- 1997: Who's Afraid of Feminism?: Challenging the Anti-Feminist Backlash
- 1998: The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World (co-edited)
- 1998: The Second Shift Revisited: Working Families and Changing Lives (with Rachel Connelly and Susan Philipson)
- 2001: The New War on Women: Fundamentalism, Misogyny, and the Fight for Women's Rights
- 2003: The Women's Movement in the Global South: Challenges and Progress (edited)
- 2004: Political Representation of Women: Debates and Developments
- 2005: Women, Politics and the Media (edited with Karin Wahl-Jorgensen)
- 2007: The Women's Movement and Women's Empowerment in South Asia (edited)
- 2008: Women and Human Rights: Voices from Asia (co-edited)
- 2010: Understanding Women's Oppression: Experiences, Causes and Consequences (co-edited)
- 2011: Women's Rights and Activism in Asia: A Reader (edited)
- 2013: The Political Economy of Gender: Perspectives from Southeast Asia (co-edited)
- 2015: Women, Power and Empowerment in South Asia (edited)
- 2017: Feminists Under Fire: The Global Backlash Against Women's Rights (co-edited)
- 2020: The Feminist Decade: Defining Our Futures (co-edited)
Jahan has also written many academic articles and book chapters on a variety of topics related to gender, politics, and human rights.