- "All the Way to Heaven" (2006)
- "Happy Talk: The Unlikely Pleasures of Depression" (2021)
- "The Devil at Oxford: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll" (1999)
- "Every Mother's Son" (2003)
- "Funny Man: A Novel" (1994)
- "The Girl Who Cried: A Novel of Love and Death" (2009)
- "The God Game" (1995)
- "Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg: A Novel of Intrigue and Diplomacy" (2010)
- "The Killing Season: A Novel" (2013)
- "Life at the Speed of Light: A Novel of Love and Obsession" (2014)
- "Outcast: A Novel" (1993)
- "The Power of the Dog" (1997)
- "The Year of the Serpent: A Novel of Espionage and Deception" (2007)
Short stories:
- "The Call of the Wild" (2000)
- "Love and Death in the American Outback" (2002)
Articles:
- "The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel of Love and Death" (1984)
- "The Uses of Literature" (1985)
- "The Art of Fiction" (1986)
- "The Future of the Novel" (1987)
- "The Writer and the World" (1988)