* The Complete Collected Poems of Patricia Ellen McClinton (2003)
* Bone the Butcher's Daughter (March 1997)
* The Cutting Room (1989)
* The Living and the Dead (1984)
* Bottle Green (1979)
Short Stories
* "The Bloodletting Cup," in The Kenyon Review (1981)
* "The Dead Dog," in The Antioch Review (1984)
* "The Night of the Great Storm," in The Southern Review (1986)
* "The Sleeping Beauty," in The Atlantic Monthly (1988)
* "The Woman Who Loved the Horses," in The New Yorker (1989)
Essays and Articles
* "My Mother's Garden," in The Missouri Review (1983)
* "The Art of Fiction," in The Paris Review (1985)
* "The Writer's Life," in The New York Times Book Review (1987)
* "The Pleasures of Reading," in The Washington Post Book World (1989)
* "The Importance of Being Earnest," in The New Criterion (1991)
Reviews
* Review of The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, in The New York Times Book Review (1989)
* Review of The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields, in The Washington Post Book World (1993)
* Review of The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, in The New York Times Book Review (1998)
* Review of The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, in The Washington Post Book World (2000)
* Review of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, in The New York Times Book Review (2003)