To Defend, To Destroy: A Novel, 1971
The Amnesty of John David Herndon, 1973
The Knock at Midnight: A Novel, 1975
The Innocence of Joan Little: A Southern Mystery, 1977
Our Father Who Art in Hell: The Life and Death of Jim Jones, 1981
Sherman’s March and Vietnam, 1987
The Lone Star: The Life of John Connally, 1989
Collision at Home Plate: The Lives of Pete Rose and Bart Giamatti, 1991
Galileo: A Life, 1994
The Last Apocalypse: Europe at the Year 1000 A.D., 1998
Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade, 2001
Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition, and the Defeat of the Moors, 2005
Fragile Innocence: A Father’s Memoir of His Daughter’s Courageous Journey, 2006
The Conviction of Richard Nixon: The Untold Story of the Frost/Nixon Interviews, 2007
Defenders of the Faith: Christianity and Islam Battle for the Soul of Europe, 2009
The Accidental Victim: JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald, and the Real Target in Dallas, 2013
Luther’s Fortress: Martin Luther and His Reformation Under Siege, 2015