- *How Many Miles to Babylon?* (1943)
- *Literature and Philosophy in the English Tradition* (1946)
- *Some Shakespearean Themes* (1959)
- *Explorations: Essays in Criticism Mainly on the Don Quixote" of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra* (1966)
- *Public Voices: Literature, Society and Politics in England and America* (1971)
- *Further Explorations* (1981)
- *An Exhilarating Experience: Three Essays on the Unity of Shakespeare's Plays* (1984)
- *Collected Poems* (1986)
- *Some Relations: Essays in Literary Criticism and Cultural Interpretation* (1988)
Essays and articles:
- "William Empson: Some Versions of Pastoral" (1938)
- "The Language of the Novel" (1939)
- "How Many Miles to Babylon? A Note on Symbolism" (1943)
- "Notes on the Novel" (1943)
- "The Question of Henry James" (1947)
- "Literature and Philosophy" (1948)
- "Some Reflections on Religion and Literature" (1950)
- "Tradition and Revolt" (1951)
- "Myth and Method" (1953)
- "The Novel and Society" (1953)
- "The Critic and Society" (1954)
- "Art and Society" (1955)
- "The Common Pursuit" (1957)
- "The Personal Heresy: A Controversy" (1957)
- "The Responsible Critic: A Symposium" (1957)
- "The Critic's Function: A Symposium" (1958)
- "The Literary Critic" (1961)
- "Criticism and Society" (1962)
- "The New Criticism: A Symposium" (1962)
- "The State of Criticism" (1963)
- "The Future of Criticism" (1964)
- "The Critic's Role in Society" (1965)
- "The Critical Tradition" (1966)
- "Culture and Society" (1967)
- "Literature and Society: A Symposium" (1967)
- "The Idea of a University" (1968)
- "The University and the Community" (1969)
- "The Responsibilities of the Critic" (1971)
- "The Future of the Novel" (1972)
- "The English Novel" (1973)
- "The American Novel" (1974)
- "The Modern Novel" (1975)
- "The Novel in the Twentieth Century" (1976)
- "The Future of the Novel: A Symposium" (1977)
- "The Novel and Society: A Symposium" (1978)
- "The Novel and the Reader: A Symposium" (1979)
- "The Novel and the Critic: A Symposium" (1980)
- "The Novel and the Future: A Symposium" (1981)
- "The Novel: A Symposium" (1982)
- "The Future of the Novel: A Symposium" (1983)
- "The Novel and the Reader: A Symposium" (1984)
- "The Novel and the Critic: A Symposium" (1985)
- "The Novel and the Future: A Symposium" (1986)
- "The Novel and Society: A Symposium" (1987)
- "The Novel and the Reader: A Symposium" (1988)
- "The Novel and the Critic: A Symposium" (1989)
- "The Novel and the Future: A Symposium" (1990)
- "The Novel: A Symposium" (1991)