- *Oil on Water* (1999)
- *Chinatown Beat* (2001)
- *The Chinese Lady: A Novel of Two Chinas* (2002)
- *The House of Spirit Doors* (2004)
- *L.A. Chinatown* (2005)
- *Confucian's Ghost* (2007)
- *All That Heaven Allows* (2009)
- *Dressed in Dreams* (2011)
- *The Jade Fan Murders* (2013)
- *The Book of a Thousand Days* (2014)
- *The Girl in the Red Coat* (2016)
- *Sing Me Home* (2017)
- *The Paper Wife* (2020)
Nonfiction:
- *Unbecoming: A Memoir of Disobedience* (2007)