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His more recent work is definitely not for children (Strandloper, Thursbitch), while the earlier The Stone Book Quartet (which received the Phoenix Award in 1996) is poetic in style and inspiration. His most recent novel is Thursbitch.

His collection of essays and public talks, The Voice That Thunders , contains much autobiographical material. His writing is the subject of Neil Philip's The Fine Anger , which offers a socio-linguistic analysis of his work.

He was awarded the OBE for services to literature in the 2001 New Year's Honours list.

His best known works are:

• The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
• The Moon of Gomrath
• Elidor
• The Owl Service
• Red ShiftRed Shift by Alan Garner ( 1973), is a complex novel for teenagers and adults set in three intertwined time periods (Roman Britain, the siege of Barthomley Church, and a caravan site near the M6), spanning over a thousand years but one geographical area:
• The Stone Book Quartet
• The Voice That Thunders
• StrandloperStrandloper is a novel by English writer Alan Garner, based on the story of a Cheshire labourer, William Buckley, who was convicted on a trumped-up charge of trespass in 1803 and transported to Australia, where he escapes, only to collapse from exhaustion
• ThursbitchThursbitch is a novel by English writer Alan Garner, named after the valley in the Pennines of England where the action occurs (also listed in the 1841 OS map as "Thursbatch" the name means "valley of the demon"). Set both in the 18th century and the pres

He has also edited a collection of stories about fools, The Guizer (1975)