* "Death of the Right" (2021)
* "The Last Best Hope" (2020)
* "Uncivil Wars" (2019)
* "Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan" (2012)
* "Race of the Century: The Struggle for Olympic Supremacy" (2008)
* "Hard Road West: The Search for a New America" (2006)
* "Wild Ride: The Rise and Fall of Enron" (2003)
* "Inside the White House in Wartime: The Complete Oral History of World War II" (2003)
* "American Samurai: Zenshin Nagasawa and the Legacy of Adversity" (2002)
Articles and Essays:
* "The Next Civil War" (The Atlantic, 2018)
* "We Are Living in a Failed State" (The Atlantic, 2017)
* "The Rise of Donald Trump and the Decline of American Democracy" (The Atlantic, 2016)
* "The Death of Expertise" (The Atlantic, 2015)
* "The End of History and the Return of Populism" (The Atlantic, 2014)
* "The New American Aristocracy" (The Atlantic, 2012)
* "The Great Recalibration: How China and India Are Changing the World" (The Atlantic, 2009)
* "The Last of the Old School: Remembering Dan Rather" (The Atlantic, 2005)
* "My Year in Iraq: A Combat Correspondent's Memoir" (The Atlantic, 2004)
Awards:
* The National Book Award for Nonfiction (2003)
* The PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction (2003)
* The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice (2003)
* The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History (2003)
* The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review Editors' Choice (2003)
* The Dallas Morning News Book of the Year (2003)