Mr B.C. Lai has published over 30 books throughout his artistic journey.
Watercolour Painting of Michael B.C.Lai (1964)
Whisper of Mind (Poems and prose. 1966)
Art and You (1973)
More talks on Young Artists (1974)
On Tours in Europe (1974)
Watercolour Painting of Michael B.C.Lai (1976)
Sketches of Europe (1977)
Painting of Michael B.C.Lai (1981)
Children’s Fresco Facsimile and Creation with Melody I (1983)
Children’s Fresco Facsimile and Creation with Melody II (1984)
Children’s Fresco Facsimile and Creation with Melody III (1984)
Children’s Fresco Facsimile and Creation with Melody IV (1984)
Children’s Fresco Facsimile and Creation with Melody V (1985)
Children’s Fresco Facsimile and Creation with Melody VI (1986)
Children’s Fresco Facsimile and Creation with Melody VII (1987)
Children’s Fresco Facsimile and Creation with Melody VIII (1988)
The Value of Life (Prose. 1989)
International Children Art Appreciation (1989)
Children’s Fresco Facsimile and Creation with Melody IX (1990)
The Old Chinese Calligraphers and Michael Lai (Chinese Painting 1990)
Children Art Education (Published by Chinese University Press 1991)
A Song to Nature (Watercolour and Poems 1991)
Children’s Fresco Facsimile and Creation with Melody X (1992)
Bauhinia Blooms in Town (1992)
Cactus (100 Children poetry with illustrations by Maya Lai 1997)
A Book “Forty Years Down Memory Lane”(Published in November 1999)
“Friends Sixty” (Published in October 2002 to celebrate Michael’s 60th Birthday)
Gems in Children’s Drawings and Poems (2003)
Gentle Breeze Bright Moon (Letters to the Youths 2005)
Our Life Our Community Markham (Markham Heritages in Watercolour & Sketches 2005)
Our Life Our Community Richmond Hill (Richmond Hill Heritages in Watercolour & Sketches 2008)
Gems in Children’s Drawings and Poems (2008)
Our Life Our Community Richmond Hill II (Richmond Hill Heritages in Watercolour & Sketches 2016)