* The Promise (1990)
* Tiller (1992)
* Babyface (1995)
* Last September (1997)
* What's Become of Her (1999)
* Market Day (2002)
* The Children's Home (2004)
* This is How it Ends (2007)
* Alternate Realities (2009)
* The Pond (2012)
* After the Wedding (2014)
* Trespass (2016)
Short Stories:
* The People in the Sky (1993)
* Boystown (2008)
* All Along the Dark Path (2021)
Other Writing:
* The Selected Stories of Niamh McNamara (2010)
* Dubliners: A History of Dublin by Dubliners (2015)