Books
- Trumpets of Jubilee. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1927.
- Troupers on the Gold Coast, or The Rise of Lotta Crabtree. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1928.
- American Humor: a Study of the National Character. 1931. Reprint. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1959. Reprint. New York: New York Review Books Classics, 2004. (Latter with Introduction by Greil Marcus.)
- Davy Crockett. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1934.
- Audubon. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1936. It retroactively received the Newbery Honor award for the year 1937.
- Charles Sheeler: Artist in the American Tradition. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1938.
- The Roots of American Culture, edited by Van Wyck Brooks. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1942.
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