* The Art of Black and White Developing (1973)
* The Ansel Adams Basic Photography Series: The Negative (1983)
* The Ansel Adams Basic Photography Series: The Print (1983)
* The Creative Zone System Manual: A Comprehensive, Streamlined Approach to Mastering the Zone System (1984)
* Zone VI Workshop (1984)
* Photographic Landscapes (1990)
* The Zone System for the Digital Photographer (2004)
Fiction Books:
* Zone VI: A Personal Odyssey (novel, 1990)
* The Zone System (novel, 1994)
Articles:
* "An Experiment in Image Structure: The Zone System" (1948)
* "The Zone System Applied to Color" (1949)
* "The Negative: A Key to Photographic Quality" (1951)
* "The Print: Beyond the Negative" (1953)
* "The Zone System: A Method of Controlling Photographic Tone" (1954)
* "The Zone System in Practice: A Workshop" (1955)
* "The Zone System: A Method of Control for Pictorial Photography" (1956)
* "The Zone System: A New Approach to Photographic Technique" (1957)
* "The Zone System: A Technique for Controlling Tone in Photography" (1958)
* "The Zone System: A Method of Photographic Technique" (1959)
* "The Zone System: A Method of Photographic Control" (1960)
* "The Zone System: A Method for Controlling Tone in Photography" (1961)