Syntactic Structures (nonfiction) 1957

Current Issues in Linguistic Theory (nonfiction) 1964

Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (nonfiction) 1965

Cartesian Linguistics: A Chapter in the History of Rationalist Thought (nonfiction) 1966

Topics in the Theory of Generative Grammar (nonfiction) 1966

Language and Mind (nonfiction) 1968

Sound Patterns of English (nonfiction) 1968

American Power and the New Mandarins (nonfiction) 1969

At War with Asia (nonfiction) 1970

Problems of Knowledge and Freedom: The Russell Lectures (lectures) 1971

Studies on Semantics in Generative Grammar (nonfiction) 1972

Peace in the Middle East? (nonfiction) 1974

The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory (nonfiction) 1975

Reflections on Language (nonfiction) 1975

Essays on Form and Interpretation (essays) 1977

Human Rights and American Foreign Policy (nonfiction) 1978

Dialogues avec Mitsou Ronat [Language and Responsibility] (nonfiction) 1979

The Political Economy of Human Rights 2 vols. [with Edward Herman; Vol. I: The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism; Vol. II: After the Cataclysm: Postwar Indochina and the Construction of Imperial Ideology] (nonfiction) 1979

Rules and Representation (nonfiction) 1980

Radical Priorities (nonfiction) 1982

Some Concepts and Consequences of the Theory of Government and Binding (nonfiction) 1982

Towards a New Cold War: Essays on the Current Crisis and How We Got There (essays) 1982

The Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians (nonfiction) 1983

Turning the Tide: U.S. Intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace (nonfiction) 1985

Barriers (nonfiction) 1986

Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origins, and Use (nonfiction) 1986

Pirates and Emperors: International Terrorism in the Real World (nonfiction) 1986

The Chomsky Reader [edited by James Peck] (nonfiction) 1987

Language and Problems of Knowledge (nonfiction) 1987

Language in a Psychological Setting (nonfiction) 1987

On Power and Ideology: The Managua Lectures (lectures) 1987

The Culture of Terrorism (nonfiction) 1988

Generative Grammar: Its Basis, Development, and Prospects (nonfiction) 1988

Language and Politics [with C. P. Otero] (nonfiction) 1988

Manufacturing Consent [with Edward Herman] (nonfiction) 1988

Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in a Democratic Society (nonfiction) 1989

Deterring Democracy (nonfiction) 1991

Terrorizing the Neighborhood: American Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War (nonfiction) 1991

Chronicles of Dissent: Interviews with David Barsamian (interviews) 1992

What Uncle Sam Really Wants (nonfiction) 1992

Letters from Lexington: Reflections on Propaganda (nonfiction) 1993

The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many [with David Barsamian] (nonfiction) 1993

Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War, and U.S. Political Culture (nonfiction) 1993

Year 501: The Conquest Continues (nonfiction) 1993

Keeping the Rabble in Line: Interviews with David Barsamian (interviews) 1994

Language and Thought (nonfiction) 1994

Secrets, Lies, and Democracy: Interviews with David Barsamian (interviews) 1994

World Orders, Old and New (nonfiction) 1994

The Minimalist Program (nonfiction) 1995

Class Warfare: Interviews with David Barsamian (interviews) 1996

Power and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order (nonfiction) 1996

The Cold War and the University: Toward an Intellectual History of the Postwar Years [contributor] (nonfiction) 1997

Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda (nonfiction) 1997

The Common Good [with David Barsamian] (interviews) 1998

On Neoliberalism (nonfiction) 1998

Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and the Global Order (nonfiction) 1998

The Umbrella of U.S. Power: The Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the Contradictions of U.S. Power (nonfiction) 1998

The New Military Humanism: Lessons from Kosovo (nonfiction) 1999