- *Agonyens hage* (Saint-Exupéry-prisen 1990)
- *The Palace of Dawn* (Frankrike-kulturprisen 1992)
- *Veien til evigheten* (Prix Bretagne 2005)
- *The Boat of Exiles* (2007)
- *Landet uten stjerner* (2009)
- *The Book of Hours* (History Novel Prize 2011)
Noveller:
- «Den siste sommeren» (1986)
- "The Devil's Pond" (1988)
- "The Night of the Shooting Stars" (1994)
Poesi:
- *The Song of the Desert* (1990)
- *The Body of Light* (2000)
- *Himmelens blomster* (2010)
Essays:
- *The Sense of Travel* (2004)
- *In Praise of Silence* (2008)
- *Verdens skjønnhet* (2013)