Novels

• A Pale View of Hills (1982)
• An Artist of the Floating World (1986)
• The Remains of the Day (1989)
• The Unconsoled (1995)
• When We Were Orphans (2000)
• ✔ Never Let Me Go (2005)

Screenplays

• A Profile of Arthur J. Mason (Original Screenplay for Channel 4)[8][9] (1984)
• The Gourmet (Original Screenplay for the BBC; the script was later published in Granta 43) [10] (1987)
• The Saddest Music in the World (Original Screenplay) (2003)
• The White Countess (Original Screenplay) (2005)

Short fiction

• Three short stories in Introduction 7: Stories by New Writers (1981): 'A Strange and Sometimes Sadness’, ‘Waiting for J’ and ‘Getting Poisoned’
• A Family Supper - short story first published in 1982
• Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall (2009)