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Originally Posted by BetterRead
King Rat is fourth chronologically, but it is actually Clavell's first novel. Two of the main characters show up later in Noble House, although you don't need to have read King Rat prior to Noble House.
Tai-Pan, on the other hand, provides much-needed background to Noble House, as it involves the founding of Struan's trading company, the "Noble House" of the title. Noble House, set 120 years later, is a more-or-less direct sequel to Tai-Pan, featuring descendants and plot threads from the earlier book. (I have not read Clavell's last book, Gai-Jin, which is set 20 years after Tai-Pan and 100 years before Noble House and features yet another descendant of the Struan clan.)
Tai-Pan is currently on sale for $1.99 at Amazon. I highly recommend it.
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How very convoluted! I'll just get them all as they go on sale.