* "The River of the World" (1981): This book is considered his most famous work and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. It tells the story of a black family in the American South, spanning from slavery to the Civil Rights era.
* "The Wings of a Dove" (1985): This novel focuses on a black family in the early 20th century struggling to survive in the changing South.
* "The Soul of the Tiger" (1987): This is a powerful and moving story about a black man's journey from a sharecropper's life to the fight for civil rights.
* "The Deep Blue Good-by" (1988): This novel explores the life of a black man who escapes slavery and joins the Union Army during the Civil War.
* "The Color of the Sun" (2001): This is a historical novel about the life of a black man who travels from his home in the South to the North during the early 20th century.
* "The Fire of the Mind" (2008): This is a coming-of-age story about a black teenager in the 1960s who is trying to find his place in a changing world.
* "The Way We Were" (2011): This is a historical novel that examines the life of a black man who grows up in the segregated South and comes of age during the Civil Rights Movement.
* "The Man Who Cried Freedom" (2014): This book follows the journey of a black man who travels from slavery to the Civil Rights Movement.
* "The Power of the Dream" (2018): This novel is a historical fiction based on the story of a black man who escapes slavery and becomes a leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
Ellison Banks Findly's works are known for their rich storytelling, insightful character development, and powerful portrayals of historical events. He is considered one of the most important contemporary writers of historical fiction.