Neon Yang Books in Order
Neon Yang has written 8 books, published between 2017 and 2025. The first book is The Black Tides of Heaven (As: Neon Yang) (2017) and the newest is Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2017–2025
- Pages on record
- 705 in 4 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 12–18 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 705 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Neon Yang writes fantasy, and the subject list adds silkpunk, prophecy, rebellion, royal houses and nonbinary and transgender themes, with an LGBTQ young adult tag. Two groupings are recorded: the Tensorate series and a set of short stories and novellas published as J.Y. Yang. The eight catalogued books run from The Black Tides of Heaven and The Red Threads of Fortune (both 2017) to Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame (2025), taking in The Ascent to Godhood (2019) and The Genesis of Misery (2022).
How many Neon Yang books are there?
Neon Yang has 8 books, released between 2017 and 2025. 3 of them belong to the Tensorate series.
Neon Yang Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Neon Yang 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.
- 120172421/4
- 22017–1/4
- 320172241/4
- 42017–1/4
- 520181111/4
- 620191281/4
- 7The Genesis of Misery2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 8Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Neon Yang 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.
Tensorate in order
3 booksJ.Y. Yang Short Stories/Novellas
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
2 books2 Neon Yang titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Neon Yang books in order?
You only need to read Neon Yang books in order within the Tensorate series, which holds 3 of the 8 Neon Yang books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Neon Yang
Start with The Black Tides of Heaven (As: Neon Yang) (2017), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Neon Yang book?
Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame (2025) is the newest Neon Yang book released so far.
Is there a new Neon Yang book coming?
No next Neon Yang book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Neon Yang at a glance
- Still publishing
- Neon Yang published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Neon Yang books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 705 pages across the 4 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 176 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Neon Yang books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2010s.
What the Neon Yang books are about
3 of the 8 Neon Yang books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: prophecy is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Prophecy 3 of 3 books
- Fantasy 2 of 3 books
- Nonbinary 2 of 3 books
- Rebellion 2 of 3 books
- Silkpunk 2 of 3 books
- Transgender 2 of 3 books
- English literature 1 of 3 books
- Imaginary wars and battles 1 of 3 books
- LGBTQ young adult 1 of 3 books
- Revenge 1 of 3 books
- Royal houses 1 of 3 books