Books
Imagining Columbus: The Literary Voyage 1993
Tropycal Synagogues 1994
The Hispanic Condition: Reflections on Culture and Identity in America 1995
Bandido: Oscar 'Zeta' Acosta and the Chicano Experience 1995
The One-Handed Pianist and Other Stories 1996
Art and Anger: Essays on Politics and the Imagination 1996
The Riddle of Cantinflas: Essays on Popular Hispanic Culture 1998
Latino USA: A Cartoon History 2000
The Essential Ilan Stavans 2000
The Inveterate Dreamer: Essays and Conversations on Jewish Literature 2001
Octavio Paz: A Meditation 2001
On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language 2001
Spanglish: The Making of a New American Language 2003
Loteria! 2003
Conversations with Ilan Stavans 2005
Dictionary Days: A Defining Passion 2005
The Disappearance: A Novella and Stories 2006
Love and Language 2007
Knowledge and Censorship 2008
Mr. Spic Goes to Washington 2008
Resurrecting Hebrew 2008
A Critic's Journey 2009
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: The Early Years 2010
With All Thine Heart: Love and the Bible 2010
What is la hispanidad?: A Conversation 2011
Jose Vaconcelos: The Prophet of Race 2011
Return to Centro Historico: A Mexican Jew Looks for His Roots 2012
El Iluminado 2012
A Most Imperfect Union 2014
Quixote: The Novel and the World 2015