- Cider With Rosie (1959); published in the U.S. as The Edge of Day (1960) (Random House, UK, David Godine, US))
- As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969) (Penguin UK, David Godine, US))
- A Moment of War(1991) (Penguin books, UK(and soon to be in print with David Godine, US))
- Red Sky at Sunrise (combined autobiographical trilogy) (1992) (Penguin books)
- A Rose for Winter (1955) (Random House)
- Land at War: The Official Story of British Farming 1939-1944 (1945)
- An Obstinate Exile (1951)
- Man Must Move: The Story of Transport (with David Lambert) (1960); published in the U.S. as The Wonderful World of Transportation, (1960) – for children
- The Firstborn (1964)
- I Can’t Stay Long (1975)
- Two Women (1983)
Poetry
- The Sun My Monument (1944)
- The Bloom of Candles: Verse from a Poet’s Year (1947)
- My Many-Coated Man (1955)
- Poems (1960)
- Selected Poems (1983)
Plays
- The Voyage of Magellan for Radio (broadcast 1946; published 1948)
- Peasants’ Priest (1947)
Screenplays
- Cyprus Is an Island (1946)
- A Tale in a Teacup (1947)