Dutchman (1964) is Baraka's award-winning, critically acclaimed, first professional dramatic production, about racial conflict as expressed by a white woman toward a black man on a subway train.

Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note ... (1961) is Baraka's first volume of poetry, published by Totem Press, which Baraka founded in 1959. It reflects the literary aesthetics of his Beat Movement phase.

Blues People: Negro Music in White America (1963) is Baraka's highly regarded social history of blues and jazz music in the U.S. and in African-American culture.

The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader (1991), edited by William J. Harris, is a collection of important works and excerpts from all three phases of Baraka's career.

Transbluency: The Selected Poems of Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones (1961-1995) (1996) is a recent collection of important poems from throughout Baraka's career.

The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka (1984; reprinted in 1997) is Baraka's autobiography, written during a prison sentence for his activity during a political protest.

Image of the Tiger: Essays by Amiri Baraka (1993), edited by Thornton Dial, is a collection of important essays from throughout Baraka's career.