Mystery novels
- Close Quarters (1947)
- They Never Looked Inside (1947) [U.S. He Didn't Mind Danger (1948)]
- The Doors Open (1949)
- Smallbone Deceased (1950)
- Death Has Deep Roots (1951)
- Death in Captivity (1952) [U.S. The Danger Within]
- Fear to Tread (1953)
- Sky High (1955) [U.S. The Country-House Burglar]
- Be Shot for Sixpence (1956)
- Blood and Judgment (1959)
- After the Fine Weather (1963)
- The Crack in the Teacup (1966)
- The Dust and the Heat (1967) [U.S. Overdrive (1968)]
- The Etruscan Net (1969) [U.S. The Family Tomb (1969)]
- The Body of a Girl (1972)
- The Ninety-second Tiger (1973)
- Flash Point (1974)
- The Night of the Twelfth (1976)
- The Empty House (1978)
- Death of a Favourite Girl (1980) [U.S. The Killing of Katie Steelstock]
- The Final Throw (1982) [U.S. End-Game]
- The Black Seraphim (1983)
- The Long Journey Home (1985)
- Trouble (1987)
- Paint, Gold and Blood (1989)
- The Queen Against Karl Mullen (1991)
- Roller-Coaster (1993)
- Ring of Terror (1995)
- Into Battle (1997)
- Over and Out (1998)
Collections of short stories
- Game Without Rules (1968)
- Stay of Execution (1971)
- Amateur in Violence (1973)
- Petrella at Q (1977)
- Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens (1982)
- Young Petrella (1988)
- Anything for a Quiet Life (1990)
- The Man Who Hated Banks (1997)
- The Mathematics of Murder (2000)
- The Curious Conspiracy (2002)
- Even Murderers Take Holidays and other mysteries (2007)
- A Pity about the Girl and other stories (2008)
Details of other short stories can be found in B. A. Pike,
The Short Stories of Michael Gilbert. An annotated checklist, 1948-1997 (CADS: South Benfleet, Essex, 1998).