Historical poems (legends)

• "Magic Ring"
• "Avenger from the Forest"
• "Red Rose"
• "Nikita Kozhumyaka"
• "Voivode Dmitry"

Tales

• "Black Equator"
• "Rookie"
• "Two wins"
• "The trail leads to the sea"
• "Two Above the Abyss"

Historical novels

• "Ambassador of Urus-Shaitan" (1968)
• "Sultan's Firman" (1969)
• "Black Rider" (1976)
• "Silk Lace" (1977)
• "Prince Kiy" (1982)
• "Black Shields" (1985)
• "Candle Burning" (Horyt' svicha) (1992), The novel tells about the Mongol invasion into the territory of Eastern Ukraine and the siege of Kyiv. The primary role in the novel is given to ordinary people living in communities. The author thanks the termination of the Mongol invasion precisely to that people and instead blames the elites for lack of coordination and wisdom.^[3]
• "Chumack way" (1993)
• "Red Poppies" (2001)
• "Blue Book" (Diary) (2010)
• "Memories. Letters to a brother and friend" (2020)

Taiemnyi posol ("Privy Ambassador") tetralogy

Taiemnyi posol ("Privy Ambassador") are the most prominent series of Malyk's historical novels. The tetralogy tells about the adventures of fictional Zaporozhian Cossack Arsen Zvenyhora and his lover Zlatka, portraying some notable figures like Ivan Sirko and events of 17th century Ukraine, Russia, Ottoman Empire and other countries, like the Battle of Vienna. Heavily influenced by Marxism ^{[citation needed]}and the official Soviet view of Muscovy-Ukraine relations, those novels may still pose an exciting popular reading on the topic. The main character Arsen Zvenyhora is a sort of "17th century James Bond": an action hero and polyglot, easily adapting to rapidly changing circumstances and ethno-cultural environments. The character is exaggeratedly positive: almighty leader and generous friend, a loyal lover and vassal. Thus, Zvenyhora looks like an archetypal knight of the first historical novels. The plot of the novel reject the idea of a ‘good tsar’. The main character, who is an ordinary Cossack from Zaporozhian Sich, eclipses the figures of the representatives of the upper class, who appear greedy and dishonest.^[3]