1 Chinese Americans book series and 14 authors, each with every book in publication order. A series or author is listed when at least two of its books are tagged Chinese Americans in Open Library, or one book when it has three books or fewer. Series and authors with the most books tagged Chinese Americans come first.
33 books 7 series
Lydia Chin and Bill Smith, private investigators in New York, share the lead across S.J. Rozan's crime novels. Thirty-three catalogued books run from Body English (1992) to First Do No Harm (2026), taking in China Trade (1994), Concourse (1995), Mandarin Plaid (1996) and A Bitter Feast (1998). Chinese American life in the city is a standing subject. The Dee & Lao series, standalone novels, short fiction and poetry complete the list.
35 books 4 series
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.
14 books 5 series
Chinese American families, and mothers and daughters in particular, are Amy Tan's subject. The Joy Luck Club (1989) opens a catalogue of 14 titles, followed by The Kitchen God's Wife (1991), The Hundred Secret Senses (1995) and The Bonesetter's Daughter (2001). Tan also writes for children, among them The Moon Lady (1992) and Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (1994), alongside non-fiction and short stories. The Backyard Bird Chronicles is the newest title.
10 books 2 series
Ed Lin is a Taiwanese-American novelist and the first author to take three Asian American Literary Awards. His first novel, Waylaid (2001), won a Members' Choice Award there and a Booklist Editors' Choice Award in Fiction. The Detective Robert Chow novels put a Chinese-American police officer in the New York Chinatown of 1976, opening with This Is a Bust (2007) and continuing through Snakes Can't Run (2010) and One Red Bastard (2012); the Taipei Night Market books form a second series. Ten titles are catalogued, the newest being The Dead Can't Make a Living (2026).
60 books 10 series
Michael Connelly is an American crime novelist, born July 21, 1956. The catalogue lists 60 Connelly books, running from The Black Echo (1992) to Ironwood (2026). LAPD detective Harry Bosch and defence attorney Mickey Haller are the recurring leads, and the listed series include Bosch Universe, Lincoln Lawyer and Safe Man. The Black Echo won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Clint Eastwood directed and starred in a 2002 film of Blood Work. Subject headings cover police procedurals, legal fiction, serial murder and Los Angeles.
13 books 2 series
Chinese and Chinese American history is Lisa See's material, handled as family fiction across generations. On Gold Mountain (1995) is a non-fiction family history; the novels follow, among them Flower Net, The Interior, Dragon Bones, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2005), Peony in Love and Shanghai Girls. Thirteen books make up the catalogue, which includes the Red Princess mysteries and runs to Daughters of the Sun and Moon in 2026.
4 books
Jamie Ford is an American novelist with four books published between 2009 and 2022. The debut, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (2009), spent 130 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and took the 2010 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in adult fiction. Songs of Willow Frost (2013) came next, then Love and Other Consolation Prizes (2017) and The Many Daughters of Afong Moy (2022). Chinese American and Japanese American lives, the wartime relocation of 1942 to 1945, orphans, grief and prejudice are the recurring subjects. No new title has appeared since 2022.
11 books 3 series
Greenglass House (2014) is the Kate Milford novel that won the Edgar Award for juvenile literature and was long-listed for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Ghosts of Greenglass House (2017) is the sequel, and five further Milford books share the same world. The catalogue holds 12 titles, from The Boneshaker (2010) to Rialto (2026), with Seacritters! The Hunt for the Jigamaree due in 2027. Milford is a New York Times bestselling author who has also written for stage and screen.
5 books 1 series
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.
Ranked by how many series and authors they share with Chinese Americans.