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  • Bibliography:
    5 Books
  • First Book:
    September 1997
  • Latest Book:
    January 2021
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Book List in Order: 5 titles



  • Short stories from the author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself -- “a writer to behold with real pleasure” (Gish Jen).   In tales that travel from Coventry to Kuala Lumpur, from the past to the present, and from hilarity to trage...



  • “Touching and funny” short fiction about family, estrangement, and dislocation from the award-winning author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself  (Elizabeth McCracken, author of Bowlaway).   Featuring “stories about the...



  • A WWII-era Welsh barmaid begins a secret relationship with a German POW in this “beautiful” novel by the author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself (Ann Patchett).  Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize   Set in the stunnin...



  • Sly, funny, intelligent, and artfully structured, The Fortunes recasts American history through the lives of Chinese Americans and reimagines the multigenerational novel through the fractures of immigrant family experience. Inhabiting four lives...



  • A People 10 Best Books of the Year • A New York Times Notable Book of the Year • An Independent (UK) 20 Best Books of the Year"Wise, bracingly honest...A reassuring reality check...Exhilarating." -- New York Times Book Review A he...




Award-Winning Books by Peter Ho Davies

The Ugliest House in the World
1998 Oregon Book Award -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Peter Ho Davies has published 5 books.

Peter Ho Davies does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself, was published in January 2021.

The first book by Peter Ho Davies, The Ugliest House in the World, was published in September 1997.

No. Peter Ho Davies does not write books in series.