Novels and Short Story Collections
- Waldo (1967)
- Fong and the Indians (1968)
- Murder in Mount Holly (1969)
- Girls at Play (1971)
- Jungle Lovers (1971)
- Sinning with Annie (short stories, 1972)
- Saint Jack (1973)
- The Black House (1974)
- The Family Arsenal (1976)
- The Consul's File (linked short stories, 1977)
- Picture Palace (1978)
- A Christmas Card (1978)
- London Snow (1980)
- World's End (short stories, 1980)
- The Mosquito Coast (1981)
- The London Embassy (linked short stories, 1982)
- Doctor Slaughter (1984) – filmed as Half Moon Street (1986)
- O-Zone (1986)
- The White Man's Burden (1987)
- My Secret History (1989)
- Chicago Loop (1990)
- Millroy the Magician (1993)
- The Greenest Island (1995)
- My Other Life (1996)
- Kowloon Tong (1997)
- Hotel Honolulu (2001)
- Nurse Wolf And Dr. Sacks (2001)
- Stranger At The Palazzo D'Oro (novellas and short stories, 2004)
- Blinding Light (2006)
- The Elephanta Suite (three novellas, 2007)
- A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta (2009)
- The Lower River (2012)
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