Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baroque - A - Nova | 2001 | Kevin Chong | Buy |
| 2 | Beauty Plus Pity | 2011 | Kevin Chong | Buy |
| 3 | The Plague | 2018 | Kevin Chong | Buy |
| 4 | The Double Life of Benson Yu | 2023 | Kevin Chong | Buy |
Kevin Chong’s four standalone novels cover a wide range of approaches to fiction. Baroque-a-Nova (2001) was an inventive debut, while Beauty Plus Pity (2011) took a more grounded approach to literary fiction. The Plague (2018) updated Camus for contemporary Vancouver, placing a disease outbreak in a modern Canadian city.
The Double Life of Benson Yu (2023) is his most recent novel. Each book is independent, and Chong’s willingness to change style and subject from book to book makes his catalog varied and unpredictable.