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Gail Tsukiyama Books in Order

Gail Tsukiyama has written 9 books, published between 1991 and 2023. The first book is Women of the Silk (1991) and the newest is The Brightest Star (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
1991–2023
Total pages
2,732 across 9 books
Reading time
46–68 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,732 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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Gail Tsukiyama is an American novelist from San Francisco whose historical fiction is set largely in China and Hong Kong. Silk industry workers, country life, the Second World War and mothers and daughters are the recurring subjects. Nine books run from Women of the Silk (1991), which also names a series, to The Brightest Star (2023), taking in The Samurai's Garden (1994), The Language of Threads (1999), The Street of a Thousand Blossoms (2007) and The Color of Air (2020).

How many Gail Tsukiyama books are there?

Gail Tsukiyama has 9 books, released between 1991 and 2023. 2 of them belong to the Women of the Silk series.

Gail Tsukiyama Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Gail Tsukiyama 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.

  1. Cover of Women of the Silk by Gail Tsukiyama, book 1 of the Women of the Silk series (1991)
  2. Cover of The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama (1994)
  3. Cover of Night of Many Dreams by Gail Tsukiyama (1998)
  4. Cover of The Language of Threads by Gail Tsukiyama, book 2 of the Women of the Silk series (1999)
  5. Cover of Dreaming Water by Gail Tsukiyama (2002)
  6. Cover of The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama (2007)
  7. Cover of A Hundred Flowers by Gail Tsukiyama (2012)
  8. Cover of The Color of Air by Gail Tsukiyama (2020)
  9. Cover of The Brightest Star by Gail Tsukiyama (2023)
  1. 1
    Women of the SilkWomen of the Silk #11991 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991288
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  2. 2
    The Samurai's Garden1994 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994211
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Night of Many Dreams1998 · 275 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998275
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Language of ThreadsWomen of the Silk #21999 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Dreaming Water2002 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The Street of a Thousand Blossoms2007 · 422 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007422
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    A Hundred Flowers2012 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The Color of Air2020 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Brightest Star2023 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Gail Tsukiyama 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.

Women of the Silk in order

2 books
  1. 1. Women of the Silk
  2. 2. The Language of Threads

Standalone books

7 books

7 Gail Tsukiyama titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Gail Tsukiyama books in order?

You only need to read Gail Tsukiyama books in order within the Women of the Silk series, which holds 2 of the 9 Gail Tsukiyama books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Gail Tsukiyama

Start with Women of the Silk (1991), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Gail Tsukiyama book?

The Brightest Star (2023) is the newest Gail Tsukiyama book released so far.

Is there a new Gail Tsukiyama book coming?

No next Gail Tsukiyama book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Gail Tsukiyama has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Gail Tsukiyama. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award2003Won

Gail Tsukiyama at a glance

Paused
No new Gail Tsukiyama title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Gail Tsukiyama books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
2,732 pages across all 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Gail Tsukiyama books, 4 of 9, were published in the 1990s.

What the Gail Tsukiyama books are about

8 of the 9 Gail Tsukiyama books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: china is tagged on 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.