- "China:A Memoir, 1964-72" (1972)
- "Mao Tse-Tung:A Biography" (1980)
- "Vejen til magten" (1983)
- "The Making of a Monster:The Biography of Mao Zedong" (2010)
- "The Nanjing Atrocities:1937-38" (2011)
2. Skønlitteratur
- "Min fjendes fjende" (1983)
- "Heaven's Fury:A Novel of China in Revolution" (1989)
- "Dragonfly" (1990)
- "The Blood of Beijing:A Novel of the Chinese Revolution" (1992)
- "The Gate" (1994)
- "Blood of Brothers:A Novel of China, 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 modernisering:En roman om magt, sex og skandale i et stigende Kina" (2001)
- "The Chinese Affair:A Novel" (2003)
- "Krigens kunst:En roman om Napoleons invasion af Rusland" (2005)
- "De store amerikanske romaner" (2010)