- "Things Remembered" (1993)
- "On Gold Mountain" (1995)
- "The Chinaberry Tree" (1997)
- "Red Cloud Pass" (1999)
- "Woman at War" (2001)
- "The Dragon's Child" (2003)
- "The Golden Braid" (2005)
- "The Land of Fury" (2007)
- "The Pearl of Tibet" (2009)
- "Song of the Jade Lotus" (2011)
- "The Daughter of the House" (2013)
- "The Empress's Secret" (2015)
Non-fiction:
- "China Dawn: A Daughter of China Looks Back at the Cultural Revolution" (1996)
- "One Woman's Journey: From the Cultural Revolution to the Stars" (2010)
- "Chinese Whispers: Secrets, Spies, and the Story of China's Imperial Spies" (2016)