* The Sinner: A Novel (2007)
* Atonement: A Novel (2009)
* The Beautiful American: A Novel (2010)
* The Widow's Tale: A Novel (2012)
* The Only Way Out: A Memoir of Escape from North Korea (2015)
* The Refugees: A Novel (2017)
* The Unquiet: A Novel (2019)
* The Hurt: A Novel (2022)
Short stories:
* "North of the DMZ" (2008)
* "The Translator" (2009)
* "The Defector" (2011)
* "The Orphan" (2013)
* "The Survivor" (2015)
* "The Escape" (2017)
* "The Crossing" (2019)
* "The Last One" (2021)
Essays:
* "Why I Write" (2010)
* "The Power of Words" (2012)
* "The Importance of Empathy" (2014)
* "The Refugee Crisis" (2016)
* "The Threat of North Korea" (2018)
* "The Future of America" (2020)
* "The Power of Hope" (2022)
Other:
* Introduction to "Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea" by Barbara Demick (2011)
* Foreword to "The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story" by Hyeonseo Lee (2015)
* Afterword to "In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom" by Yeonmi Park (2015)