* The Joy Luck Club (1989)
* The Kitchen God's Wife (1993)
* The Hundred Secret Senses (1995)
* Disobedience (1999)
* The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution, 1895-1980 (1991)
Short stories
* "Two Kinds"
* "The Joy Luck Club"
* "The Moon Lady"
* "Scar"
* "China Men"
* "American History"
* "The Wedding"
* "The Red Carpet"
* "Lindy and Ming"
* "The Chinese American woman and the immigrant experience"
Essays
* "On Writing Memoir"
* "The Art of Fiction"
* "The Great Wall: A Personal Journey"
* "The Future of China"
* "The Chinese and the American Dream"