To quickly link to a Bates book for more details, use the list below:
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¶ - denotes currently in print.
| The Spring Song & In View of the Fact That | E. Archer | 1927 |
| Day's End and Other Stories | Jonathan Cape Ltd. | 1928 |
| Seven Tales and Alexander | The Scholartis Press | 1929 |
| The Black Boxer | Pharos Editions | 1932 |
| The Story Without an End | The White Owl Press | 1932 |
| The House with the Apricot | The Golden Cockerel Press | 1933 |
| The Woman who had Imagination | Jonathan Cape Ltd | 1934 |
| Thirty Tales | Jonathan Cape Ltd | 1934 |
| Cut and Come Again | Jonathan Cape Ltd | 1935 |
| A House of Women | Jonathan Cape Ltd | 1936 |
| Something Short and Sweet | Jonathan Cape Ltd | 1936 |
| Country Tales | Readers' Union Ltd. | 1938 |
| The Flying Goat | Jonathan Cape Ltd | 1939 |
| My Uncle Silas ¶ | Jonathan Cape Ltd | 1939 |
| The Beauty of the Dead | Jonathan Cape Ltd | 1940 |
| The Greatest People in the World (Flying Officer X) |
Jonathan Cape Ltd | 1942 |
| How Sleep the Brave ¶ (Flying Officer X) |
Jonathan Cape Ltd | 1943 |
| O More Than Happy Countryman | Country Life Limited | 1943 |
| There's Something in the Air (Flying Officer X) |
Jonathan Cape Ltd | 1944 |
| Thirty One Selected Tales | Jonathan Cape Ltd | 1947 |
| The Bride Comes to Evensford & Other Tales | Jonathan Cape Ltd | 1949 |
| Colonel Julien | Michael Joseph | 1951 |
| The Grass God | John Murray | 1951 |
| The Country of White Clover | Michael Joseph | 1952 |
| The Nature of Love | Michael Joseph | 1953 |
| The Daffodil Sky | Michael Joseph | 1955 |
| Death of a Huntsman | Michael Joseph | 1957 |
| Selected Stories | Penguin Books | 1957 |
| Sugar for the Horse | Michael Joseph | 1957 |
| The Watercress Girl | Michael Joseph | 1959 |
| An Aspidistra in Babylon | Michael Joseph | 1960 |
| Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal | Michael Joseph | 1961 |
| The Golden Oriole | Michael Joseph | 1962 |
| Seven by Five | Michael Joseph | 1963 |
| The Fabulous Mrs V | Michael Joseph | 1964 |
| The Wedding Party | Michael Joseph | 1965 |
| The Four Beauties | Michael Joseph | 1968 |
| The Wild Cherry Tree | Michael Joseph | 1968 |
| The Song of the Wren | Michael Joseph | 1972 |
| The Grapes of Paradise | Penguin | 1974 |
| The Yellow Meads of Asphodel | Michael Joesph | 1976 |
| The Poison Ladies & Other Stories | Wheaton | 1976 |
| A Month By The Lake and Other Stories | New Directions | 1987 |
| A Party For The Girls - Six Stories | New Directions | 1988 |
| Elephant's Nest in a Rhubarb Tree | New Directions | 1989 |
| Love in a Wych Elm & Other Stories ¶ | Capuchin Classics | 2009 |