The Least of These (play) 1966

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (autobiography) 1970

Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (poetry) 1971

Georgia, Georgia (screenplay) 1972

All Day Long (screenplay) 1974

Gather Together in My Name (autobiography) 1974

Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well (poetry) 1975

Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (autobiography) 1976

And Still I Rise (poetry) 1978

The Heart of a Woman (autobiography) 1981

Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? (poetry) 1983

All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (autobiography) 1986

Now Sheba Sings the Song (poetry) 1987

I Shall Not Be Moved (poetry) 1990

Life Doesn't Frighten Me (poetry) 1993

On the Pulse of the Morning (poetry) 1993

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (essays) 1993

The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (poetry) 1994

My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me (juvenilia) 1994

Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women (poetry) 1994

Soul Looks Back in Wonder (poetry) 1994

Even the Stars Look Lonesome (essays) 1997

A Song Flung Up to Heaven (autobiography) 2002