* At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor (1981)
* Hitler's War Plan (1989)
* To the Bitter End: The Final Months of the German-Italian Alliance in World War II (2006)
* Miracle at Midway (1982, co-authored with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon)
* German and American Strategy in the Atlantic, 1939-1945 (1986, co-authored with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon)
In addition to his books, Prange also published numerous articles and papers on naval history and strategic studies. He was a professor of history at the University of Maryland and a visiting professor at the U.S. Naval War College.