Nonfiction
Edmund Blunden 1983
A Book of One's Own: People and Their Diaries 1984
Stolen Words: Forays into the Origins and Ravages of Plagiarism (1989)
Rockets and Rodeos and Other American Spectacles 1993
In fact: Essays on Writers and Writing 2001
Mrs. Paine's Garage and teh murder of John F. Kennedy 2002
Yours Ever: People and their Letters 2009

Novels
Aurora 7 1991
Henry and Clara 1994
Dewey defeats Truman 1997
Two Moons 2000
Banbox 2004
Fellow Travelers 2007
Watergate 2012
Finale 2015