Nagrade
- Popotnik v kraljestvu senc (Nagrada Prešernovega sklada 1993)
- Kaj pa Leonardo? (Nagrada Prešernovega sklada 1993)
- Jutri bo lepše (Nagrada Prešernovega sklada 1993)
- Kaj pa Leonardo? (Grumova nagrada 1993)
- Nora Nora (Grumova nagrada 2004)
- Komedija o koncu sveta (Grumova nagrada 2013)
- Župančičeva nagrada za življenjsko delo, 2013
Nominacije za nagrade
Drame
- Jutri bo lepše (nominacija za Grumovo nagrado 1993)
- Stric iz Amerike (nominacija za Grumovo nagrado 1995)
- Sončne pege (nominacija za Grumovo nagrado 1997)
- Enajsti planet (nominacija za Grumovo nagrado 2000)
- Akvarij (nominacija za Grumovo nagrado 2007)
Romani
- Potovanje predaleč (kresnik 1999)
- Ljubezni tri in ena smrt (kresnik 2003)
- Čaj s kraljico (kresnik 2005)
- Mogoče nikoli (kresnik 2008)
- Opazovalec (kresnik 2010)
- Na zlati obali (kresnik 2011, IMPAC International Literary Prize)
- To nisem jaz (kresnik 2012)
- Dekle, ki bi raje bilo drugje (Modra ptica, 2012)
- Začarani Odisej (kresnik 2014)
- Tam me boš našel (kresnik 2015)
- Greh (kresnik 2018)
Knjige za mlade
- Pikpokec postane svetovni prvak (desetnica 2008)
- Alica v nori deželi (večernica 2009)
Awards
- Travels in Shadowlands (Prešeren Foundation Prize 1993)
- What about Leonardo? (Prešeren Foundation Prize 1993)
- Tomorrow (Prešeren Foundation Prize 1993)
- What about Leonardo? (Best Play of the Year Award 1993)
- Nora Nora (Best Play of the Year Award 2004)
- Comedy About the End of the World (Best Play of the Year Award 2013)
- The Župančič Prize for life achievement
Nominations for awards
Plays
- Tomorrow (nomination for Best Play of the Year Award, 1993)
- What about Leonardo? (nomination for Best Play of the Year Award, 1993)
- Uncle from America (nomination for Best Play of the Year Award, 1995)
- Sunspots (nomination for Best Play of the Year Award, 1997)
- The Eleventh Planet (nomination for Best Play of the Year Award, 2000)
- Nora Nora (nomination for Best Play of the Year Award, 2004)
- Aquarium (nomination for Best Play of the Year Award, 2007)
- Comedy About the End of the World (for Best Play of the Year Award, 2013)
Novels
- A Journey Too Far (kresnik, Slovenian »Booker«, 1999)
- Three Loves, One Death (kresnik, Slovenian »Booker«, 2003)
- Tea with the Queen (kresnik, Slovenian »Booker«, 2005)
- Maybe Never (kresnik, Slovenian »Booker«, 2008)
- If I Only Had Time (kresnik, Slovenian »Booker«, 2010)
- On the Gold Coast (kresnik, 2011; IMPAC International Literary Prize, 2014)
- That's not me (kresnik, Slovenian »Booker«, 2012)
- The Girl Who Would Like to be Somewhere Else (Blue Bird Award, 2012)
- The Enchanted Odysseus (kresnik, Slovenian "Booker", 2014)
- That's where you'll find me (kresnik, Slovenian "Booker", 2015)
- A Swarm of Dust (kresnik, Slovenian "Booker", 2018)
Books for the young
- Spots Becomes a World Champion (desetnica 2008)
- Alice in Crazyland (večernica 2009)