Order of Lisa See Books

Order of Lisa See Books


Lisa See is an American author. Lisa is a leader in the Chinese-American community. Although Lisa was born in Paris, she has always considered Los Angeles her hometown. Lisa was a West Coast correspondent for Publisher’s Weekly from 1983 until 1996 and has written for magazines including Vogue, Self and More. Her mother Carolyn See is also a novelist.

Lisa See would publish her first fiction novel in 1997, The Flower Net, although she had co-authored three novels with her mother and John Espey before that (under the pseudonym Monica Highland). Below is a list of Lisa See’s books in order of when they were first published:

Publication Order of Red Princess Books

Flower Net

(1997)

The Interior

(1999)

Dragon Bones

(2002)

Publication Order of May and Pearl Books

Shanghai Girls

(2009)

Dreams of Joy

(2011)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

(2005)

Peony in Love

(2007)

China Dolls

(2014)

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

(2017)

The Island of Sea Women

(2019)

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

(2023)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

On Gold Mountain

(1995)

Publication Order of Anthologies

What My Mother Gave Me

(2013)