* "City Limits" (2003)
* "The Sound of Breaking Glass" (2005)
* "Falling Through Clouds" (2008)
* "The Girl Who Wouldn't Die" (2011)
* "The House of Crows" (2014)
* "The Crooked Man" (2017)
2. Non-fiction:
* "Music and Revolution: The Rise of Black Consciousness" (1988)
* "The Politics of Reggae Music: A Critical Interpretation" (1989)
* "The Caribbean Culture Industry" (1991)
* "The Reggae Connection: Caribbean Music from Rasta to Ragga" (1993)
* "The Rough Guide to Reggae" (1994, revised editions in 1996, 2000, and 2005)
* "Reggae: A Short History" (1997)
* "Bob Marley: A Biography" (1998)
* "The Caribbean Rhythms: A Reggae Anthology" (2000)
* "The Reggae Handbook" (2001)
* "Jamaica in a Nutshell" (2003)
* "The Reggae Revolution: A History of Jamaican Music" (2008)
* "101 Albums That Changed Popular Music" (2010)