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Grace Lin Books in Order

Grace Lin has written 35 books, published between 1999 and 2025. The first book is The Ugly Vegetables (1999) and the newest is The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
35
Published
1999–2025
Pages on record
2,331 in 18 of 35 books
Reading time
39–58 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,331 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 35 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Grace Lin, author

Grace Lin, born May 17, 1974, is a Taiwanese-American writer and illustrator of children's books and a Newbery, Geisel and Caldecott honoree. Lin writes for young and middle-grade readers, often with young Asian and Asian American characters in everyday or fantastical settings, and advocates for Asian American representation in children's literature. The catalogue lists 35 books from The Ugly Vegetables (1999) to The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon (2025), including Dim Sum for Everyone! (2001), Kite Flying (2002) and The Year of the Dog (2005). Ling & Ting and Pacy are Lin series. Subjects include Chinese Americans, Taiwanese Americans, twins, sisters and Chinese New Year.

How many Grace Lin books are there?

Grace Lin has 35 books, released between 1999 and 2025. They include 2 series and 22 titles listed outside any series.

Grace Lin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 35 Grace 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.

  1. Cover of The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin (1999)
  2. Cover of Dim Sum for Everyone! by Grace Lin (2001)
  3. Cover of Kite Flying by Grace Lin (2002)
  4. Cover of Okie, Dokie Artichokie by Grace Lin (2003)
  5. Cover of Fortune Cookie Fortunes by Grace Lin (2004)
  6. Cover of Robert's Snow by Grace Lin (2004)
  7. Cover of Christmas Carols by Grace Lin (2004)
  8. Cover of The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin, book 1 of the Pacy series (2005)
  9. Cover of Robert's Snowflakes by Grace Lin (2005)
  10. Cover of Lissy's Friends by Grace Lin (2007)
  11. Cover of Bringing In the New Year by Grace Lin (2008)
  12. Cover of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (2009)
  13. Cover of Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! by Grace Lin, book 1 of the Ling & Ting series (2010)
  14. Cover of Thanking the Moon by Grace Lin (2010)
  15. Cover of Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin (2012)
  16. Cover of Dumpling Days by Grace Lin, book 3 of the Pacy series (2012)
  17. Cover of Ling & Ting Share a Birthday by Grace Lin, book 2 of the Ling & Ting series (2013)
  18. Cover of Ling & Ting: Twice as Silly by Grace Lin, book 3 of the Ling & Ting series (2014)
  19. Cover of Ling & Ting: Together in All Weather by Grace Lin, book 4 of the Ling & Ting series (2015)
  20. Cover of When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin (2016)
  21. Cover of Mulan by Grace Lin (2020)
  22. Cover of I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story by Grace Lin (2021)
  23. Cover of Maya Lin by Grace Lin, book 25 of the She Persisted series (2022)
  24. Cover of Once Upon a Book by Grace Lin (2023)
  1. 1
    The Ugly Vegetables1999 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199932
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  2. 2
    Dim Sum for Everyone!2001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001–
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  3. 3
    Kite Flying2002 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200232
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  4. 4
    Okie, Dokie Artichokie2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  5. 6
    Robert's Snow2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  6. 7
    Christmas Carols2004 · 10 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200410
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  7. 8
    The Twelve Days of Christmas2004 · 18 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200418
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  8. 9
    The Year of the DogPacy #12005 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005160
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  9. 10
    Robert's Snowflakes2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  10. 11
    Lissy's Friends2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  11. 12
    The Red Thread2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  12. 13
    The Year of the RatPacy #22008 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008208
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  13. 14
    Bringing In the New Year2008 · 28 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200828
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  14. 15
    Where the Mountain Meets the Moon2009 · 278 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009278
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  15. 16
    Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!Ling & Ting #12010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  16. 17
    Thanking the Moon2010 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201032
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  17. 18
    Starry River of the Sky2012 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012320
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  18. 19
    Dumpling DaysPacy #32012 · 261 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012261
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  19. 20
    Ling & Ting Share a BirthdayLing & Ting #22013 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201348
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  20. 21
    Ling & Ting: Twice as SillyLing & Ting #32014 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201448
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  21. 22
    Ling & Ting: Together in All WeatherLing & Ting #42015 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201548
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  22. 23
    When the Sea Turned to Silver2016 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016384
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  23. 24
    A Big Mooncake for Little Star2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  24. 25
    Up to My Knees!Storytelling Math #32020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  25. 26
    Mulan2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  26. 27
    The Last MarshmallowStorytelling Math #42020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  27. 28
    Circle! Sphere!Storytelling Math #52020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  28. 29
    What Will Fit?Storytelling Math #62020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  29. 30
    I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story2021 · 40 pages · confirmed 2/4
    202140
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  30. 31
    Maya LinShe Persisted #252022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  31. 32
    A Beautiful House for BirdsStorytelling Math #142023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  32. 33
    Once Upon a Book2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  33. 34
    Chinese Menu2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  34. 35
    The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon2025 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025352
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Grace 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.

Storytelling Math in order

5 books
  1. 3. Up to My Knees!
  2. 4. The Last Marshmallow
  3. 5. Circle! Sphere!
  4. 6. What Will Fit?
  5. 14. A Beautiful House for Birds

Ling & Ting in order

4 books
  1. 1. Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!
  2. 2. Ling & Ting Share a Birthday
  3. 3. Ling & Ting: Twice as Silly
  4. 4. Ling & Ting: Together in All Weather

Pacy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Year of the Dog
  2. 2. The Year of the Rat
  3. 3. Dumpling Days

She Persisted in order

1 book
  1. 25. Maya Lin

Standalone books

22 books

22 Grace Lin titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Grace Lin books in order?

You only need to read Grace 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 Grace Lin

Start with The Ugly Vegetables (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Grace Lin book?

The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon (2025) is the newest Grace Lin book released so far.

Is there a new Grace Lin book coming?

No next Grace 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.

Awards Grace Lin has won

Wikidata records 6 awards and 1 nomination for Grace Lin. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Children's Literature Legacy Award2022Won
  • Geisel Award2011Won
  • Newbery Honor2010Won
  • Josette Frank Award2010Won
  • Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature2010Wonfor Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
  • Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature2007Won
  • Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature2017Shortlistedfor When the Sea Turned to Silver

Grace Lin at a glance

Still publishing
Grace Lin published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Grace Lin books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,331 pages across the 18 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 48 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Grace Lin books, 14 of 35, were published in the 2000s.

What the Grace Lin books are about

26 of the 35 Grace Lin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 16 of 26. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.