Novels

• War for the Oaks (1987)
• Falcon (1989)
• Bone Dance (1991; nominated for Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards)
• Finder (1994)
• The Princess and the Lord of Night (1994)
• Freedom and Necessity (1997, with Steven Brust)
• Territory (July 2007)

Short Works

• "Rending Dark" (1984) in Sword and Sorceress, edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• "Badu's Luck" (1985) in Liavek
• "The Well-Made Plan" (1986) in Liavek: The Players of Luck
• "Danceland Blood" (1986, with Will Shetterly) as "Danceland" in Bordertown, edited by Terri Windling
• "Wonders of the Invisible World" (1988 essay) in October-November issue of New North Artscape
• "A Bird That Whistles" (1989) in Hidden Turnings, edited by Diana Wynne Jones
• "Why I Write Fantasy" (1990 essay) in Pulphouse 6
• "Silver or Gold" (1992) in After the King: Stories in Honor of J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Martin H. Greenberg
• "The Stepsister’s Story" (1995) in The Armless Maiden, edited by Terri Windling
• "Joshua Tree" (2002) in The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
• "The Black Fox" (2003) in Firebirds, edited by Sharyn November
• "De La Tierra" (2004) in The Faery Reel, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
• "What Used to Be Good Still Is" (2006) in Firebirds Rising, edited by Sharyn November

Collection

• "Visionary" (poem)
• "Why I Write Fantasy" (essay)
• "Rending Dark"
• "Badu's Luck"
• "The Well-Made Plan"
• "A Bird That Whistles"
• "Danceland Blood" (with Will Shetterly)
• "Wonders of the Invisible World" (essay)

Anthology Series

• Liavek (1985, Ace Books, edited with Will Shetterly)
• The Players of Luck (1986, Ace Books, edited with Will Shetterly)
• Wizard's Row (1987, Ace Books, edited with Will Shetterly)
• Spells of Binding (1988, Ace Books, edited with Will Shetterly)
• Festival Week (1990, Ace Books, edited with Will Shetterly)

• Nominee, 1988 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for War for the Oaks
• Nominee, 1991 Philip K. Dick Award, Best Novel for Bone Dance
• Nominee, 1992 World Fantasy Award, Best Novel for Bone Dance
• Nominee, 1992 Hugo, Best Novel for Bone Dance
• Nominee, 1992 Nebula, Best Novel for Bone Dance
• Nominee, 1993 Nebula, Best Novella for "Silver or Gold"