Novels •
Hermes 3000 (1972) •
The Fan Man (1974) •
Night Book (1974) •
Swimmer in the Secret Sea (1975) (a
short story published in
mass-market paperback format, as a sort of
chapbook) •
Doctor Rat (1976) •
Fata Morgana (1977) •
Herr Nightingale And the Satin Woman (1978) (graphic novel, illustrated Joe Servello) •
Jack in the Box (1980) (later re-titled as
Book of Love at the release of the
movie based on it) • ''Christmas at Fontaine's'' (1982) •
Superman III (1983) (based on the screenplay by
David Newman and
Leslie Newman) •
Great World Circus (1983) (illustrated Joe Servello) •
Queen of Swords (1983) •
Seduction in Berlin (1985) (long story poem, illustrated Joe Servello) •
The Exile (1987) •
The Midnight Examiner (1989) •
The Game of Thirty (1994) (reissued 2007 as The Game of 30) •
The Bear Went Over the Mountain (1996) •
The Amphora Project (2005) •
Felonious Monk (2021) •
Bloody Martini (2023)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial series •
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) (based on
Melissa Mathison's screenplay) •
E.T.: The Book of the Green Planet (1985)
Collections •
Elephant Bangs Train (1971) (short stories) •
The Oldest Man: And Other Timeless Stories (1971) (juvenile) •
Trouble in Bugland: A Collection of Inspector Mantis Mysteries (1983) (juvenile) •
Jewel of the Moon (1985) (short stories) •
Hearts of Wood: And Other Timeless Tales (1986) (juvenile) •
The Hot Jazz Trio (1989) (3 short stories, illustrated Joe Servello) •
Tales from the Empty Notebook (1995) (juvenile) •
Double Trouble in Bugland : A New Collection of Inspector Mantis Mysteries (2016) (juvenile)
Short stories • "The Curio Shop" (1980) • "Fragments of Papyrus from the Temple of the Older Gods" (1988) • "Blues on the Nile: A Fragment of Papyrus" (1989) • "Boxcar Blues" (1989) • "
Django Reinhardt Played the Blues" (1989) • "Horse Badorties Goes Out" (1973) • "The Magician"
Children's books •
The Firemen (1969) •
Elephant Boy: A Story of the Stone Age (1970) •
The Day the Gang Got Rich (1970) •
The Ship That Came Down The Gutter (1970) •
The Return of Crazy Horse (1971) •
The Supreme, Superb, Exalted and Delightful, One and Only Magic Building (1973) •
Up the Alley with Jack and Joe (1974) • ''The Leopard's Tooth'' (1976) •
The Ants Who Took Away Time (1978) •
Dream of Dark Harbor: A Ghostly Sea Story (1979) •
The Nap Master (1979) •
E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial Storybook (1982) • ''The World Is Big and I'm So Small'' (1986) •
The Empty Notebook (1990) •
The Million-Dollar Bear (1995) •
Walter the Farting Dog series (with Glenn Murray and Elizabeth Gundy) (illustrations by Audrey Colman) •
Walter the Farting Dog (2001) (published in
Latin as
Walter, Canis Inflatus (2004) ) •
Walter the Farting Dog: Trouble at the Yard Sale (2004) (also published as
Walter the Farting Dog Farts Again) •
Rough Weather Ahead for Walter the Farting Dog (2005) •
Walter the Farting Dog goes on a Cruise (2006) •
Walter The Farting Dog: Banned From the Beach (June 21, 2007)
Screenplays •
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) (original story, for the
film) •
Book of Love (1990) (adapted from his novel
Jack in the Box, for the
film) ==Notes==