To quickly link to a Bates book for more details, use the list below:
Click book title for details.
¶ - denotes currently in print.
| The Two Sisters | Jonathan Cape Ltd. | 1926 |
| The Seekers | John & Edward Bumpus | 1926 |
| Catherine Foster | Jonathan Cape Ltd. | 1929 |
| The Tree | E. Lahr | 1930 |
| The Hessian Prisoner | William Jackson Ltd. | 1930 |
| Charlotte's Row | Jonathan Cape Ltd. | 1931 |
| A Threshing Day | W. & G. Foyle Ltd. | 1931 |
| Mrs Esmond's Life | E. Lahr | 1931 |
| Sally Go Round the Moon | The White Owl Press | 1932 |
| A German Idyll | The Golden Cockerel Press | 1932 |
| The Fallow Land | Jonathan Cape Ltd. | 1932 |
| The Poacher | Jonathan Cape Ltd | 1935 |
| Flowers and Faces | The Golden Cockerel Press | 1935 |
| The Duet | Grayson & Grayson | 1935 |
| Spella Ho | Jonathan Cape Ltd. | 1938 |
| I Am Not Myself | 1939 | |
| Bride Comes to Evensford | Jonathan Cape Ltd. | 1943 |
| Fair Stood the Wind for France ¶ | Michael Joseph | 1944 |
| The Cruise of the Breadwinner | Michael Joseph | 1946 |
| The Purple Plain ¶ | Michael Joseph | 1947 |
| The Jacaranda Tree ¶ | Michael Joseph | 1949 |
| Dear Life | Michael Joseph | 1949 |
| The Scarlet Sword | Michael Joseph | 1950 |
| Love for Lydia ¶ | Michael Joseph | 1952 |
| The Feast of July ¶ | Michael Joseph | 1954 |
| The Sleepless Moon ¶ | Michael Joseph | 1956 |
| The Darling Buds of May ¶ | Michael Joseph | 1958 |
| A Breath of French Air ¶ | Michael Joseph | 1959 |
| When the Green Woods Laugh ¶ | Michael Joseph | 1960 |
| The Day of the Tortoise | Michael Joseph | 1961 |
| Achilles the Donkey | Dennis Dobson | 1962 |
| A Crown of Wild Myrtle | Michael Joseph | 1962 |
| Achilles and Diana | Dennis Dobson | 1963 |
| Oh! To be in England ¶ | Michael Joseph | 1963 |
| A Moment in Time | Michael Joseph | 1964 |
| Achilles and the Twins | Dennis Dobson | 1964 |
| The Distant Horns of Summer | Michael Joseph | 1967 |
| The White Admiral | Dennis Dobson | 1968 |
| A Little of What You Fancy ¶ | Michael Joseph | 1970 |
| The Triple Echo | Michael Joseph | 1970 |
| Dulcima | Penguin | 1971 |