Poetry

• The Hand That Cradles the Rock (1971)
• Songs to a Handsome Woman (1973)

Novels

• Rubyfruit Jungle (1973) ISBN 055327886X
• In Her Day (1976) ISBN 0553275739
• Six of One ISBN 0553380370
• Southern Discomfort ISBN 0553274465
• Sudden Death ISBN 0553269305
• High Hearts ISBN 0553278886
• Bingo ISBN 0553380400 (a sequel to Six of One)
• Venus Envy ISBN 0553564978
• Dolley: A Novel of Dolley Madison in Love and War ISBN 055356949X
• Riding Shotgun ISBN 0553763539
• Loose Lips (2000) ISBN 0553380672 (set between Six of One and Bingo)
• Alma Mater (2002) ISBN 0345455320
• The Sand Castle (2008) ISBN 0802118704

• Wish You Were Here (1990) ISBN 978-0553287530
• Rest in Pieces (1992) ISBN 978-0553562392
• Murder at Monticello (1994) ISBN 978-0553572353
• Pay Dirt (1995) ISBN 978-0553572360
• Murder, She Meowed (1996) ISBN 978-0553572377
• Murder on the Prowl (1998) ISBN 978-0553575408
• Cat on the Scent (1999) ISBN 978-0553575415
• Pawing Through the Past (2000) ISBN 978-0553580259
• Claws and Effect (2001) ISBN 978-0553580907
• Catch as Cat Can (2002) ISBN 978-0553580280
• The Tail of the Tip-Off (2003) ISBN 978-0553582857
• Whisker of Evil (2004) ISBN 978-0553582864
• Cat's Eyewitness (2005) ISBN 978-0553582871
• Sour Puss (2006) ISBN 978-0553586817
• Puss n' Cahoots (2007) ISBN 978-0553586824
• The Purrfect Murder (2008) ISBN 978-0553586831
• Santa Clawed (2008)
• Cat of the Century (2010)

• Outfoxed (2000)
• Hotspur (2002)
• Full Cry (2003)
• The Hunt Ball (2005)
• The Hounds and the Fury (2006)
• The Tell-Tale Horse (2007)
• Hounded to Death (2008)

Nonfiction

Screenplays

• Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery (1998) (TV)
• Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (1997)
• The Woman Who Loved Elvis (1993) (TV)
• Rich Men, Single Women (1990) (TV)
• Me and Rubyfruit (1989)
• My Two Loves (1986)
• The Long Hot Summer (1985)
• The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
• I Love Liberty (1982)

• The protagonist, Susan in the film Educating Rita changes her name to Rita after Rita Mae Brown.