Book Series Guide

Gene Luen Yang

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Gene Luen Yang Books in Order

Gene Luen Yang is an American cartoonist and graphic novelist whose work explores identity, culture, belonging, immigration, faith, and social justice. His major works include American Born Chinese, Boxers & Saints, The Shadow Hero, Secret Coders, Avatar: The Last Airbender comics, Superman Smashes the Klan, Dragon Hoops, Shang-Chi, Monkey Prince, and The Books of Clash. He served as the Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and is a MacArthur Fellow.

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Gene Luen Yang's Newest Book

The Books of Clash Volume 7: Legendary Legends of Legendarious Achievery

graphic-novel · First published 2026

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Cover of American Born Chinese

American Born Chinese

The acclaimed standalone graphic novel that established Yang as a major voice in contemporary comics.

Superman Smashes the Klan

A self-contained superhero graphic novel that showcases Yang's historical, political, and family-centered storytelling.

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Books by series

limited-series · completed

Boxers & Saints

A two-volume graphic novel about the Boxer Rebellion and the intersecting lives of a revolutionary and a Chinese Christian girl.

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    Boxers

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2013

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    Saints

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2013

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graphic-novel-series · completed

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Gene Luen Yang's continuation of the Avatar: The Last Airbender animated series in graphic novel form.

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  1. 1
    Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Promise, Part 1

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2012

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Promise, Part 2

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2012

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Promise, Part 3

    Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2012

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Search, Part 1

    Book 4 · graphic-novel · 2013

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Search, Part 2

    Book 5 · graphic-novel · 2013

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Search, Part 3

    Book 6 · graphic-novel · 2013

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Rift, Part 1

    Book 7 · graphic-novel · 2014

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Rift, Part 2

    Book 8 · graphic-novel · 2014

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Rift, Part 3

    Book 9 · graphic-novel · 2014

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — Smoke and Shadow, Part 1

    Book 10 · graphic-novel · 2015

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — Smoke and Shadow, Part 2

    Book 11 · graphic-novel · 2015

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — Smoke and Shadow, Part 3

    Book 12 · graphic-novel · 2016

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — North and South, Part 1

    Book 13 · graphic-novel · 2016

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — North and South, Part 2

    Book 14 · graphic-novel · 2017

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — North and South, Part 3

    Book 15 · graphic-novel · 2017

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Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Promise

The first Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novel trilogy.

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Promise, Part 1

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2012

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Promise, Part 2

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2012

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Promise, Part 3

    Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2012

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graphic-novel-arc · completed

Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Rift

The third Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novel trilogy.

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Rift, Part 1

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2014

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Rift, Part 2

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2014

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Rift, Part 3

    Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2014

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graphic-novel-arc · completed

Avatar: The Last Airbender — Smoke and Shadow

The fourth Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novel trilogy.

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — Smoke and Shadow, Part 1

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2015

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — Smoke and Shadow, Part 2

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2015

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — Smoke and Shadow, Part 3

    Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2016

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graphic-novel-arc · completed

Avatar: The Last Airbender — North and South

The fifth Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novel trilogy.

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — North and South, Part 1

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2016

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — North and South, Part 2

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2017

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    Avatar: The Last Airbender — North and South, Part 3

    Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2017

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graphic-novel-series · completed

Secret Coders

A graphic novel series combining mystery adventures with introductory coding and logic puzzles.

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    Secret Coders

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2015

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    Secret Coders: Paths & Portals

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2016

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  3. 3
    Secret Coders: Secrets & Sequences

    Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2017

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    Secret Coders: Robots & Repeats

    Book 4 · graphic-novel · 2017

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    Secret Coders: Potions & Parameters

    Book 5 · graphic-novel · 2018

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    Secret Coders: Monsters & Modules

    Book 6 · graphic-novel · 2018

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superhero-comic-series · completed

New Super-Man and the Justice League of China

A superhero series following Kong Kenan, China's New Super-Man, and the Justice League of China.

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  1. 1
    New Super-Man Vol. 1: Made in China

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2017

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    New Super-Man Vol. 2: Coming to America

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2017

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    New Super-Man Vol. 3: Equilibrium

    Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2018

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    New Super-Man and the Justice League of China: Justice League China

    Book 4 · graphic-novel · 2019

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superhero-comic-series · completed

Superman

Collected graphic novels from Gene Luen Yang's Superman run and related crossover stories.

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  1. 1
    Superman Vol. 1: Before Truth

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2016

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    Superman Vol. 2: Return to Glory

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2017

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    Superman: Savage Dawn

    Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2017

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superhero-comic-series · completed

The Terrifics

Collected volumes from Gene Luen Yang's run on DC's superhero team series.

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    The Terrifics Vol. 3: The God Game

    Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2020

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    The Terrifics Vol. 4: The Tomorrow War

    Book 4 · graphic-novel · 2020

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superhero-comic-series · completed

Shang-Chi

Gene Luen Yang's Shang-Chi graphic novel series for Marvel Comics.

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  1. 1
    Shang-Chi Vol. 1: Brothers & Sisters

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2021

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  2. 2
    Shang-Chi Vol. 2: Shang-Chi vs. the Marvel Universe

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2022

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    Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings

    Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2023

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superhero-comic-series · completed

Monkey Prince

A superhero series drawing on the Chinese literary tradition of the Monkey King.

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  1. 1
    Monkey Prince Vol. 1: Enter the Monkey

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2023

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  2. 2
    Monkey Prince Vol. 2: The Monkey King and I

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2023

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graphic-novel-series · ongoing

The Books of Clash

A graphic novel series set in the worlds of Clash of Clans and Clash Royale.

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  1. 1
    The Books of Clash Volume 1: Legendary Legends of Legendarious Achievery

    Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2023

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    The Books of Clash Volume 2: Legendary Legends of Legendarious Achievery

    Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2023

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    The Books of Clash Volume 3: Legendary Legends of Legendarious Achievery

    Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2024

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    The Books of Clash Volume 4: Legendary Legends of Legendarious Achievery

    Book 4 · graphic-novel · 2024

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    The Books of Clash Volume 5: Legendary Legends of Legendarious Achievery

    Book 5 · graphic-novel · 2025

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    The Books of Clash Volume 6: Legendary Legends of Legendarious Achievery

    Book 6 · graphic-novel · 2025

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    The Books of Clash Volume 7: Legendary Legends of Legendarious Achievery

    Book 7 · graphic-novel · 2026

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    The Books of Clash Volume 8: Legendary Legends of Legendarious Achievery

    Book 8 · graphic-novel · 2026

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Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Novels (11)
  1. The Rosary Comic Book

    graphic-novel · 2003

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  2. Animal Crackers: A Gene Luen Yang Collection

    graphic-novel-collection · 2004

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    American Born Chinese

    graphic-novel · 2006

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  4. The Eternal Smile: Three Stories

    graphic-novel-collection · 2009

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  5. Cover of Prime Baby
    Prime Baby

    graphic-novel · 2010

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  6. Cover of Level Up
    Level Up

    graphic-novel · 2011

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  7. The Shadow Hero

    graphic-novel · 2014

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  8. Superman Smashes the Klan

    graphic-novel · 2020

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  9. Cover of Dragon Hoops
    Dragon Hoops

    nonfiction-graphic-novel · 2020

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  10. Batman/Superman: The Archive of Worlds

    graphic-novel · 2021

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  11. Cover of Lunar New Year Love Story
    Lunar New Year Love Story

    graphic-novel · 2024

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Other (2)
  1. Gordon Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks

    comic-book · 1997

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  2. Loyola Chin and the San Peligran Order

    comic-book · 2004

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