- "Big Blues:Nepozabno življenje in časi Bessie Smith" (1981)
- "Deep River:Reflections on Black Folk Music" (1984)
- "Stomp Off, Let's Go:The Story of Louis Armstrong" (1984)
- "Blues People:črnska glasba v beli Ameriki" (1986)
- "Ničesar ne pomeni, če nima tega nihanja" (1993)
- "Born With The Blues:Conversations With Legendary Mississippi Blues Artists" (1996)
- "Moanin' at Midnight:The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf" (1997)
- "Blowing the Blues:Zgodovina afroameriškega jazz saksofona" (2002)
- "Jazz pevci" (2002)
- "Give Me That Old Time Religion:The Story of the African-American Spiritual" (2006)
Fakcijski romani:
- "Shadowboxer" (1992)
- "Black &White Blues" (1996)
- "Mojo Hand" (1998)
- "Razpotje" (2000)
- "Cotton Road" (2002)
- "Jubilejni čas" (2004)
- "Brother to the Blues" (2008)
- "Ali nas je le nekaj ostalo" (2014)