Novels:
* The Dancer From the Dance (1997) - A fictionalized account of the life of Isadora Duncan, the iconic American dancer.
* The Little Shadows (2001) - A historical novel about a young woman in 1930s England who falls in love with a man who is deeply involved in the world of espionage.
* The Lost Continent (2004) - A sweeping historical novel about the love affair between the German Jewish author Stefan Zweig and his wife, Lotte Altmann, set against the backdrop of the rise of Nazism.
* The Shadows of Love (2006) - A novel about a German Jew who is forced to flee his home in Vienna during the Nazi era.
* The Bird of Paradise (2008) - A captivating historical novel based on the life of the enigmatic and beautiful Queen Emma of Hawaii.
* The Memory of Love (2011) - A sweeping novel about the life and loves of the renowned Jewish photographer, Robert Capa.
* The Painting of the Heart (2016) - A story that entwines the love of art, the ravages of war, and the enduring power of memory, set in pre-World War II Poland.
* The Girl From Vienna (2020) - A historical novel about a young woman named Frieda who is forced to flee her home in Vienna during the Nazi era.
* The Light Between Oceans (2022) - A new historical novel set in the 1920s on the remote west coast of Australia.
Non-Fiction:
* Bruce Chatwin (2000) - A biography of the renowned travel writer.
* The Story of My Heart (2014) - A memoir exploring his personal struggles with grief and loss.
Nicholas Shakespeare has won several awards for his writing, including the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award for *The Dancer From the Dance* and the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award for *The Little Shadows*.