D. H. Lawrence: The World of the Major Novels (literary criticism). NY: Viking, 1974.
Wilderness Plots: Tales About the Settlement of the American Land (stories). NY: Morrow, 1983. Reprinted: Wooster, Ohio: Wooster Book Company, 2007.
Fetching the Dead (stories). Champaign: U. of Illinois Press, 1984.
Wonders Hidden: Audubon’s Early Years (novella). Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1984.
Hear the Wind Blow (stories). NY: Bradbury/Macmillan, 1985.
Stone Country (documentary narrative), with photographs by Jeffrey A. Wolin. Bloomington: Indiana U. P., 1985.
Terrarium (novel). NY: Tor Books, 1985. Reprinted, with new Afterword, Bloomington: Indiana U.P., 1995.
Audubon Reader: The Best Writings of John James Audubon (as editor). Bloomington: Indiana U. P., 1986.
Bad Man Ballad (novel). NY: Bradbury/Macmillan, 1986. Reprinted, with new Afterword, Bloomington: Indiana U.P., 2004.
The Paradise of Bombs (personal essays). Athens: U. of Georgia Press, 1987. Reprinted: Boston: Beacon Press, 1993.
The Engineer of Beasts (novel). NY: Orchard Books/Franklin Watts, 1988.
The Invisible Company (novel). NY: Tor Books, 1989.
In Limestone Country (revised edition of Stone Country, without photographs). Boston: Beacon Press, 1991.
Secrets of the Universe (personal essays). Boston: Beacon Press, 1991.
Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World (personal essays). Boston: Beacon Press, 1993.
Writing from the Center (personal essays). Bloomington: Indiana U.P., 1995.
Hunting for Hope (personal essays/memoir). Boston: Beacon Press, 1998.
The Country of Language (personal essays/memoir). Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1999.
The Force of Spirit (personal essays). Boston: Beacon Press, 2000.
Bloomington Past & Present. Bloomington: Indiana U.P., 2002. Co-author with Will Counts and James Madison.
Wild & Scenic Indiana. San Francisco: BrownTrout, 2005. Co-author with Richard Clark.
A Private History of Awe (memoir). New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2006.
A Conservationist Manifesto. Bloomington: Indiana U.P., 2009.
Earth Works: Selected Essays. Bloomington: Indiana U.P., 2012.
ILLUSTRATED STORY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN by SRS
Aurora Means Dawn. NY: Bradbury/Macmillan, 1989. Reprinted: Wooster, Ohio: Wooster Book Company, 2007. Illustrated by Jill Kastner.
Warm as Wool. NY: Bradbury/Macmillan, 1992. Reprinted: Wooster, Ohio: Wooster Book Company, 2007. Illustrated by Helen Cogancherry.
Here Comes the Mystery Man. NY: Bradbury/Macmillan, 1994. Illustrated by Helen Cogancherry.
The Floating House. NY: Macmillan, 1995. Reptined: Wooster, Ohio: Wooster Book Company, 2011. Illustrated by Helen Cogancherry.
A Place Called Freedom. NY: Atheneum/Simon & Schuster, 1997. Illustrated by Thomas B. Allen.
Meeting Trees. Washington: National Geographic, 1997. Illustrated by Robert Hynes.
Crawdad Creek. Washington: National Geographic,
1999. Illustrated by Robert Hynes.
