* The Young Defenders (1978)
*The Long Death of White America (1980)
*Harlan County, U.S.A. (1981)
* At komme derfra (1984)
*The Unyoung Republic:An African American's Odyssey to the Heart of America (1991)
*Harlan County:Thirty Years Later (2012)
Essays og artikler
* "Hvordan det er at være en sort mand i Amerika" (The New York Times Magazine, 1980)
* "The Case Against Affirmative Action" (The New Republic, 1991)
* "The Tragedy of O. J. Simpson" (The New York Times Magazine, 1995)
* "The Myth of Black Rage" (The Atlantic Monthly, 1997)
* "The New Civil Rights Movement" (The Nation, 2004)
* "The Resurgence of the Black Panther Party" (The Nation, 2007)
* "Myten om det post-raciale samfund" (The New York Times Magazine, 2011)
Priser
- Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award (1981) for The Long Death of White America
- Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award (1981) for The Long Death of White America
- Peabody Award (1984) for To Get There From Here
- National Book Critics Circle Award (1991) for The Unyoung Republic:An African American's Odyssey to the Heart of America
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1992)
- MacArthur Fellowship (1993)