* The Case for the Three Mile Island Cleanup (1983)
* Inside Chernobyl:The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster (1988)
* The Nuclear Power Dilemma (1989)
* The Great Atlantic Garbage Patch (1991)
* The Green Conspiracy:Reality and Fantasy in the Politics of Environment (1992)
* Losing Paradise:The Growing Threat to Our Oceans and How to Save Them (1993)
* Farewell to the Ivory Tower:English and the Rise of the Public University (1995)
* Environmentalism and the Future of Progress (2000)
* Verdens ende slik vi kjenner den:Hva klimaendringer betyr for fremtiden vår (2002)
* The Unseen World:Revelations from the Vast, Unseen Realm at the Heart of Creation (2005)
* God and the Mind:The Future of Faith in the Age of Neuroscience (2011)
* Living in the Endless City:The Urban Age Project av The Atlantic (2013)
* Future Shock:Ten Lessons for Surviving the 21st Century (2016)
* Utopia or Apocalypse:The Future We Choose (2019)
Essays og artikler:
* "The Case for the Three Mile Island Cleanup" (The New York Times, 1983)
* "Inside Chernobyl:The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster" (The Washington Post, 1988)
* "The Nuclear Power Dilemma" (The Atlantic Monthly, 1989)
* "The Great Atlantic Garbage Patch" (National Geographic, 1991)
* "The Green Conspiracy:Reality and Fantasy in the Politics of the Environment" (The New York Times, 1992)
* "Losing Paradise:The Growing Threat to Our Oceans and How to Save Them" (The Atlantic Monthly, 1993)
* "Farvel til elfenbenstårnet:engelsk og oppkomsten av det offentlige universitetet" (The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995)
* "Environmentalism and the Future of Progress" (The New York Times, 2000)
* "The End of the World as We Know It:What Climate Change Means for Our Future" (The Atlantic Monthly, 2002)
* "The Unseen World:Revelations from the Vast, Unseen Realm at the Heart of Creation" (The New York Times, 2005)
* "God and the Mind:The Future of Faith in the Age of Neuroscience" (The Atlantic Monthly, 2011)
* "Living in the Endless City:The Urban Age Project by The Atlantic" (The Atlantic, 2013)
* "Future Shock:Ten Lessons for Surviving the 21st Century" (The Atlantic, 2016)
* "Utopia or Apocalypse:The Future We Choose" (The Atlantic, 2019)