- "China:A Memoir, 1964-72" (1972)
- "Mao Tse-Tung:A Biography" (1980)
- "Vägen till makt" (1983)
- "The Making of a Monster:The Biography of Mao Zedong" (2010)
- "The Nanjing Atrocities:1937–38" (2011)
2. Skönlitteratur
- "My Enemy's Enemy" (1983)
- "Heaven's Fury:A Novel of China in Revolution" (1989)
- "Trollslända" (1990)
- "The Blood of Beijing:A Novel of the Chinese Revolution" (1992)
- "The Gate" (1994)
- "Brödernas blod:En roman om Kina, 1927" (1996)
- "The Heaven Seekers" (1998)
- "Ghost Orchid:A Novel of War, Love, and Survival in China" (1999)
- "Heaven's Fury" (1999)
- "Brotherly Lust" (2000)
- "Den femte moderniseringen:En roman om makt, sex och skandal i ett stigande Kina" (2001)
- "The Chinese Affair:A Novel" (2003)
- "Krigets konst:En roman om Napoleons invasion av Ryssland" (2005)
- "The Great American Novels" (2010)