* The Discovery of Slowness (1983)
* The Life Before You (1990)
* En mann i huset (1993)
* Den andre kvinnen (1995)
* Min fars historie (1998)
* Den elskede kvinnen (2001)
* The Last Resort (2004)
* Dommeren og bøddelen hans (2007)
* Politikerens kone (2009)
* The Publisher (2012)
Noveller
* Too Late for Love (1985)
* The House of Beautiful Things (1987)
* The Voice of Silence (1989)
* Den siste dansen (1992)
* Reisen til Ithaca (1994)
* The Happiness of Despair (1996)
* Kunsten å si farvel (1998)
* The Dream of the Prophet (2000)
* The Hope of the Damned (2002)
* The Love of the Stranger (2004)
Essays og sakprosa
* The Art of Failure (1991)
* The Power of Hope (1994)
* Øyeblikkets magi (1997)
* The Wisdom of Age (2000)
* Dødens skjønnhet (2003)
* The Philosophy of Life (2006)
* Theology of Hope (2009)
* The Ethics of Responsibility (2012)