Novels:

• BETTER TIMES THAN THESE (1978)
• AS SUMMERS DIE (1980)
• ONLY (1984)
• FORREST GUMP (1986)
• GONE THE SUN (1988)
• GUMP AND CO (1995)
• SUCH A PRETTY, PRETTY GIRL (1998)
• EL PASO (2016)

Nonfiction:

• CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ENEMY: The story of P.F.C. Robert Garwood (1982)
• SHROUDS OF GLORY: From Atlanta to Nashville: The Last Great Campaign of the Civil War (1995)
• THE CRIMSON TIDE: An Illustrated History of Football at the University of Alabama (2002)
• A STORM IN FLANDERS: The Triumph and Tragedy on the Western Front (2002)
• 1942: The Year that Tried Men's Souls (2004)
• PATRIOTIC FIRE: Andrew Jackson and Jean Laffite at the Battle of New Orleans (2006)
• VICKSBURG, 1863 (2010)
• THE CRIMSON TIDE: The Official Illustrated History of Alabama Football, National Championship Edition (2010)
• KEARNY'S MARCH: The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847 (2011)
• RONALD REAGAN: Our 40th President (2012)
• SHILOH, 1862 (2012)
• THE AVIATORS: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight (2013)
• THE GENERALS: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II (2015)