Fiction

• ARRANGED MARRIAGE: Stories (1995)
• THE MISTRESS OF SPICES (1997)
• SISTER OF MY HEART (1999)
• THE UNKNOWN ERRORS OF OUR LIVES: Stories (2001)
• NEELA: Victory Song (2002)
• THE VINE OF DESIRE (2002)
• THE CONCH BEARER: Brotherhood of the Conch (2003)
• QUEEN OF DREAMS (2004)
• THE MIRROR OF FIRE AND DREAMING: Brotherhood of the Conch, Book 2 (2005)
• THE PALACE OF ILLUSIONS (2008)
• SHADOWLAND: Brotherhood of the Conch, Book 3 (2009)
• ONE AMAZING THING (2010)
• OLEANDER GIRL (2013)
• GRANDMA AND THE GREAT GOURD (2013)

Poetry

• THE REASON FOR NASTURTIUMS (1990)
• BLACK CANDLE (1991)
• LEAVING YUBA CITY (1997)

Anthologies

• MULTITUDE: Cross-Cultural Readings for Writers (1993)
• WE, TOO, SING AMERICA: A Reader for Writers (1997)
• CALIFORNIA UNCOVERED: Stories for the 21st Century (2004)