Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Ghost Bride | 2013 | Buy |
| The Night Tiger | 2019 | Buy |
| The Fox Wife | 2024 | Buy |
Yangsze Choo is a Malaysian-born novelist who writes historical fiction rooted in Chinese and Malay folklore. Her debut, The Ghost Bride (2013), is set in 1890s colonial Malaya and follows a young woman who is offered a marriage to a dead man. The book was a New York Times bestseller and was later adapted into a Netflix series in 2020.
Her second novel, The Night Tiger (2019), takes place in 1930s Malaya and weaves together the stories of a young houseboy and a dance hall girl, both connected by a missing finger and a series of local tiger attacks. The Fox Wife (2024), her third book, moves the setting to 1908 Manchuria and involves a detective investigating deaths tied to fox spirits from Chinese mythology.
All three of Choo’s novels share a common approach: they are grounded in specific historical periods and real places, but each introduces a supernatural element drawn from Asian folklore. She was born in Malaysia and now lives in the United States.