* "Filipinas: A Novel of Five Women"*
* "Everything You Ever Wanted"
Non-Fiction Books:
* "Letters to My Son"*
* "Secrets and Lies: Surviving the Pain of Betrayal"*
* "The Color of Love: A Memoir of Cuba and America"*
Short Story Collections:
* "The Memory Box"
* "Waiting"
* "This World"
Poetry:
* "Nightingale"
* "The Lost Orchard"
* "The House on Mango Street"
Children's Books:
* "Tia Isa Wants a Car"*
* "Grandma's Records"
* "Elvira's Music"