* _An Island Called Newfoundland_ (1989)
* _The China Wall_ (1991)
* _Hong Kong: A Novel_ (1993)
* _The Mao Case_ (1995)
* _The Joy Luck Club_ (with Amy Tan) (1989)
* _The Kitchen God's Wife_ (1991)
* _The Red Azalea_ (1994)
* _Wong Kiu Kit and the Last Days of Hong Kong_ (1997)
* _The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts_ (1976)
Non-fiction
* _Big Henry and the Polka-Dot Tie_ (2004)
* _The Joy Luck Club Study Guide_ (1989)
* _Land Without Ghosts_ (1989)
* _The Living Circle_ (1989)
* _The Secret Life of Plants_ (1973)
* _Where the Wild Thinsg Are_ (1963)