# Is "Pachinko" by Min Jin Lee a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (Grand Central Publishing, 2017) is identified by: The first printing carries the Grand Central Publishing imprint with a full number line ending in 1 on the copyright page (commonly noting First Edition: February 2017). The US Grand Central edition (February 2017) is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- The first printing carries the Grand Central Publishing imprint with a full number line ending in 1 on the copyright page (commonly noting First Edition: February 2017)
- First-state jacket is without National Book Award finalist or later television tie-in slugs
- Publisher imprint reads Grand Central Publishing
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Min Jin Lee |
| Publisher | Grand Central Publishing |
| Year | 2017 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | The first printing carries the Grand Central Publishing imprint with a full number line ending in 1 on the copyright page (commonly noting… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
The first printing carries the Grand Central Publishing imprint with a full number line ending in 1 on the copyright page (commonly noting First Edition: February 2017). First-state jacket is without National Book Award finalist or later television tie-in slugs.

## Is this the true first?
The US Grand Central edition (February 2017) is the true first. The UK Apollo/Head of Zeus edition appeared a couple of weeks later in February 2017 and followed it.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition is the issue. Later printings drop the 1 from the number line and add award or tie-in bands to the jacket.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Pachinko* by Min Jin Lee a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/pachinko
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.