* The Young Defenders (1978)
*The Long Death of White America (1980)
*Harlan County, U.S.A. (1981)
*Att komma dit härifrån (1984)
*The Unyoung Republic:An African American's Odyssey to the Heart of America (1991)
*Harlan County:Thirty Years Later (2012)
essäer och artiklar
* "Hur det är att vara en svart man 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)
* "The Myth of the Post-Racial Society" (The New York Times Magazine, 2011)
Utmärkelser
- Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award (1981) för The Long Death of White America
- Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award (1981) för The Long Death of White America
- Peabody Award (1984) för To Get There From Here
- National Book Critics Circle Award (1991) för The Unyoung Republic:An African American's Odyssey to the Heart of America
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1992)
- MacArthur Fellowship (1993)