Cynthia Kadohata

Cynthia Kadohata

2 Series • 15 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Floating World (1989)
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction (1993)

ⓘ About Cynthia Kadohata

Cynthia Kadohata has been a novelist ever since the year 1982. When Cynthia Kadohata was only 25 years of age and rather directionless in life, she decided to take a Greyhound bus trip to the West Coast, then eventually through the Southwest and then the South. It was during the Grey Hound bus trip, that Kadohata was able to rediscover, a talent that she has always overlooked, ever since she was young. Despite the fact that she has never considered working on fiction, the year that followed Cynthia Kadohata decided to start working on fiction. In the year 2013, Cynthia Kadohata emerged the winner during the National Book Awards for her novel, The Thing About Luck. Cynthia Kadohata was born and raised in Chicago.

All Book Series by Cynthia Kadohata

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Floating World

Series opener · book 1 of 14 · published 1989

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1989
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In the Heart of the Valley of Love book cover

In the Heart of the Valley of Love

Book 2 of 14 · published 1992

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1992
3
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The Glass Mountains

Book 3 of 14 · published 1995

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1995
4
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Kira-Kira

Book 4 of 14 · published 2004

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2004
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Weedflower

Book 5 of 14 · published 2006

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2006
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Cracker!

Book 6 of 14 · published 2007

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2007
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Outside Beauty

Book 7 of 14 · published 2008

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2008
8
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A Million Shades of Gray

Book 8 of 14 · published 2009

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2009
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The Thing About Luck

Book 9 of 14 · published 2013

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2013
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Half a World Away

Book 10 of 14 · published 2014

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2014
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Checked

Book 11 of 14 · published 2018

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2018
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A Place to Belong

Book 12 of 14 · published 2019

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2019
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Saucy

Book 13 of 14 · published 2020

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2020
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Under the Fading Sky

Latest in the series · book 14 of 14 · published 2025

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2025
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Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction

Single-title series · published 1993

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1993

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Cynthia Kadohata?

Cynthia Kadohata has been a novelist ever since the year 1982. When Cynthia Kadohata was only 25 years of age and rather directionless in life, she decided to take a Greyhound bus trip to the West Coast, then eventually through the Southwest and then the South. It was during the Grey Hound bus trip, that Kadohata was able to rediscover, a talent that she has always overlooked, ever since she was young.

Which Cynthia Kadohata series should I start with?

Cynthia Kadohata's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Floating World (1989).

How many books has Cynthia Kadohata written?

Cynthia Kadohata has 15 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1989 and 2025. They are filed under 2 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels and Anthologies.

In what order should Cynthia Kadohata's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 15 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.

How are Cynthia Kadohata's books organised into series?

This guide splits Cynthia Kadohata's 15 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (14 books); Anthologies (1 book).