* *Land of the Blessed Ghosts* (Singapore: Times Books International, 1997)
* *The Teardrop Song* (Singapore: Epigram Books, 2011)
* *The Girl and the Ghost Tree* (Singapore: Epigram Books, 2014)
* *Dream Storeys - The Selected Short Stories of John Lye* (Singapore: Epigram Books, 2016)
* *If We Dream Too Long* (Singapore: Epigram Books, 2019)
Non-fiction:
* *Reading Singapore Literature* (Singapore: SNP Editions, 2011)
* *The Art of the Short Story* (Singapore: SNP Editions, 2013)
* *From the Edge of Asia – New Short Stories from Singapore* (editor, Singapore: Objectifs Editions, 2015)
* *The Writer's Journey* (Singapore: Ethos Books, 2020)
Plays:
* *The Dragon’s Lair* (Staged 1998, Published 2001)
* *The Dream of Sam Loy* (Staged 2003, Published 2008)