Her major novels include
 Tamayura  (たまゆら: Transience), which portrays the nihilistic daily life of man and woman
 Satōgashi ga Kowareru Toki (砂糖菓子が壊れるとき: When a Sweetmeat Breaks), modeled on Marilyn Monroe and made into a film starring Ayako Wakao
 Mumeihi  (無名碑: A Nameless Monument), featuring the construction sites of the Tagokura Dam and the Asian Highway
 Kizu-tsuita-ashi  (傷ついた葦: Bruised Reed), which describes in a most dry style a life of a Catholic father
 Kyokō-no-ie  (虚構の家: The House of Fiction), a bestseller depicting domestic violence
 Tarō-Monogatari  (太郎物語: Taro Story), which features her son Taro as the protagonist
 Kami-No-Yogoreta-Te  (神の汚れた手: The Soiled Hands of the god, translated into English as  The Watcher from the Shore  (ISBN 0-87011-938-9)), on the theme abortion and dignity of life problems, with a gynecologist as the protagonist
 Tenjō-no-ao  (天上の青: Heavenly Blue, translated into English as  No Reason for Murder  (ISBN 4-925080-63-6), a crime novel based on real serial murder and rape cases by a man named Kiyoshi Ōkubo, which tries to describe the extremity of love
 Kyō-ō-Herode  (狂王ヘロデ: Herod the Mad), which portrays the half life of Herod the Great, who is notorious for the Massacre of the Innocents, through the eye of a mute lute player called "Ana" (hole).

 Aika  (哀歌: Lamentations), a record of the dramatic experience of a nun Haruna, who encountered the Rwanda Genocide.

 Kiseki  (奇蹟: Miracles, translated into English as  Miracles: A Novel  (ISBN 1-93738-588-4)), a work of travel fiction set in Poland and Italy in pursuit of the miracles ascribed to St. Maximilian Kolbe
Her major novels include
 Tamayura  (たまゆら: Transience), which portrays the nihilistic daily life of man and woman
 Satōgashi ga Kowareru Toki (砂糖菓子が壊れるとき: When a Sweetmeat Breaks), modeled on Marilyn Monroe and made into a film starring Ayako Wakao
 Mumeihi  (無名碑: A Nameless Monument), featuring the construction sites of the Tagokura Dam and the Asian Highway
 Kizu-tsuita-ashi  (傷ついた葦: Bruised Reed), which describes in a most dry style a life of a Catholic father
 Kyokō-no-ie  (虚構の家: The House of Fiction), a bestseller depicting domestic violence
 Tarō-Monogatari  (太郎物語: Taro Story), which features her son Taro as the protagonist
 Kami-No-Yogoreta-Te  (神の汚れた手: The Soiled Hands of the god, translated into English as  The Watcher from the Shore  (ISBN 0-87011-938-9)), on the theme abortion and dignity of life problems, with a gynecologist as the protagonist
 Tenjō-no-ao  (天上の青: Heavenly Blue, translated into English as  No Reason for Murder  (ISBN 4-925080-63-6), a crime novel based on real serial murder and rape cases by a man named Kiyoshi Ōkubo, which tries to describe the extremity of love
 Kyō-ō-Herode  (狂王ヘロデ: Herod the Mad), which portrays the half life of Herod the Great, who is notorious for the Massacre of the Innocents, through the eye of a mute lute player called "Ana" (hole).
 Aika  (哀歌: Lamentations), a record of the dramatic experience of a nun Haruna, who encountered the Rwanda Genocide.
 Kiseki  (奇蹟: Miracles, translated into English as  Miracles: A Novel  (ISBN 1-93738-588-4)), a work of travel fiction set in Poland and Italy in pursuit of the miracles ascribed to St. Maximilian Kolbe
Ayako Sono