* The Stammering Century (1928)
* Mainland (1936)
* The Seven Lively Arts (1924)
* The Great Audience (1950)
* Writing for Freedom (1943)
* The Years of the Locust: America, 1929–1932 (1932)
* Mainland: A Continental History (1937)
* Lords of the Press (1938)
* Your Money and Mine (1939)
* Propaganda Past and Present (1936)
* The Movies Come from America (1937)
* An Hour with the Movies and Talkies (1929)
* The Talkies (1935)
* Movies for the Millions (1937)
* America at the Movies (1940)
* The Public Arts (1956)
* The Great Audience: The Public in Relation to the Motion Picture Industry (1950)
* The Seven Lively Arts: A Report to the Rockefeller Foundation on the Relation of the Motion Picture to the Other Lively Arts—Radio, Television, Recordings, Theatre, and the Ballet (1957)
* The Films of Cecil B. DeMille (1956)
* Writing for Freedom: A Guide for American Authors (1943)
* Writers and Readers (1947)
* Scenes and Portraits: Memories of a Lifetime (1957)
* The New Mass Media: Challenge to a Free Society (1961)
* Great Men and Women of Modern Art (1964)
* The Great Conversations: A Critical Dictionary of Significant Books from Homer to the Present (1964)
Articles:
* "The Future of the Motion Picture" (1924)
* "The Talkies: A Revolution in Motion Pictures" (1928)
* "The Movies in America: A Cultural Force" (1930)
* "Propaganda in America" (1936)
* "The Art of the Motion Picture" (1937)
* "The Public Arts: A Report to the Rockefeller Foundation" (1957)
* "The Great Audience Revisited: The Public in Relation to the Motion Picture Industry" (1957)
* "The Future of the Motion Picture: A Symposium" (1957)
* "The Films of Cecil B. DeMille" (1956)
* "Writing for Freedom: A Guide for American Authors" (1943)
* "Writers and Readers: A Symposium" (1947)