Vanessa Hua

Vanessa Hua

3 Series • 5 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: A River of Stars (2018)
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Publication Order of Collections
Start with: Deceit and Other Possibilities (2016)
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: Flash in the Attic (2013)

ⓘ About Vanessa Hua

Vanessa Hua is a bestselling and award-winning literary fiction author and former San Francisco Chronicle columnist. Her debut novel was the award-winning “A River of Stars” which “O, The Oprah Magazine” called a marvel and “The Economist” called delightful. The novel also made the NPR and Washington Post Best Book lists of 2018. Before that, she had written “Deceit and Other Possibilities” a short story collection that was a California Book Award finalist and won the Asian/Pacific American Award in Literature. For the better part of twenty years, she has been writing about Asia and the diaspora including stories about Ecuador, China, Burma, South Korea, and Panama.

All Book Series by Vanessa Hua

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A River of Stars

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2018

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2018
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Forbidden City

Book 2 of 3 · published 2022

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2022
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Coyoteland

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2026

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2026
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Deceit and Other Possibilities

Single-title series · published 2016

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2016
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Flash in the Attic

Single-title series · published 2013

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2013

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Vanessa Hua?

Vanessa Hua is a bestselling and award-winning literary fiction author and former San Francisco Chronicle columnist. Her debut novel was the award-winning "A River of Stars" which "O, The Oprah Magazine" called a marvel and "The Economist" called delightful. The novel also made the NPR and Washington Post Best Book lists of 2018.

Which Vanessa Hua series should I start with?

Vanessa Hua's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is A River of Stars (2018).

How many books has Vanessa Hua written?

Vanessa Hua has 5 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2013 and 2026. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Collections and Anthologies.

In what order should Vanessa Hua's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 5 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 Vanessa Hua's books organised into series?

This guide splits Vanessa Hua's 5 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (3 books); Collections (1 book); Anthologies (1 book).