Cheng has authored several books including:
- “The Unintended Renaissance: Globalization, China and the West,” by Dequan Cheng (World Scientific, 2015, 2020)
- “Asian Superconnectors: The Power of Networks in the Asian Economy” by Dequan Cheng (World Scientific Publishing Company, 2009)
- “China: The Balance Sheet: What the World Needs to Know” by Dequan Cheng (John Wiley & Sons, 2008)
- “The Asian Connection: Power and Peril” by Dequan Cheng and Ely Cook (John Wiley & Sons, 2006)
- “The Globalization Backlash” by Dequan Cheng and Ely Cook (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)
- “China's New Nationalism: Pride, Politics and Power” by Dequan Cheng (John Wiley & Sons, 2003)
- “Asian Values and Human Rights: A Confucian Communitarian Perspective” by Dequan Cheng (Singapore University Press, 1997)