The Apothecary Diaries

1— The Apothecary Diaries

Published · October 2012 · ISBN 978-4-07-285379-5

1— The Apothecary Diaries, Volume 1

Published · August 29, 2014 · ISBN 978-4-07-298198-6

Abducted apothecary Maomao enters the rear palace, identifies what is sickening the imperial infants, and is assigned to taste food for poison beside the favored consort.

2— The Apothecary Diaries, Volume 2

Published · January 31, 2015 · ISBN 978-4-07-410821-3

Back from the pleasure district, Maomao serves in the outer court and links a warehouse fire, food poisoning, and a craftsman's will as the strategist Lakan enters her life.

3— The Apothecary Diaries, Volume 3

Published · June 29, 2015 · ISBN 978-4-07-401176-6

Maomao protects the pregnant Gyokuyou, stages a spectacle for foreign envoys, and faces danger at a summer retreat while Jinshi's exceptional position becomes harder to ignore.

4— The Apothecary Diaries, Volume 4

Published · September 30, 2015 · ISBN 978-4-07-403100-9

A supposed ghost, a difficult pregnancy, and a chain of connected incidents lead to Maomao's abduction and an open crisis surrounding the Shi clan.

5— The Apothecary Diaries, Volume 5

Published · April 30, 2016 · ISBN 978-4-07-416947-4

After the revolt, Gyokuyou becomes empress while Maomao investigates poisoned sweets and travels west beneath the growing threat of a locust invasion.

6— The Apothecary Diaries, Volume 6

Published · November 30, 2016 · ISBN 978-4-07-420788-6

In the western capital, Jinshi's proposal forces Maomao to confront the gulf between their positions and decide what answer she can honestly give.

7— The Apothecary Diaries, Volume 7

Published · February 28, 2018 · ISBN 978-4-07-429772-6

Maomao passes an examination and joins the medical office, where difficult new colleagues, a former envoy, and a Shaoh priestess bring fresh palace mysteries.

8— The Apothecary Diaries, Volume 8

Published · February 28, 2019 · ISBN 978-4-07-436884-6

Lakan's book on go sparks a citywide craze and tournament while reports of locust damage and a poisoned Shaoh priestess turn diversion into political danger.

9— The Apothecary Diaries, Volume 9

Published · February 28, 2020 · ISBN 978-4-07-442420-7

Maomao secretly treats the injured Jinshi, asks Luomen to teach her surgery, and prepares for a dangerous journey that may change both of their futures.

10— The Apothecary Diaries, Volume 10

Published · January 29, 2021 · ISBN 978-4-07-447215-4

In the western capital Maomao works among physicians while Jinshi navigates local power; a village inspection leads them to an old survivor of an earlier locust disaster.

11— The Apothecary Diaries, Volume 11

Published · April 30, 2021 · ISBN 978-4-07-448226-9

Locust devastation brings shortages and unrest, others seize Jinshi's credit, and cases involving a sick child and a disappearance deepen public hostility toward him.

12— The Apothecary Diaries, Volume 12

Published · July 29, 2022 · ISBN 978-4-07-452400-6

Gyoku-ou's death averts war but leaves Jinshi governing the west amid a succession dispute, a brewery poisoning, and the disclosure of Chue's hidden identity.

13— The Apothecary Diaries, Volume 13

Published · February 25, 2023 · ISBN 978-4-07-454379-3

Back in the capital, Maomao sees the succession struggle through a wider cast and resolves to give Jinshi an honest answer at last.

14— The Apothecary Diaries, Volume 14

Published · September 29, 2023 · ISBN 978-4-07-455775-2

At the court medical office, rival imperial factions intersect with a clan gathering, the lost Chen treasure, a jade tablet, and a forbidden medical text.

15— The Apothecary Diaries, Volume 15

Published · March 29, 2024 · ISBN 978-4-07-456728-7

The restored medical book prompts examinations, drug trials, and risky surgery for a concealed high-ranking patient, with mandrake providing a crucial clue.

16— The Apothecary Diaries, Volume 16

Published · May 30, 2025 · ISBN 978-4-07-461876-7

After the Emperor's operation, a smallpox outbreak brings quarantine and a fight against a disease with no known cure until a fragile possibility appears.