- *The Best We Could Do* (2009)
- *Little Nothings* (2016)
- *The Disappeared* (2020)
- *Carter House* (2022)
Zbirke kratkih zgodb
- *Ni potovanja brez koze* (2005)
- *Vprašanja potovanja* (2010)
- *Nekdo ve* (2015)
- *Taborni ogenj* (2018)
Dokumentarna literatura
- *The Art of Memoir* (sourednik z Alexander Chee, 2017)
Eseji in članki
Eseji in članki J. D. Colea so bili objavljeni v številnih publikacijah, vključno z The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, Harper's Magazine, The New Republic in The Paris Review.