* The Love Boat (2006)
* The Heaven That Never Came (2011)
* Girlhood (2014)
* She's a Keeper (2017)
* The Palace of Imperfect Perfection (2021)
Essays and Memoir
* "My American Education" (2013)
* "The Making of a Chinese-American" (2014)
* "On Being a Good Chinese Daughter" (2016)
* "The Chinese New Year That Wasn't" (2017)
* "Why I Write" (2018)
* "The Forbidden Book Club" (2020)
Awards
* Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (2014)
* PEN/Malamud Award (2018)