- The Long Night of White Chickens (1992). Grove Atlantic Press, New York; Faber&Faber, London.
- The Ordinary Seaman (1997). Grove Atlantic Press, New York; Faber& Faber, London.
- The Divine Husband (2004). Grove Atlantic Press (US and UK).
- The Art of Political Murder: Who killed the Bishop? (2007). Grove Press (US and UK). Non-fiction.
Selected journalism. criticism and short fiction:The New Yorker; New York Times Sunday Magazine; New York Review of Books; Book Forum; Esquire; Bomb; and others;In Mexico: Letras Libres; Gatopardo; Equis.Prologue to The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, by Alvaro Mutis, published by New York Review of Books Classics, 2003."Murder Comes for the Bishop", The New Yorker, March 15, 1999."The Great Bolaño", The New York Times Review of Books, July 19, 2007."Chapter 1: I Drank the Water", New York Times, June 27, 2007."THE THOROUGHLY DESIGNED AMERICAN CHILDHOOD; A Robot For the Masses", November 28, 2004."In The Shadow Of The Patriarch", New York Times, November 2, 2003."Guatemala's Fictional Democracy", New York Times, November 3, 2003."The Autumn of the Revolutionary", New York Times, August 23, 1998."In Guatemala, All Is Forgotten", New York Times, December 23, 1996"In a Terrorized Country", New York Times, April 17, 1995."Ending Up in Downsville", (book review) New York Times, June 20, 1993."Poetry and Power in Nicaragua", New York Times, March 29, 1987.Four Op-ed pieces in the New York Times, and two in the Los Angeles Times.
Anthologized:“Mexico DF” in the Beacon Press Best of 2001.”Moro like Me” in Half and Half: Writers on Growing up Biracial and Bicultural.
Translations:Two short stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Playboy Magazine, one of which, “The Trail of your Blood in the Snow,” won that year’s National Magazine Award for fiction.
Interviews:Susan Choi Talks with Francisco Goldman, The Believer, August 2004.Francisco Goldman talks to Semi Chellas, Brick: A Literary Journal, Winter 2004 (Issue 74)."Literary Guisado: An Interview with Francisco Goldman" by Marion Winik, The Austin Chronicle, June 6, 1997.Francisco Goldman discusses his new book "The Divine Husband", NPR Morning Edition, October 27, 2004.Interview with Francisco Goldman by Whit Coppedge, Pif Magazine, October 30, 2008.