> * The Last Flight (2001)
> * The Sinking of the Eastland (2010)
Nonfiction:
> * The Life of a Sailing Man: The Journals of Captain Philip Dumaresq (1989)
> * The Port of Gloucester (1993)
> * The Glorious Fourth of May: The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys (2002)
> * The Isles of Shoals (2007)
> * Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks (2009)
> * The Schooners: The History of an American Sailing Institution (2012)
> * The Cape Ann Schoonermen: Fishermen and Sailors of the Gloucester Fishing Fleet (2013)
> * The Boston Tea Party: The Story of the Town that Wouldn't Be Taxed (2014)
> * The Lost Ghost Ship: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Carroll A. Deering (2016)
> * The Pirate Republic of Salem (2018)
Children's Books:
> * The Whale Hunters (2011)
> * The Gloucester Man (2012)
> * The Last Flight of the Curtiss JN-4D: The Story of America's First Coast Guard Plane and Its Pilot (2013)
> * The Pirate Queen of Gloucester: The Story of Hannah Smith, the First Female Pirate in America (2015)
> * The Gloucester Schooners: The Story of America's First Fishing Fleet (2017)
> * The Great Boston Fire of 1872: The Town that Wouldn't Burn (2019)
Essays and Stories:
Francis Briggs Silsbee has also published essays and stories in various magazines and journals, including:
> * Yankee Magazine
> * WoodenBoat Magazine
> * North American Sailor Magazine
> * The Gloucester Daily Times
> * The Boston Globe
> * The Washington Post
> * The New York Times