• The First Cities. New York: Poets Press, 1968.
• Cables to Rage. London: Paul Breman, 1970.
• From a Land Where Other People Live. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1973.
• New York Head Shop and Museum. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1974.
• Coal. New York: Norton, 1976.
• Between Our Selves. Point Reyes, CA: Eidolon Editions, 1976.
• The Black Unicorn. New York: Norton, 1978.
• Chosen Poems, Old and New. New York: Norton, 1982.
• Our Dead Behind Us. New York: Norton, 1986.
• The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance: Poems 1987-1992. New York: Norton, 1993.
• Need: A Chorale for Black Woman Voices. Freedom Organizing Series 6. Latham, NY: Kitchen Table—Women of Color Press, 1990.
• The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde. New York: W. W. Norton, 1997.

• Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power. Out & Out Pamphlet series 3. Brooklyn: Out & Out Books, 1978.
• The Cancer Journals. Argyle, NY: Spinsters Inc., 1980.
• Zami: A New Spelling of My Name. Watertown, MA: Persephone Press, 1982.
• Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches. The Crossing Press Feminist Series. Trumansburg, NY: The Crossing Press, 1984.
• I Am Your Sister: Black Women Organizing across Sexualities. Freedom Organizing Series 3. New York: Kitchen Table—Women of Color Press, 1985.
• Apartheid U.S.A. With Our Common Enemy, Our Common Cause: Freedom Organizing in the Eighties. Freedom Organizing Series, no. 2. New York: Kitchen Table, Women of Color Press, 1986.
• A Burst of Light: Essays. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1988.

The First Cities. New York: Poets Press, 1968.

Cables to Rage. London: Paul Breman, 1970.

From a Land Where Other People Live. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1973.

New York Head Shop and Museum. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1974.

Coal. New York: Norton, 1976.

Between Our Selves. Point Reyes, CA: Eidolon Editions, 1976.

The Black Unicorn. New York: Norton, 1978.

Chosen Poems, Old and New. New York: Norton, 1982.

Our Dead Behind Us. New York: Norton, 1986.

The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance: Poems 1987-1992. New York: Norton, 1993.

Need: A Chorale for Black Woman Voices. Freedom Organizing Series 6. Latham, NY: Kitchen Table—Women of Color Press, 1990.

The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde. New York: W. W. Norton, 1997.

Prose

Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power. Out & Out Pamphlet series 3. Brooklyn: Out & Out Books, 1978.

The Cancer Journals. Argyle, NY: Spinsters Inc., 1980.

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name. Watertown, MA: Persephone Press, 1982.

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches. The Crossing Press Feminist Series. Trumansburg, NY: The Crossing Press, 1984.

I Am Your Sister: Black Women Organizing across Sexualities. Freedom Organizing Series 3. New York: Kitchen Table—Women of Color Press, 1985.

Apartheid U.S.A. With Our Common Enemy, Our Common Cause: Freedom Organizing in the Eighties. Freedom Organizing Series, no. 2. New York: Kitchen Table, Women of Color Press, 1986.

A Burst of Light: Essays. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1988.