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  • Guilt, innocence, and a boy on the cusp of adolescence.A spellbinding exploration of American masculinity and family dynamics as seen through the confused eyes of a prepubescent child of immigrants, A Tender Age joins the rich tradition of the Americ...



  • INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY VOGUE, TIME, AND MARIE CLAIRE"A manifesto to happiness -- the one found when you stop running from who you are." -- New York Times Book Review "An extraordinary...



  • On Such a Full Sea takes Chang-rae Lee's elegance of prose, his masterly storytelling, and his long-standing interests in identity, culture, work, and love, and lifts them to a new plane. Stepping from the realistic and historical territories of his ...



  • June Han was only a girl when the Korean War left her orphaned; Hector Brennan was a young GI who fled the petty tragedies of his small town to serve his country. When the war ended, their lives collided at a Korean orphanage where they vied for the ...



  • The New York Times -- bestselling novel by the critically acclaimed author of Native Speaker, My Year Abroad, and the highly anticipated A Tender AgeAt 59, Jerry Battle is coasting through life. His favorite pastime is flying his small plane high abo...



  • The second novel from the critically acclaimed New York Times -- bestselling author Chang-rae Lee.His remarkable debut novel was called "rapturous" (The New York Times Book Review), "revelatory" (Vogue), and "wholly innovative" (Kirkus Reviews)....



  • ONE OF THE ATLANTIC'S GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS OF THE PAST 100 YEARSThe debut novel from critically acclaimed and New York Times -- bestselling author of On Such a Full Sea and My Year Abroad. In Native Speaker, author Chang-rae Lee introduces readers t...




Award-Winning Books by Chang-Rae Lee

A Gesture Life
2000 New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award -- Fiction
Native Speaker
1995 Discover Great New Writers -- Fiction
1995 Oregon Book Award -- Fiction
1996 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award -- Fiction
1996 PEN Literary Award -- Hemingway Award: Debut Fiction
The Surrendered
2011 Dayton Literary Peace Prize -- Fiction


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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Chang-Rae Lee has published 7 books.

The next book by Chang-Rae Lee, A Tender Age, will be published in August 2026.

The first book by Chang-Rae Lee, Native Speaker, was published in April 1995.

No. Chang-Rae Lee does not write books in series.