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Jean Kwok Books in Order

Jean Kwok has written 5 books, published between 2010 and 2026. The first book is Girl in Translation (2010) and the newest is Dominion (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
5
Published
2010–2026
Pages on record
690 in 2 of 5 books
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Photo of Jean Kwok, author of the Silk and Iron Trilogy

Jean Kwok is a Chinese American novelist whose books have reached the New York Times bestseller list. Girl in Translation (2010), Mambo in Chinatown (2014) and Searching for Sylvie Lee (2019) are the first three, the last of them a Read with Jenna book club pick on The Today Show. Five titles are catalogued to 2026, with The Leftover Woman (2023) and Dominion (2026) completing the list. Chinese American families, family secrets, ballroom dancing and New York recur as subjects.

How many Jean Kwok books are there?

Jean Kwok has 5 books, released between 2010 and 2026. 1 of them belong to the Silk and Iron Trilogy series.

Jean Kwok Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 5 Jean Kwok 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 Mambo in Chinatown by Jean Kwok (2014)
  2. Cover of Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok (2019)
  1. 1
    Girl in Translation2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  2. 2
    Mambo in Chinatown2014 · 373 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014373
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Searching for Sylvie Lee2019 · 317 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019317
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Leftover Woman2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    DominionSilk and Iron Trilogy #12026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Jean Kwok 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.

Silk and Iron Trilogy in order

1 book
  1. 1. Dominion

Standalone books

4 books

4 Jean Kwok titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jean Kwok books in order?

You only need to read Jean Kwok books in order within the Silk and Iron Trilogy series, which holds 1 of the 5 Jean Kwok books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jean Kwok

Start with Girl in Translation (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jean Kwok book?

Dominion (2026) is the newest Jean Kwok book released so far.

Is there a new Jean Kwok book coming?

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

Jean Kwok at a glance

Still publishing
Jean Kwok published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Jean Kwok books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
690 pages across the 2 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 345 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jean Kwok books, 3 of 5, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jean Kwok books are about

2 of the 5 Jean Kwok 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 2 of 2. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.