Lin books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Waylaid2001 · 169 pages · confirmed 1/420011691/4
- 220073451/4
- 320102881/4
- 42012–1/4
- 520143271/4
- 620163191/4
- 720182731/4
- 8David Tung Can't Have a Girlfriend Unless He Gets Into an Ivy League College2020 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420202401/4
- 92022–1/4
- 102026–1/4
Ed Lin books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Taipei Night Market in order
5 booksDetective Robert Chow in order
3 booksStandalone books
2 books2 Ed Lin titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Ed Lin books in order?
You only need to read Ed Lin books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Ed Lin
Start with Waylaid (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ed Lin book?
The Dead Can't Make a Living (2026) is the newest Ed Lin book released so far.
Is there a new Ed Lin book coming?
No next Ed Lin book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Ed Lin at a glance
- Still publishing
- Ed Lin published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Ed Lin books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,961 pages across the 7 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ed Lin books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Ed Lin books are about
7 of the 10 Ed Lin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: chinese americans is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Chinese Americans 4 of 7 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 7 books
- Family secrets 2 of 7 books
- New York (N.Y.) 2 of 7 books
- Police 2 of 7 books
- Street vendors 2 of 7 books