- Miguel of the Bright Mountain (1949)
- From Hand to Mouth: The Autobiography of Clarence Richard Lindner (1950)
- Rebel without a Cause (1944)
- The Art of Real Happiness (1950)
- Stone Flower: A Tale of the Urals (1945)
- The Fifty-Minute Hour: A Collection of Psychotherapeutic Techniques (1954)
- The Harried Leisure Class (1970)
- Prescription for Rebellion (1972)
- The Myth of Happiness (1975)
- The Pursuit of Excitement: The Adult Game of Psychological Hide-and-Seek (1981)
Articles and Essays
- "The Psychological Novel" (1949)
- "The Art of Psychotherapy" (1950)
- "The Nature of Happiness" (1950)
- "The Problem of Evil" (1952)
- "The Search for Meaning" (1954)
- "The Psychology of Religion" (1956)
- "The Future of Psychotherapy" (1958)
- "The Challenge of Modern Psychology" (1960)
- "The Crisis in Psychotherapy" (1962)
- "The New Psychology of Happiness" (1970)
- "The Myth of Mental Illness" (1972)
- "The Pursuit of Excitement" (1975)
- "The Psychology of Happiness Revisited" (1980)
- "The Future of Psychology" (1985)
Awards
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1948)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction (1951)
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1944)