Books in English
- The Face behind the mask: Women in Tamil literature (1984)
- A Purple Sea (Translated by Lakshmi Holmstrom) (1992)
- Novellas and Essays by C.S Lakshmi
- Body blows: women, violence, and survival (2000)
- Seven seas & seven mountains: Volume 1: The Singer and the Song — Conversations with Women Musicians (2000)
- Seven seas & seven mountains: Volume 2: Mirrors and Gestures – Conversations with Women Dancers (2003)
- Two Novellas and a Story (2003)
- The Unhurried City – Writings on Chennai (2003)
- In A Forest, A Deer: Stories By Ambai (Translated by Lakshmi Holmstrom) (2006)
- Fish In A Dwindling Lake by Ambai (Translated by Lakshmi Holmström) (2012)
- A Night With A Black Spider: Stories by Ambai (Translated by Lakshmi Holmström) (2013)
- When I Was Young: Walking Erect With An Unfaltering Gaze
- A Meeting on the Andheri Overbridge: Sudha Gupta Investigates (2016)
- As The Day Darkens
Books in Tamil
- Nandimalai Charalilae (lit. At Nandi Hills) (1962)
- Andhi Malai(lit. Twilight) (1967)
- Sirakukal muriyum (lit. Wings will be broken), Kalachuvadu (1976)
- Veetin mulaiyil oru camaiyalarai (lit. A kitchen in the corner of the house) (1988)
- Ambai : Kalacchuvadu Nerkanalgal (lit. Kalachuvadu Interviews with Ambai), Kalachuvadu (1998)
- Kaatil Oru Maan (lit. A Deer in the Forest), Kalachuvadu (2000)
- Varrum eriyin meengal (lit. Fish in a drying pond), Kalachuvadu (2007)
- Anteri mempalattil oru cantippu: Cuta Kuptavin tuppariyum anupavankaḷ (2014)
Book In French
- De Haute Lutte byAmbai (translated by Dominique Vitalyosand Krishna Nagarathinam)
All About Ambai 