* Grimus (1975)
* Midnight's Children (1981)
* Shame (1983)
* The Jaguar Smile (1987)
* The Satanic Verses (1988)
* Haroun and the Sea of Stories (1990)
* East, West (1994)
* The Moor's Last Sigh (1995)
* The Ground Beneath Her Feet (1999)
* Fury (2001)
* Shalimar the Clown (2005)
* The Enchantress of Florence (2008)
* Luka and the Fire of Life (2010)
* Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights (2015)
* The Golden House (2017)
* Quichotte (2019)
Short story collections
* East, West (1994)
* Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism, 1981–1991 (1991)
* Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction, 1992–2002 (2002)
Non-fiction
* The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey (1987)
* Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism, 1981–1991 (1991)
* Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction, 1992–2002 (2002)
* Joseph Anton: A Memoir (2012)
Children's books
* Haroun and the Sea of Stories (1990)
* Luka and the Fire of Life (2010)