His books, in order of publication, are:
- Disappearances (1977)
- Where the Rivers Flow North (1978)
- Marie Blythe (1983)
- A Stranger in the Kingdom (1989)
- Northern Borders (1994)
- North Country (nonfiction) (1997)
- The Fall of the Year (1999)
- The True Account (2003)
- Waiting for Teddy Williams (2004)
- On Kingdom Mountain (2007)
- Walking to Gatlinburg (2010)