- Light for Beginners
- Falling Towards England
- The Enclave
- The Lie
- The Art of Falling
- The Distance
- The Long Road Home
Short stories
- "The Last True Believer"
- "The Uninvited Guest"
- "The House Guest"
- "The Lost Child"
- "The Girl Who Fell from the Sky"
- "The Woman in the Window"
Essays and articles
- "The Future of Fiction"
- "Why I Write"
- "The Importance of Reading"
- "The Role of the Writer in Society"
- "The Art of Storytelling"
Awards
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize
- Whitbread Award
- Guardian Fiction Prize
- Somerset Maugham Award