Siri Hustvedt is the author of a book of poetry, Reading to You, a book of essays, Yonder, and the novels The Blindfold, The Enchantment of Lily Dahl, and What I Loved. Two books of essays are forthcoming in 2005, one on painting, Mysteries of the Rectangle, and another collection on various subjects called A Plea for Eros.

What I Loved won the Prix des librairies du Quebec in Canada for the the best foreign book of 2003.