Non-fiction •
The Male-to-Female Dictionary, Berkley Trade, 1996, •
Food for the Soul: Selections from the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen Writers Workshop, co-edited with Elizabeth Maxwell, Seabury Books, 2000, •
Five Men Who Broke My Heart: A Memoir, Delacorte Press, 2004, •
Lighting Up: How I Stopped Smoking, Drinking, and Everything Else I Loved in Life Except Sex: A Memoir, Delacorte Press, 2004, •
Secrets of a Fix-up Fanatic: How to Meet & Marry Your Match, Delta, 2006, •
Only as Good as Your Word: Writing Lessons from My Favorite Literary Gurus, Seal Press, 2007, •
Unhooked: How to Quit Anything, MJF, 2014, •
The Bosnia List: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Return, co-authored with Kenan Trebincevic, Penguin Books, 2014, •
Kick Your Addiction: How to Quit Anything, co-authored with Frederick Woolverton, Skyhorse Publishing, 2014, •
The Byline Bible: Get Published in Five Weeks, Writer's Digest Books, 2018, •
Barbie: 60 Years of Inspiration, Assouline, 2019, •
The Forgiveness Tour: How to Find the Perfect Apology, Skyhorse Publishing, 2021, ISBN 978-1510762718
Fiction •
Speed Shrinking, Thomas Dunne Books, 2009, •
Overexposed: A novel, Thomas Dunne Books, 2010, • ''What's Never Said'', Heliotrope Books, 2015, == References ==