Chang rae Lee Books in Order

In this personal essay, Lee recalls returning home to care for his dying mother and preparing the Korean dishes she taught him. Memories of their kitchen illuminate the connections between food, cultural inheritance, distance, and family love.

Korean American spy Henry Park struggles with a failing marriage and grief over his son's death. An assignment to investigate a rising Korean American politician tests the divided loyalties and emotional reserve that have shaped his life.

Respected suburban resident Franklin Hata has built a life of careful manners and conformity. As his orderly existence unravels, memories of his service as a Japanese army medic expose his involvement with a Korean woman forced into wartime sexual slavery.

Jerry Battle escapes family tensions by flying his small plane above Long Island. Approaching sixty, he can no longer keep his distance as illness, financial trouble, and broken relationships demand that he engage with those he loves.

Orphaned June Han, American veteran Hector Brennan, and missionary Sylvie Tanner meet at a Korean orphanage after the war. Their intertwined stories trace how violence, grief, and competing desires leave marks that endure across decades.

In a future America divided into labor settlements and privileged enclaves, fish-tank worker Fan leaves B-Mor to search for her missing lover. Her travels through dangerous open territory and wealthy communities become a legend among those she left.

Directionless American student Tiller joins Chinese American entrepreneur Pong on a journey across Asia. Their increasingly extraordinary experiences transform him, and his account moves between that trip and the altered life he builds after returning.

Korean American Jeon-Gi divides his childhood between loving working-class parents and a roaming neighborhood gang. The summer he turns eleven, troubling events expose him to guilt and adult knowledge, with consequences reaching far beyond his family.