Williwaw (novel) 1946

In a Yellow Wood (novel) 1947

The City and the Pillar [revised edition, 1965] (novel) 1948

The Season of Comfort (novel) 1949

A Search for the King: A Twelfth-Century Legend (novel) 1950

Death in the Fifth Position [as Edgar Box] (novel) 1952

The Judgement of Paris [revised edition, 1965] (novel) 1952

Death Before Bedtime [as Edgar Box] (novel) 1953

Death Likes it Hot [as Edgar Box] (novel) 1954

Messiah [revised edition, 1965] (novel) 1954

A Catered Affair (screenplay) 1956

A Thirsty Evil: Seven Short Stories (short stories) 1956

Visit to a Small Planet: A Comedy Akin to a Vaudeville (drama) 1957

I Accuse (screenplay) 1958

The Scapegoat [with Robert Hamer] (screenplay) 1959

Suddenly Last Summer [with Tennessee Wiliams] (screenplay) 1959

The Best Man: A Play About Politics (drama) 1960

On the March to the Sea: A Southern Comedy (drama) 1961

Three Plays [contains Visit to a Small Planet, The Best Man, and On the March to the Sea] (dramas) 1962

Rocking the Boat (essays) 1962

Romulus: A New Comedy [translated and adapted from an original work by Freidrich Duerrenmatt] (drama) 1962

Julian (novel) 1964

Is Paris Burning [with Francis Ford Coppola] (screenplay) 1966

Washington, D.C. (novel) 1967

Dark Green, Bright Red [revised edition, 1968] (novel) 1968

Myra Breckinridge (novel) 1968

Sex, Death, and Money (essays) 1968

Weekend (drama) 1968

Reflections Upon a Sinking Ship (essays) 1969

Two Sisters: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel (novel) 1970

The Last of the Mobile Hotshots (screenplay) 1970

An Evening with Richard Nixon (drama) 1972

Homage to Daniel Shays: Collected Essays, 1952-1972 (essays) 1972

Burr (novel) 1973

Myron (novel) 1974

1876 (novel) 1976

Duluth (novel) 1976

Matters of Fact and Fiction: Essays 1973-1976 (essays) 1977

Kalki (novel) 1978

Caligula [with others] (screenplay) 1980

Views from a Window: Conversations with Gore Vidal [edited by Robert J. Stanton and Gore Vidal] (interviews) 1980

Creation (novel) 1981

The Second American Revolution and Other Essays (essays) 1982

Lincoln (novel) 1984

Armageddon? Essays 1983-1987 (essays) 1987

Empire (novel) 1987

At Home: Essays 1982-1988 (essays) 1988

Hollywood (novel) 1990

A View from the Diner's Club: Essays 1987-1991 (essays) 1991

The Decline and Fall of the American Empire (essays) 1992

Live from Golgotha: The Gospel According to Gore Vidal (novel) 1992

Screening History (essays) 1992

United States: Essays 1952-1992 (essays) 1993

Palimpsest: A Memoir (memoir) 1995

The American Presidency (essays) 1998

The Smithsonian Institution (novel) 1998

Virgin Islands: A Dependency of United States: Essays, 1992-1997 (essays) 1998

Gore Vidal Sexually Speaking: Collected Sex Writings (essays) 1999

The Golden Age (novel) 2000