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Gail Tsukiyama

2 Series • 9 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Women of the Silk Books
Start with: Women of the Silk (1991)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: The Samurai's Garden (1994)

ⓘ About Gail Tsukiyama

Gail has taught at Mills College, San Francisco State University, Berkeley and the University of California. She has also worked for “Ms Magazine” and the “San Francisco Chronicle” as a freelance book reviewer. As a teenager, she graduated from the San Francisco State University first with a bachelors in Arts and then a masters degree in English majoring in Creative Writing. She has said that during her college years she was obsessed with poetry and hence much of her college writing was poems. As a Chinese citizen from Hong Kong, she was a notable artist that left quite an imprint in her daughter with her art works. Gail has said that the visual aspects of her work can be attributed to her mother, working in unfamiliar cultures and her love for film.

All Book Series by Gail Tsukiyama

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Women of the Silk

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 1991

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1991
2
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The Language of Threads

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 1999

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1999
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The Samurai's Garden

Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 1994

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1994
2
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Night of Many Dreams

Book 2 of 7 · published 1998

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1998
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Dreaming Water

Book 3 of 7 · published 2002

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2002
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The Street of a Thousand Blossoms

Book 4 of 7 · published 2007

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2007
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A Hundred Flowers

Book 5 of 7 · published 2012

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2012
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The Color of Air

Book 6 of 7 · published 2020

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2020
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The Brightest Star

Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2023

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2023

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Gail Tsukiyama?

Gail has taught at Mills College, San Francisco State University, Berkeley and the University of California. She has also worked for “Ms Magazine” and the “San Francisco Chronicle” as a freelance book reviewer. As a teenager, she graduated from the San Francisco State University first with a bachelors in Arts and then a masters degree in English majoring in Creative Writing.

Which Gail Tsukiyama series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Women of the Silk series, the earliest of Gail Tsukiyama's multi-book series: it opens with Women of the Silk (1991) and runs to 2 books across 1991–1999, ending with The Language of Threads (1999).

How many books has Gail Tsukiyama written?

Gail Tsukiyama has 9 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1991 and 2023. 2 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Women of the Silk series with 2 books — and 7 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Gail Tsukiyama's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Gail Tsukiyama's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Women of the Silk (1991–1999, 2 books).

How are Gail Tsukiyama's books organised into series?

This guide splits Gail Tsukiyama's 9 books into 1 named series and 7 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Women of the Silk (2 books, 1991–1999).