- "Saul Bellow's America: Dialogues with His Contemporaries" (editor, 1993)
- "The Stories Behind the Stories: 24 Classic Novels That Inspired Great Films" (editor, 2003)
- "The Writer's Guide to Crafting a Plot" (2004)
- "The Perfect Murder" (2006)
- "The Last Laugh" (2007)
- "The Right Hand" (2009)
- "The Last Deception" (2011)
- "The Pretender" (2013)
- "The Red Herring" (2015)
- "The Double Cross" (2017)
- "The Final Betrayal" (2019)
Non-Fiction:
- "Jewish Comedy: A Serious History" (2015)
- "Laughter in the Darkness: Jewish Humor Through the Ages" (2017)
- "The Wit and Wisdom of the Talmud" (2019)