Lydia Kang Books in Order
Lydia Kang has written 13 books, published between 2013 and 2025. The first book is Control (2013) and the newest is K-Jane (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 2013–2025
- Pages on record
- 2,900 in 8 of 13 books
- Reading time
- 48–73 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,900 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 13 titles with a page count on record.
Lydia Kang is an American author of adult and young adult fiction, poetry and non-fiction, and practises internal medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. Opium & Absinthe (2020) sets a young woman from a wealthy New York family hunting the killer of her sister, found dead with bite wounds to the neck. A Beautiful Poison (2017) turns on a run of deaths during the Spanish flu pandemic that draws the suspicion of its central character, Allene. Kang has also written Star Wars novels. The catalogue holds 13 books from Control (2013) to K-Jane (2025), with genetic engineering, survival, kidnapping and conspiracies among the subjects.
How many Lydia Kang books are there?
Lydia Kang has 13 books, released between 2013 and 2025. They include 2 series and 9 titles listed outside any series.
Lydia Kang Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 Lydia Kang 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.
- 120133951/4
- 220153931/4
- 3A Beautiful Poison2017 · 333 pages · confirmed 1/420173331/4
- 420173441/4
- 5The November Girl2017 · 323 pages · confirmed 1/420173231/4
- 6The Impossible Girl2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 7Toxic2018 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420183681/4
- 8Opium and Absinthe2020 · 383 pages · confirmed 1/420203831/4
- 9Patient Zero2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 10The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding2022 · 361 pages · confirmed 1/420223611/4
- 112023–2/4
- 12Pseudoscience2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 13K-Jane2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Lydia Kang 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.
Do you have to read Lydia Kang books in order?
You only need to read Lydia Kang 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 Lydia Kang
Start with Control (2013), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lydia Kang book?
K-Jane (2025) is the newest Lydia Kang book released so far.
Is there a new Lydia Kang book coming?
No next Lydia Kang book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Lydia Kang
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Lydia Kang. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book2018Shortlistedfor The November Girl
Lydia Kang at a glance
- Still publishing
- Lydia Kang published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Lydia Kang books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,900 pages across the 8 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 364 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lydia Kang books, 7 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
What the Lydia Kang books are about
8 of the 13 Lydia Kang books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american literature is tagged on 2 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- American literature 2 of 8 books
- Genetic engineering 2 of 8 books
- Science fiction 2 of 8 books
- Survival 2 of 8 books