- The Dilemma of a Ghost (play), Accra: Longman, 1965. New York: Macmillan, 1971.[15][73][74][75]
- Anowa (play based on a Ghanaian legend), London: Longman, 1970. New York: Humanities Press, 1970.[76]
- No Sweetness Here: A Collection of Short Stories, London: Longman, 1970. New York: Doubleday.[77][78]
- Our Sister Killjoy: or Reflections from a Black-eyed Squint (novel), Longman, 1977.[15][79]
- Someone Talking to Sometime (poetry collection), Harare: College Press, 1986.[78][80]
- The Eagle and the Chickens and Other Stories (for children), Enugu: Tana Press, 1986.[78]
- Birds and Other Poems, Harare: College Press, 1987.[80]
- An Angry Letter in January (poems), Coventry: Dangaroo Press, 1992, ISSN 0106-5734[81]
- Changes: A Love Story (novel), London: The Women's Press, 1991. New York: Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1993.[15][82]
- The Girl Who Can and Other Stories, Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers, ISBN 978-0435910136; Heinemann African Writers Series, 1997.
- Diplomatic Pounds & Other Stories, Ayebia Clarke Publishing, 2012, ISBN 978-0956240194.
As editor
- African Love Stories: An Anthology, Ayebia Clarke Publishing, 2006. ISBN 978-0-9547023-6-6.
Her background