Author guide
Nghi Vo Books in Order
Nghi Vo is an American author known for queer fantasy, historical fantasy, and speculative fiction. Her work includes the Singing Hills Cycle novellas, the novels The Chosen and the Beautiful, Siren Queen, and The City in Glass, and the companion novella Don't Sleep with the Dead. She was born in Illinois and lives on the shores of Lake Michigan.
fantasyhistorical fantasyspeculative fictionqueer fiction
Nghi Vo's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
The Empress of Salt and Fortune
The first published entry in the Singing Hills Cycle and its award-winning introduction.
The Chosen and the Beautiful
The main novel should be read before its companion novella, Don't Sleep with the Dead.
Read in order
Books by series
novella series · ongoing
The Singing Hills Cycle
A linked series of novellas following the archivist and cleric Chih as they record stories across the empire of Ahn.
- 1 The Empress of Salt and FortuneAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novella · 2020
- 2
When the Tiger Came Down the MountainAmazon ↗Book 2 · novella · 2020
- 3
Into the RiverlandsAmazon ↗Book 3 · novella · 2022
- 4
Mammoths at the GatesAmazon ↗Book 4 · novella · 2023
- 5 The Brides of High HillAmazon ↗
Book 5 · novella · 2024
- 6
A Mouthful of DustAmazon ↗Book 6 · novella · 2025
- 7 A Long and Speaking SilenceAmazon ↗
Book 7 · novella · 2026
companion series · active
The Chosen and the Beautiful
A novel and companion novella set in Nghi Vo's queer reimagining of the world of The Great Gatsby.
Outside the series
