Novels
BARN BLIND 1980
AT PARADISE GATE 1981
DUPLICATE KEYS 1984
THE GREENLANDERS 1988
A THOUSAND ACRES 1991
MOO 1995
THE ALL-TRUE TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF LIDIE NEWTON 1998
HORSE HEAVEN 2000
GOOD FAITH 2003
TEN DAYS IN THE HILLS 2007
THE GEORGES AND THE JEWELS 2009
PRIVATE LIFE 2010
A GOOD HORSE 2010
SOME LUCK 2014
EARLY WARNING 2015
GOLDEN AGE 2015

Nonfiction
CATSKILL CRAFTS 1988
CHARLES DICKENS 2003
A YEAR AT THE RACES: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck 2004
THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT THE NOVEL 2005
THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE COMPUTER 2010

Short Story collections
THE AGE OF GRIEF 1987
ORDINARY LOVE & GOOD WILL 1989