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Noodle Shop Books in Order

by Vivien ChienMystery, Thriller & Suspense

13 books from Death by Dumpling (2019) to And Then There Were Bun (2026). Rated 4.3 across 618 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Death by Dumpling

    Book 1 2019 4.1 (233)

    After a brutal breakup and a dramatic workplace walkout, Lana Lee figures waiting tables at her family's restaurant is her best option for putting her life back together. Soon, the restaurant’s property manager, Mr.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  2. Dim Sum of All Fears

    Book 2 2019 4.3 (117)

    Lana Lee is a dutiful daughter, waiting tables at her family’s Chinese restaurant even though she’d rather be doing just about anything else.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  3. Murder Lo Mein

    Book 3 2019 4.5 (83)

    Everyone agrees that the food at Ho-Lee Noodle House is delicious - unless it happens to be deadly. Lana Lee’s stake in her family’s Chinese restaurant is higher than ever now that she’s been made manager....

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  4. Wonton Terror

    Book 4 2024 4.7 (24)

    In the fourth in Vivien Chien's Noodle Shop delicious mystery series, Ho-Lee Noodle House is ready to take the Cleveland night market by storm―until a brand-new food venue literally explodes onto the scene.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  5. Egg Drop Dead

    Book 5 2024 4.5 (17)

    In the fifth in Vivien Chien's Noodle Shop delectable mystery series, Egg Drop Dead, the Ho-Lee Noodle House takes its business to the next level―only to end up in hot water.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  6. Killer Kung Pao

    Book 6 2024 4.7 (17)

    Lana Lee’s plate is already plenty full. Running her family’s Chinese restaurant in Cleveland is challenging on the best of days.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  7. Fatal Fried Rice

    Book 7 2024 4.4 (22)

    Lana Lee decides to go to culinary school on the sly―and prove that she has what it takes in the kitchen after all. But when course instructor Margo Chan turns up dead after class, Lana suddenly finds herself on the case, frying pan in…

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  8. Hot and Sour Suspects

    Book 8 2024 4.7 (23)

    When Lana Lee’s best friend, Megan Riley, asks her to help host a speed dating contest at Ho-Lee Noodle House, she doesn’t see the harm in lending a hand.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  9. Misfortune Cookie

    Book 9 2024 4.7 (16)

    Lana and Anna May can’t imagine things getting any better until they learn their aunt has yet another surprise in store for them―a swanky cocktail party hosted for the freelancers of Southern California.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  10. Peking Duck and Cover

    Book 10 2024 4.7 (19)

    Lana Lee and friends return for a fiery Chinese New Year celebration that rattles their quaint community. After all, an Asia Village party wouldn’t be complete without an explosive finale.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  11. The Chow Maniac

    Book 11 2025 4.8 (8)

    Asia Village is in peril when Private detective Lydia Shepard returns to enlist the help of Lana Lee to solve a rash of unsolved murders and thefts.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  12. Crime Rangoon

    Book 12 2025 4.3 (23)

    It's stranger than fiction when Lana Lee investigates a murder that mimics the plot of a bestselling mystery, working together with her detective boyfriend for the first time ever.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  13. And Then There Were Bun

    Book 13 2026 4.7 (16)

    Things get spicy when Megan throws a surprise birthday party for Lana at Ho-Lee Noodle House that ends in disaster.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Noodle Shop is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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