* The Big Brother (2007)
* The Happiness of Sad People (2009)
* The God Equation (2012)
* Devil House (2014)
* Excision (2017)
* This Is Our Apocalypse (2018)
* En unødvendig kvinde (2021)
Faglitterære bøger:
* Real Enemies:Conspiracy Theories and America's Lost Tradition of Dissent (2011)
* This Little Life:Death and Grief in the Shadow of Alzheimers (2019)
Shorthistoriesamlinger:
* De ting, jeg har mistet (2013)
* Vi er her nu (2020)
Essays og journalistik:
Olmstead har også skrevet essays og artikler for blandt andet The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Harper's Magazine, The Believer og Salon.