- All Roads Lead to the Sea, Auckland University Press, 1997;
- Dismemberment, Auckland University Press, 1998;
- Reconnaissance, Penguin Books, NZ, 1999;
- Love in the Land of Midas, Penguin Books, NZ, 2001;
- Someone Else's Life, Bloodaxe, 2003;
- Geography for the Lost, Bloodaxe, 2007;
- Villa Pacifica, Penguin Books, NZ, 2010
In 2008, Kassabova published
Street Without a Name: Childhood and Other Misadventures in Bulgaria, which The Guardian newspaper called a "profound meditation on the depth of change triggered by the events of 1989 throughout eastern Europe" .