1. Madeline, 1939: Madeline gets her appendix out.
2. Madeline's Rescue, 1953: Madeline gets rescued by a dog (later on named Genevieve). Winner of the Caldecott Medal for 1954.
3. Madeline and the Bad Hat, 1956: The "bad hat" Pepito, is the Spanish ambassador's son.
4. Madeline and the Gypsies, 1959: Madeline and Pepito have an adventure at a gypsy circus.
5. Madeline in London, 1961: Pepito moves to London, and Madeline and the girls go to visit him.
6. Madeline's Christmas, 1985: Everyone in the house has a cold, except Madeline. (First published in McCall's in 1956).
7. Madeline in America and Other Holiday Tales, 1999: Madeline inherits a fortune from her rich American great-grandfather. The book also reveals Madeline's full name, Madeline Fogg.

Adaptations

• The first book, Madeline, was made into an award-winning 1952 short animated cartoon directed by Robert Cannon for UPA, also titled "Madeline".

• Between 1990 and 1995 an animated Madeline series was made for television, with narration in appropriately rhyming style read by Christopher Plummer.

• A live action Madeline film based on several of the books appeared in 1998, directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer and starring Hatty Jones as Madeline, Frances McDormand as Miss Clavel, and Nigel Hawthorne as Lord Covington (aka "Cucuface").

• 1934: Hansi
• 1936: The Golden Basket
• 1937: My War with the United States
• 1937: The Castle Number Nine
• 1938: Life Class An autobiographical sketch.
• 1938: Quito Express (travel book)
• 1939: Madeline
• 1939: Small Beer (based on his experience in Hollywood)
• 1940: Fifi
• 1941: At Your Service
• 1941: Hotel Splendide
• 1941: The Donkey Inside
• 1942: Rosebud
• 1942: I Love You, I Love You, I Love You
• 1943: Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
• 1945: The Blue Danube
• 1946: Hotel Bemelmans
• 1947: A Tale of Two Glimps
• 1947: Dirty Eddie
• 1948: The Best of Times: An Account of Europe Revisited
• 1949: The Eye of God
• 1950: Sunshine: A Story about the City of New York
• 1952: How to Travel Incognito
• 1952: The Happy Place
• 1953: Father, Dear Father
• 1953: Madeline's Rescue
• 1953: The Borrowed Christmas
• 1954: The High World
• 1955: Parsley
• 1955: To the One I Love the Best Bemelmans narrates his friendship with Elsie de Wolfe, Lady Mendl.
• 1956: Madeline and the Bad Hat
• 1957: The Woman of My Life
• 1958: My Life in Art
• 1959: Madeline and the Gypsies
• 1960: Welcome Home!
• 1960: Are You Hungry, Are You Cold
• 1960: How to Travel To Europe All to Yourself
• 1961: Italian Holiday
• 1961: Madeline in London
• 1962: Marina
• 1962: On Board Noah's Ark
• 1963: The Street Where the Heart Lies
• 1954: La Bonne Table. Excerpts and essays involving food and drink, edited by Donald and Eleanor Friede
• 1966: The Elephant Cutlet
• 1985: Tell Them It Was Wonderful: Selected Writings (compilation of various autobiographical stories, published posthumously)