* The Power of Community (2009)
* The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World (2016; co-authored with the Dalai Lama)
* Creating Our Future (2020)
Fiction
* The Dharma Path: A Novel (2008)
* The Way of Peace: A Novel (2010)
* The Path of Compassion (2012)
Children's books
* The Giving Tree (1964)
* Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1972)
* Where the Wild Things Are (1963)