* _I, Koriander_ (1984)
* _Moonraker's Bride_ (1986)
* _Krabbens år_ (1987)
* _Slangen_ (1989)
* _Isbjørnen _ (1990)
* _Den forbudte by _ (1991)
* _Drømmesøen _ (1992)
* _The River God's Daughter_ (1993)
* _Dragon's Child _ (1994)
* _Hestens år _ (1997)
* _Daughter of the Gods_ (1999)
* _Fuglenes konge _ (2001)
* _Ulven om vinteren _ (2003)
* _The White Phoenix _ (2005)
* _Kejserens heste _ (2007)
* _Jademanden _ (2009)
* _Tigerkrigeren_ (2011)
* _Slangekongen _ (2013)
* _Monkey's Mask _ (2015)
* _Påfuglens hus _ (2017)
* _Nattergalens sang_ (2019)
* _De syv træers have _ (2021)
Faglitteratur
* _From the Mountains of Hell:The History of the Chin People_ (1988)
* _The People of the Mist:The Story of the Kachin People_ (1990)
* _Under the Golden Sun:The Story of the Moken Sea Nomads_ (1995)
* _A Journey Through the Land of the Naga_ (1997)
* _The Rice Mother:A Story of Life in Laos_ (2000)
* _Kinas store hungersnød:A History of the Mass Starvation of 1958-1962_ (2005)
* _Indien:Et portræt_ (2010)
* _The Last Man Standing:The Life of Deng Xiaoping_ (2013)
* _Kina:En ny historie, 1911-2011_ (2014)
* _Kinafilen:Nye hemmeligheder og skandaler_ (2015)