O paiz do carnaval (novel) 1931
Cacau (novel) 1933
Suor (novel) 1934
Jubiabá (novel) 1935
Mar morto [Sea of Death] (novel) 1936
Captiães da areia [Captains of the Sands] (novel) 1937
A estrada do mar (novel) 1937
ABC de Castro Alves (novel) 1941
Vida de Luiz Carlos Prestes, o cavaleiro da esperança (nonfiction) 1942
Terras do sem fim [The Violent Land] (novel) 1943
São Jorge do Ilhéus [George of Iltheus] (novel) 1944
The Golden Harvest (novel) 1944
Bahia de todos os santos (travel essay) 1945
Homens e coisas do Partido Comunista (nonfiction) 1946
Seara vermelha (novel) 1946
O amor de Castro Alves (novel) 1947
O mundo da paz (nonfiction) 1950
Os subterrâneos da liberdade (novel) 1954
Gabriela, cravo e canela [Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon] (novel) 1958
Os velhos marinheiros [The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell and Home Is the Sailor] (short stories) 1961
A morte e a morte de Quincas Berro Dágua (novel) 1962
Os pastores da noite [Sheperds of the Night] (novel) 1964
Dona Flor e seus dois maridos, história moral e de amor [Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands] (novel) 1966
Tenda dos milagres [Tent of Miracles] (novel) 1969
Tereza Batista, cansada de guerra [Tereza Batista: Home from the Wars] (novel) 1972
O gato malhado e a andorinha Sinhá [The Swallow and the Tomcat] (novel) 1976
Tieta do Agreste: Pastora de cabras [Tieta the Goat Girl] (novel) 1977
Farda, fardão, camisola de dormir [Pen, Sword, Camisole] (novel) 1979
A bola e o goleiro (novel) 1984
Tocaia grande [Showdown] (novel) 1984
O sumiça da santa [The War of the Saints] (novel) 1988
Chapada diamantina (novel) 1989
Navegação de cabotagem (memoir) 1992
A descoberta da América pelos Turcos (novel) 1994