* All the Beautiful Girls (2006)
* The Last Morinist (2010)
* The Bone House (2013)
* The Girl Who Drank the Moon (2016)
Nonfiction:
* Five Fridays (2008)
* The Writer's Compass: A Guide to the Creative Process (2012)
Essay collections:
* The Art of Repair (2014)
* The Possibility of Everything: What Our Lives Teach Us About Hope (2018)
Books for children:
* The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street (2017)
* The Vanderbeekers Lost and Found (2018)
* The Vanderbeekers Make a Wish (2019)