* "Family Values" (2021)
* "The Most Beautiful Woman in Town" (2019)
* "The Killing Years" (2017)
* "The Billionaire's Son" (2016)
* "The Fortune Teller's Daughter" (2015)
* "China Boy" (2013)
* "Angel Island" (2009)
* "The Five Lives of Vincent Li" (2022)
Non-fiction:
* "The Spirit of Kung Fu" (with Shi Xinggui, 2008)
* "The Tao of Travel: Wisdom for the Journey" (2010)
* "The Great Wall: A Cultural History" (2013)
* "The River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze" (2017)