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  • Bibliography:
    23 Books
  • First Book:
    April 2001
  • Latest Book:
    May 2022
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Book List in Order: 23 titles



  • "Elegant and engrossing...[an] unusually complete portrait of contemporary Asian America." -- Los Angeles Times..."A gem....Lee has captured this truth beautifully, wisely, and with winning economy." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer As the Los Angeles Times...



  • Lisa Countryman is a woman of complex origins. Half-Japanese, adopted by African American parents, she returns to Tokyo, ostensibly to research her thesis on Japan's "sad, brutal reign of conformity." When she vanishes, Tom Hurley, who is half-Korean...



  • An exhilarating comic satire with the quirky energy of The Wonder Boys and Sideways. Lyndon Song, a renowned sculptor, has fled New York City to become a Brussels sprouts farmer in the small California town of Rosarita Bay. Lyndon has a brother, W...



  • A sparkling bildungsroman about friendship and betrayal, art and race. In 1988, Eric Cho, an aspiring writer, arrives at Macalester College. On his first day he meets a beautiful fledgling painter, Jessica Tsai, and another would-be novelist, the ...



  • Tales From Prickly Path is a collection of original short stories. The stories are set between 455 AD and the year 4123. There are forty stories in all. The stories are short and will take the reader through a range of emotions. I hope you enjoy my b...



  • A contemporary ballad of heartbreak, failure, and unquenchable longing, this novel presents Don Lee at his best. Yadin Park is a talented alt-country musician whose career has floundered―doomed first by his homely looks and lack of stage presenc...



  • Chris Howard lived for what he considered the two best things in life: money and women. Money came steadily from his public relations job, and women came easily with his own tricks of the trade. But, Chris was never one to mix business with pleasure ...



  • Sadie Squirrel's birthday is coming up, and Hedgehog Hudson wants to buy her a special gift. He finds the perfect one but doesn't have any money to buy it.Hudson meets up with his friend Wallabee walrus, who pays him to do chores around his house....








  • Hedgehog Hudson goes camping with his two friends Rudy 'the rude' Rhino and Aid the Ant. Rudy lives up to his nickname by treating Aid with disrespect.Hudson teaches Rudy how to show kindness so he can make long-term friendships....



  • The Easter egg hunt is called off when the Easter Bunny notices that she doesn’t have any eggs.Hedgehog Hudson helps to find the eggs for her. They paint the eggs together, and Easter is saved.Teamwork does make the dream work....



  • Hedgehog Hudson's friend Sydney has a loose baby tooth. She thinks she must go to the dentist, but Hudson reassures her that this is perfectly normal. The best part of losing a tooth is that the Tooth Fairy will come to visit her....





  • Hedgehog Hudson's friend Timmy Turtle learns valuable lessons from Grandpa Turtle. Timmy and Grandpa are albino turtles and they deal with discrimination because their skin color isn't green.Grandpa takes Timmy around the forest to meet some of his ...



  • Hedgehog Hudson learns about what police officers do each day. He goes on a ride-along with Officer Rudy, the police polar bear. Hudson recognizes how Rudy puts himself in danger every day to keep everyone safe....





  • There are over a thousand unicorns living today on their secret compound. A strange event occurs, and now Sadie and Earl are the last two unicorns in the world. Follow their journey and learn more about how unicorns went from near extinction back t...








  • A thrilling new story collection from acclaimed writer Don Lee exploring Asian American identity, spanning decades and continents.“Don Lee is one of those masterful storytellers who is both classic and modern, who can transport you into any setting...




Award-Winning Books by Don Lee

Country of Origin
2005 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- First Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Don Lee has published 23 books.

Don Lee does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Partition, was published in May 2022.

The first book by Don Lee, Yellow, was published in April 2001.

No. Don Lee does not write books in series.