Movies

• The Intruder (1962) as villain "Bart Carey"
• The Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man (2010) as himself
• The Ackermonster Chronicles (2010) as himself

Novels and collections

The Logan series

• Logan's Run (1967) - Novel (with George Clayton Johnson)
• Logan's World (1977) - Second Book in Logan Trilogy
• Logan's Search (1980) - Last in Logan Trilogy
• Logan: A Trilogy (1986) - Collection
• Logan's Return (2001) - Novella, released as an e-book
• Running With Logan (In Progress)

The Black Mask series

• The Black Mask Murders (1994) - Novel
• The Marble Orchard (1996) - Novel
• Sharks Never Sleep (1998) - Novel

The Sam Space series

• Space for Hire (1971) - Novel
• Look Out for Space (1985) - Novel
• 3 For Space (1992) - Collection
• Far Out (2004) - Collection
• Seven for Space (2008) - Collection

The Challis series

• Death Is For Losers (1968) - Novel
• The White Cad Cross-Up (1969) - Novel
• Helle on Wheels (1992) - Novella
• The Brothers Challis (1996) - Collection

The Kincaid series

• Pirate's Moon (1987) - Novella
• The Winchester Horror (1998) - Novella
• Demon! (2005) - Novella

On Max Brand

• Max Brand's Best Western Stories (1981) - Brand Collection
• Max Brand's Best Western Stories II (1985) - Brand Collection
• Max Brand: Western Giant (1986) - Anthology/Bibliography
• Max Brand's Best Western Stories III (1987) - Brand Collection
• Tales of the Wild West (1997) - Brand Collection
• More Tales of the Wild West (1999) - Brand Collection
• Masquerade (2005) - Brand Collection
• King of the Pulps (In progress) - Biography

On Dashiell Hammett

• Dashiell Hammett: A Casebook (1969) - Critical study
• Hammett: A Life at the Edge (1983) - Biography
• A Life Beyond Thursday (2004) - Biography
• Dash (2004) - Stage play

On Ray Bradbury

• Ray Bradbury Review (1952) - Anthology
• The Ray Bradbury Index (1953) - Pamphlet
• The Ray Bradbury Companion (1975) - Biography/bibliography
• The Dandelion Chronicles (1984) - Pamphlet
• The Bradbury Chronicles (1991) - Anthology

Science fiction anthologies

• The Pseudo-People (1965)
• Man Against Tomorrow (1965)
• Il Meglio Della Fantascienza (1967)
• 3 To The Highest Power (1968) - Edited as well as contributed
• A Wilderness of Stars (1969)
• A Sea of Space (1970)
• The Future is Now (1971)
• The Human Equation: Four Science Fiction Novels of Tomorrow (1971)
• Science Fiction Origins (1980)
• The Bleeding Edge (2009) - Edited as well as contributed

Science fiction collections

• Alien Horizons (1974)
• Wonderworlds (1977)
• Wild Galaxy: Selected Science Fiction Stories (2005)

Bibliographies

• The Work of Charles Beaumont (1986)
• The Work of William F. Nolan (1988)

Verse

• The Mounties (1979) - Broadside
• Dark Encounters (1986) - Collection
• Have You Seen the Wind? (2003) - Collection, with prose
• Ill Met by Moonlight (2004) - Collection, with prose and artwork

Auto racing works

• Across the old man and into Bandini (1957) - Short story
• Omnibus of Speed (1958) - Anthology
• Adventure on Wheels (1959) - John Fitch autobiography
• Barney Oldfield (1961) - Biography
• Phil Hill: Yankee Champion (1962) - Biography
• Men of Thunder (1964) - Collection
• When Engines Roar (1964) - Anthology
• Steve McQueen: Star on Wheels (1972) - Biography
• Carnival of Speed (1973) - Collection

Horror works

• The Fiend in You (1962) - Anthology
• Things Beyond Midnight (1984) - Collection
• Urban Horrors (1990) - Anthology
• How to Write Horror Fiction (1990) - Reference
• Blood Sky (1991) - Chapbook
• Helltracks (1991) - Novel
• Night Shapes (1995) - Collection
• William F. Nolan's Dark Universe (2001) - Career collection
• Nightworlds (2004) - Collection

Miscellaneous works

• A Cross Section of Art in Science-Fantasy (1952) - Chapbook
• Image Power (1988) - Pamphlet
• Rio Renegades (1989) - Western novel
• California Sorcery (1999) - Mixed anthology
• Simpy An Ending (2002) - Pamphlet
• With Marlowe in L.A. (2003) - Pamphlet

Other collections

• Impact-20 (1963) - Mixed Short Stories
• The Edge of Forever (1971) - Collection of Chad Oliver stories
• Down the Long Night (2000)
• Offbeat (2002) - Collection of Richard Matheson stories
• Ships in the Night: And Other Stories (2003) - Collection of Sci-fi, Western etc.

Other biographies

• John Huston: King Rebel (1965)
• Sinners and Supermen (1965) - Collection
• Hemingway: Last Days of the Lion (1974) - Chapbook
• McQueen (1984)
• The Black Mask Boys (1985) - Collection/anthology

Screenplays

• Who Goes There? (aka THE THING) Screen Treatment (1978), written for Universal Studios (not produced), published by Rocket Ride Books in "Who Goes There?: The Novella That Formed The Basis of THE THING" (2009)

Motion pictures

• The Legend of Machine-Gun Kelly (1975)
• Logan's Run (1976)
• Burnt Offerings (1976)

Television

• Brain Wave (1959) - One Step Beyond
• Vanishing Act (1959) - Dead or Alive
• Black Belt (1960) - Dead or Alive
• The Joy of Living (1971) - Norman Corwin Presents
• The Norliss Tapes (1973) - NBC Movie of the Week
• The Turn of the Screw (1974) - ABC Miniseries
• Trilogy of Terror (Millicent and Therese; Julie) (1975) - ABC Movie of the Week
• Sky Heist (1975) - NBC Movie of the Week
• The Kansas City Massacre (1975) - ABC Movie of the Week
• Logan's Run (1977) - Pilot for CBS series
• First Loss (1981) - 240-Robert
• The Partnership (1981) - Darkroom
• Terror at London Bridge (1985) - NBC Movie of the Week
• Trilogy of Terror II (The Graveyard Rats; He Who Kills) (1996) - USA Movie of the Week

• California Sorcery, a collection of stories edited by Nolan and William Schafer, ISBN 0-441-00808-9