Poetry

•  A Street in Bronzeville. New York: Harper, 1945.
• Annie Allen. New York: Harper, 1949.
• Bronzeville Boys and Girls. New York: Harper, 1956.
• The Bean Eaters. New York: Harper, 1960.
• Selected Poems. New York: Harper, 1963.
• In the Time of Detachment, In the Time of Cold. Springfield, IL: Civil War Centennial Commission, 1965.
• We Real Cool. Chicago: Broadside Press, 1966.
• The Wall. Chicago: Broadside Press, 1967.
• In the Mecca. New York: Harper, 1968.
• Riot. Highland Park, MI: Broadside Press, 1969.
• Family Pictures. Highland Park, MI: Broadside Press, 1970.
• Black Steel: Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1971.
• The World of Gwendolyn Brooks. New York: Harper, 1971.
• Aloneness. Highland Park, MI: Broadside Press, 1971.
• Aurora. Highland Park, MI: Broadside Press, 1972.
• Beckonings. Highland Park, MI: Broadside Press, 1975.
• To Disembark. Chicago: Third World Press, 1981.
• Black Love. Chicago: Brooks Press, 1982.
• Mayor Harold Washington. Chicago: Brooks Press, 1983.
• Chicago, The I Will City. Chicago: Brooks Press, 1983.
• The Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems. Chicago: David Co., 1986.
• Blacks. Chicago: David Co., 1987.
• The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves, Or, You Are What You Are. Chicago: Third World Press, 1987.
• Gottschalk and the Grande Tarantelle. Chicago: David Co., 1988.
• Winnie. Chicago: Third World Press, 1988.
• Children Coming Home. Chicago: David Co., 1991.
• In Montgomery. Chicago: Third World Press, 2000.

Prose

• Maud Martha. New York: Harper, 1953. (novel)
• Report from Part One: An Autobiography. Highland Park, MI: Broadside Press, 1972.
• A Capsule Course in Black Poetry Writing. Highland Park, MI: Broadside Press, 1975.
• Primer for Blacks. Chicago: Black Position Press, 1981.
• Young Poet's Primer. Chicago: Brooks Press, 1981.
• Very Young Poets. Chicago: Brooks Press, 1983.
• Report from Part Two: An Autobiography. Chicago: Third World Press, 1995.