Li Hun (Ritualization of the Soul)
Poetry collectionDangdai Zhongguo qingnian shiren congshu, Xi’an, China 1985
Objave Yang Lian
Huang Hun (Desolate Soul)
Poetry collectionShanghai Wenyi Press, Shanghai, China 1986
Pilgerfahrt
Hand-Presse, Innsbruck 1987
Huang (Yellow)
Poetry collection (banned)Renmin Wenxue Press, Beijing, China 1989
Ren de Zijue (Man’s Self-Awakening)
Collection of essays (banned)Sichuan Renmin Press, Sichuan, China 1989
Masks and Crocodile (Mian ju yu e yu)
Collection of poems in English translation with Chinese textUniversity of Sydney, East Asian Series No. 3., Sydney, Australia 1990
The Dead in Exile (Liu wang de si zhe)
Collection of poems in English translation with Chinese textTiananmen Publications, Australia 1990
Taiyang Yu Ren (The Sun and the People)
Poetry collectionHunan Wenyi Press, Hunan, China 1991
Gedichte
Ammann Verlag, Zürich 1993
Yi (Yi)
Series of poemsModern Poetry Books, Taipei, Taiwan 1994
Gui Hua (Ghost Speak)
Selection of proses“Lian-Jing” Publisher Company, Taipei, Taiwan 1994
Ren Jing – Gui Hua (Human Scene – Ghost Speak)
Selection of proses. [co-authored with Yo Yo]Central Translation Press, Beijing, China 1994
Masken und Krokodile
Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1994
Where the Sea Stands Still (Da hai ting zhi zhi chu)
Sequence poem in English translation and Chinese textWellsweep Press, London, United Kingdom 1995
Geisterreden
Ammann-Verlag, Zürich 1995
Der Ruhepunkt des Meeres (Da hai ting zhi zhi chu)
Selection of poems in German translationEdition Solitude, Stuutgart, Germany 1996
Yang Lian Zuo Pin 1982 – 1997 (Yang Lian’s Works: 1982 – 1997)
Selected poems, proses, essays (two volumes)Shanghai Wenyi Press, Shanghai, China 1998
Where the Sea Stands Still – New Poems (Da hai ting zhi zhi chu – Xin shi ji)
Cellection of poems in English translationBloodaxe Books, Newcastle, United Kingdom 1999
Yue Shi De Qi Ge Ban Ye (Seven half nights of Lunar Eclipse)
Collection of ProsesLianhe Wenxue Congshu (Unita Books), Taipei, Taiwan 2001
Was hat uns das Exil gebracht?(Liu wang shi wo men huo de le shen me)
Dialoque in German translation between Yang Lian and Gao Xing JianDAAD, Berlin, Germany 2001
Yi
Green Integer, Los Angeles 2002
Xing Fu Gui Hun Shou Ji - Yang Lian Xin Zuo 1998 –2002 (Yang Lian’s new works: 1998 --2002 )
Collection of New works (Poetry, Proses, Essaies)Shanghai Wenyi Press, Shanghai, China 2003
Yan Shi (Dark Blue Poems)
Collection of poems with a long interviewQingxiang Press, Taipei, Taiwan 2009
Yi Zuo Xiang Xia Xiu Jian De Ta (A Tower Built Downward)
Selection of EssaysFenghuang Press, Beijing, China 2009
Aufzeichnungen eines glückseligen Damons (Xing fu gui hun shou ji)
Selection of poems and reflections in German translationSuhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt/Berlin, Germany 2009