Most of her works are centred around nomadic life in the Altay region of Xinjiang.
[3] Most of her works detail her personal experiences of the landscape and Kazakh nomads of Xinjiang's Altay region.
[1] Li was among the winners of the Seventh Lu Xun Literary Prize (2014–17).
[4] In a New York Times article, Eric Abrahamsen wrote that Li's career has taken a "wild path" and that she "may be as far outside of the system as Chinese writers are able to get and still publish".
[5] Nine Snows (2003)[1] My Altay (2010)[1] Corners of Altay (2010)[1] Travelling Through the Night: Please Sing Out Loud (2011)[1] Remember Little, Forget More (2017)[2] Distant Sunflower Fields (2021) translated by Christopher Payne[6] Winter Pasture: One Woman's Journey with China's Kazakh Herders (2021) translated by Jack Hargreaves and Yan Yan[7]