- "Cat, You Better Come Home" - Puffin, 1995;
- "Happy to Be Here" - New York: Viking, 1982;
- "Lake Wobegon Boy" - New York: Viking, 1997;
- "Lake Wobegon Days" - New York: Antheneum, 1985;
- "Leaving Home: a Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories" - New York: Viking, 1987;
- "Me: By Jimmy (Big Boy) Valenta" - New York: Viking, 1999.
- "The Book of Guys" - New York: Viking, 1992;
- "The Old Man Who Loved Cheese" - Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1996;
- "The Sandy Bottom Orchestra" - Hyperion Press, 1996;
- "We Are Still Married: Stories and Letters" - New York: Viking, 1989;
- "WLT: A Radio Romance" - New York: 1991;
- Published books include the following:
- Book: "Gospel Birds," 1985.
- Book: "Comedy Theater," 1994.
- Book: "Stories," 1976.
- TV commercial: Honda UK ("Cog") (voiceover) (2003-).
- Commentary, "Talking To Strangers--How Sweet It Is," Chicago Tribune, October 18, 2006
- Interviewee: "The Haunted History of Halloween"
- Commentary, "Nobody Loves You Like Your Mama Does." Published in the "Chicago Tribune," 8 May 2008.
- Commentary, "Love Freedom, and Beware the Buzzword," Published in the "Chicago Tribune," 22 May 2008.
- Commentary, "The Old Guy's Technical Foul Makes You LOL," Published in the "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 7 August 2008.
- Commentary, "Worst of Times," Published in the "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 8 October 2008.
- Commentary, "The Perils of Public Passion," Published in the "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 3 December 2008.
- Commentary, "Sitting on Top of the World," Published in the "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 12 November 2008.
- Commentary, "Fear the Fallout of Flushing Airplane Toilet," Published in the "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 17 December 2008.
- Commentary, "She Saw Her Pale Reflection in the Window. A.K.A. Torture," Published in the "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 14 January 2009.
- Commentary, "Speaking of Obituaries: Upward and Onward," Published in the "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 18 February 2009.
- Commentary, "A People of Cold Comfort," Published in the "Minneapolis Star Tribune (USA)," 25 February 2009.
- Commentary, "The Delicate Art of Brotherly Love," Published in the "Minneapolis Star Tribune (USA)," 4 March 2009.
- Commentary, "Appreciation for a Great Appreciator," Published in "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 4 February 2009.
- Commentary, "The Care and Feeding of Ex-Celebrities," Published in "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 11 February 2009.
- Commentary, "Speaking of Obituaries: Upward and Onward," Published in "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 18 February 2009.
- Commentary, "Cold Comfort," Published in "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 25 February 2009.
- Commentary, "The Passage of Time," Published in "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 4 March 2009.
- Commentary, "Longing for a Fortress of Solitude," Published in "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 24 June 2009.
- Author: Article: "My Great Escape", The Independent Newspaper, Issue 7157, 1st September 2009, Published by Independent News and Media Limited
- (2004) Introduction to <i>The Complete Peanuts: 1950 to 1952</i> by Charles M. Schulz, Seattle, Washington: Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 1-56097-589-X.
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