* _We Are Now Beginning Our Descent_ (1998)
* _The Collected Stories of John McGahern_ (2003)
* _That They May Face the Rising Sun: Stories_ (2002)
* _By The Lake_ (2005)
* _Creatures of the Earth: New & Selected Stories_ (2010)
* _The Complete Stories_ (2017)
* Drama:
* _The Leavetaking_ (1974)
* _Swallows_ (1976)
* _The Country School_ (1978)
* _Port Royal_ (1985)
* _High Ground_ (2000)
* Memoirs:
* _All Will Be Well: A Memoir_ (2013)
* Essays and criticism:
* _Love of the World_ (1984)
* _John McGahern: A Critical Introduction_ (1988)
* _The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, Volume III_ (1991)
* _Selected Prose, 1968–2001_ (2001)
* _Memoir: A Collection of the Major Works of Irish Literature_ (2006)