Order of Qiu Xiaolong Books
Qiu Xiaolong is a Chinese author of crime thriller novels as well as a poet and translator. He writes the Inspector Chen series. Xiaolong came to the United States simply to write a book about poet T.S. Eliot, but was unable to return home due to political reasons. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife and daughter.
Qiu Xiaolong became a published author in 2000 with the novel Death of a Red Heroine, which began his Inspector Chen series. The novel won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel in 2001. Below is a list of Qiu Xiaolong’s books in order of when they were originally released:
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Publication Order of Inspector Chen Books
| Death of a Red Heroine | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Loyal Character Dancer | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| When Red is Black | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Case of Two Cities | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Red Mandarin Dress | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mao Case | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Don't Cry, Tai Lake | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Enigma of China | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shanghai Redemption | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hold Your Breath, China | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Becoming Inspector Chen | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Love and Murder in the Time of Covid | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Inspector Chen Collections
| Poems of Inspector Chen | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Inspector Chen and Me | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Judge Dee Investigation Books
| The Shadow of the Empire | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Conspiracies of the Empire | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Lines Around China | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Years of Red Dust | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Disappearing Shanghai: Photographs and Poems of an Intimate Way of Life | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Poetry Collections
| Classic Chinese Love Poems | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Poems of Tang and Song Dynasties | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Qiu Xiaolong Synopsis: Lines Around China by Qiu Xialong is a poetry collection divided into three parts. The first part (“Lines Out of China”) consists of poems written in the U.S.; the second part (“Lines in China”) is made up of poems that Qiu wrote while on his frequent trips to China and older Chinese poems that have been translated into English; finally, the last part (“Cathay Revisited”) is Qiu’s translations of classical Chinese poetry.
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