Non-Fiction
- Essays of Elia and Last Essays of Elia
- Theory of Colours (Mit Press)
- Torn Apart
- Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War
- Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government
- How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education (Skills for Scholars)
- She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana
- A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep
- Snake: The Essential Visual Guide to the World of Snakes
- How to Travel With a Salmon & Other Essays
- Why Men Marry Bitches: A Woman's Guide to Winning Her Man's Heart
- Escaping the Arroyo
- Silhouettes from Popular Culture
- Reflections of Mamie
- A Monk Swimming