The Good Earth (novel) 1931, reprinted 1982
Sons (novel) 1932, reprinted 1975
The Young Revolutionist (juvenile literature) 1932
The First Wife, and Other Stories (short stories) 1933, reprinted, 1963
A House Divided (novel) 1935, reprinted, 1975
The Proud Heart (novel) 1938, reprinted, 1965
The Chinese Children Next Door (juvenile literature) 1942
The Big Wave (juvenile literature) 1948; reprinted, 1973
My Several Worlds: A Personal Record (autobiography) 1954; reprinted, 1975
Imperial Woman (novel) 1956; reprinted, 1977
Letter From Peking (novel) 1957; reprinted, 1975
Friend to Friend: A Candid Exchange between Pearl S. Buck and Carlos P. Romulo (nonfiction) 1958
Command the Morning (novel) 1959; reprinted, 1975
A Desert Incident (drama) 1959
A Bridge for Passing (autobiography) 1962
The Living Reed (novel) 1963; reprinted, 1979
Death in the Castle (novel) 1965
The People of Japan (nonfiction) 1966
The Time Is Noon (novel) 1967
The Good Deed, and Other Stories of Asia, Past and Present (short stories) 1969
The Three Daughters of Madame Liang (novel) 1969
Mandala (novel) 1970
Pearl S. Buck's America (nonfiction) 1971
Secrets of the Heart: Stories (short stories) 1976
The Old Demon (short stories) 1982
Little Red (short stories) 1987