Manners and Society
- 1940 - The Seven Chars of Chelsea
- 1943 - War Factory (with Tom Harrisson)
Novels
- 1958 - The Hours Before Dawn; (Edgar Award for Best Novel, 1960)
- 1959 - Uncle Paul
- 1961 - Seven Lean Years (US: Wait for the Wedding)
- 1963 - The Trouble Makers
- 1964 - The Jealous One
- 1967 - Prisoner's Base
- 1969 - Possession
- 1972 - Appointment with Yesterday
- 1975 - The Long Shadow
- 1977 - The Spider-Orchid
- 1980 - With No Crying
- 1982 - The Parasite Person
- 1990 - Listening in the Dusk
- 1991 - Dangerous Thoughts
- 1993 - The Echoing Stones
- 1994 - King of the World
Collections
- 1970 - Don't Go to Sleep in the Dark
- 1974 - By Horror Haunted
- 1984 - A Lovely Day to Die
Poetry
- 1996 - Duet in Verse (with Leslie Minchin)
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