* _Village School_ (1959)
* _Morning in Shanghai_ (1961)
* _The Song of Youth_ (1979)
* _Echo of the Earth_ (1984)
* _The City of Flowers_ (1994)
* _The Bridge_ (1999)
Short story collections
* _Spring Comes to the River_ (1958)
* _The Distant Village_ (1962)
* _The New Year's Sacrifice_ (1972)
* _The Land of Love_ (1981)
* _The Old Master_ (1990)
Memoirs and essays
* _My Life in Literature_ (1992)
* _Selected Essays of Ge Sai_ (2001)
Children's books
* _Little Hedgehog and the Red Lantern_ (1959)
* _The Little White Goat_ (1960)
* _The Magic Paintbrush_ (1978)
Plays
* _The Long March_ (1964)
* _Red Crag_ (1970)
* _The Road_ (1980)