* The Karoo in My Blood (stories, 1983)
* The Crass Menagerie (stories, 1985)
* Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena (novel, 1985)
* The Price of Salt (novel, 1986)
* Die Verstekeling (novella, 1986)
* The Last Wilderness (novel, 1987)
* The Gods, The Girls and Uncle (stories, 1988)
* Die Blou van Onthou (novel, 1991)
* The Yellow Line (novel, 1992)
* The Tents of Wickedness (novel, 1998)
* The Blue Crane (novel, 1999)
* The Dollmaker of Krugersdorp (stories, 2000)
* The Yellow House of Van Gogh (stories, 2003)
* The Housekeeper (novella, 2004)
* The Woman in the Cupboard (novel, 2006)
* Children of the Waterberg (novel, 2007)
* The White Road (novel, 2008)
* The Small Town Murder (novel, 2009)
* The Tin Heart (novel, 2010)
* The Village of Angels (novel, 2012)
* The House of Many Sorrows (novel, 2013)
* The Houseboy (novel, 2014)
* The Girl in the Veld (novel, 2015)
* The Lost Girls (novel, 2016)
* The House at Sugar Beach (novel, 2017)
* The House of Storms (novel, 2018)
* The House of Birds (novel, 2019)
* The House of Dreams (novel, 2020)
* The House of Lies (novel, 2021)
Non-fiction
* The History of the South African Navy (1981)
* The Boers: A History (1989)
* The Boer War: A History (2000)
* The Dutch in South Africa: A History (2004)
* The Zulus: A History (2008)
* The Xhosas: A History (2011)
* The Sothos: A History (2014)
* The Tswanas: A History (2017)
* The Vendas: A History (2020)