* The Laundry Worker's Daughter (2003)
* Lies My Mother Never Told Me (2004)
* Dreaming of America: A Memoir of Two Koreas (2007)
* Say You're One of Them (2011)
* Pachinko Club (2015)
* The Girl in the Glow (2017)
* Tigers, Tigers, Burning Bright (2020)
Short stories:
* "Seoul Food" (2002)
* "The Orphan's Tale" (2003)
* "The Lucky One" (2004)
* "The Green Card" (2005)
* "The Last Korean Story" (2006)
* "The Korean Mother" (2007)
* "The Korean American" (2008)
* "The Korean Daughter" (2009)
* "The Korean Sister" (2010)
* "The Korean Wife" (2011)
Essays:
* "On Being a Korean American" (2003)
* "Why I Write About Korea" (2004)
* "The Meaning of Home" (2005)
* "The Immigrant Experience" (2006)
* "The Importance of Family" (2007)
* "The Power of Love" (2008)
* "The Search for Identity" (2009)
* "The American Dream" (2010)
* "The Future of Korea" (2011)
* "The Korean American Novel" (2012)
Other:
* "Introduction" to The Color of Air by Gail Tsukiyama (2013)
* "Afterword" to The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka (2014)
* "Foreword" to The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (2015)