Fiction

• Moon in My Pocket (1945, using the pseudonym "Julian Morris")

• Gallows on the Sand (1956)

• Kundu (1956)

• The Big Story (1957; aka The Crooked Road)

• The Second Victory (1958; aka Backlash)

• The Concubine (1958, using the pseudonym "Michael East"; aka McCreary Moves In)

• The Devil's Advocate (1959)

• The Naked Country (1960, using the pseudonym "Michael East")

• Daughter of Silence (1961)

• The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963)

• The Ambassador (1965)

• The Tower of Babel (1968)

• Summer of the Red Wolf (1971)

• The Salamander (1973)

• Harlequin (1974)

• The Navigator (1976)

• Proteus (1979)

• The Clowns of God (1981)

• The World Is Made of Glass (1983)

• Cassidy (1986)

• Masterclass (1988)

• Lazarus (1990)

• The Ringmaster (1991)

• The Lovers (1993)

• Vanishing Point (1996)

• Eminence (1998)

• The Last Confession (2000, posthumously published)

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Non-fiction

• Children of the Sun: The Slum Dwellers of Naples (1957) (US title: Children of the Shadows: The True Story of the Street Urchins of Naples)

• Scandal in the Assembly: A Bill of Complaints and a Proposal for Reform of the Matrimonial Laws and Tribunals of the Roman Catholic Church (1970, with Robert Francis)

• A View from the Ridge: The Testimony of a Twentieth-century Pilgrim (1996)

• Images & Inscription (1997, Selected and arranged by Beryl Barraclough)

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Play adaptations

• The Illusionists (1955)

• The Devil's Advocate (1961)

• Daughter of Silence (1962)

• The Heretic (1969)

• The World Is Made of Glass (1982)

 

On-screen adaptations

• Children of the Sun (1961, ITV Television Playhouse, Season 7, Ep 8)

• The Crooked Road (1965)

• The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) starring Anthony Quinn

• The Devil's Advocate (1977) starring John Mills, Daniel Massey, Paola Pitagora and Stéphane Audran

• The Salamander (1981)

• The Naked Country (1984)

• The Second Victory (1986)

• Cassidy (1989)