Fiction

Coyote Jones series

• The Communipaths (1970)
• Furthest (1971)
• At the Seventh Level (1972) (cover and interior illustrations by George Barr)
• Star-Anchored, Star-Angered (1979), ISBN 0-385-13564-5
• Yonder Comes the Other End of Time (1986), ISBN 0-88677-110-2

The Ozark Trilogy (1981)

• Twelve Fair Kingdoms, ISBN 0-385-15876-9
• The Grand Jubilee, ISBN 0-385-15877-7
• And Then There'll Be Fireworks, ISBN 0-385-15878-5

Native Tongue series

• Native Tongue (1984), ISBN 0-87997-945-3
• The Judas Rose (1987), ISBN 0-88677-186-2
• Earthsong (1993), ISBN 0-88677-592-2

Other

• Peacetalk 101 (2003), ISBN 1-59021-030-1

Short stories

• "For the Sake of Grace" - Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1969
• "Old Rocking Chair's Got Me" - Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1974
• "Modulation in All Things" - Reflections of the Future anthology, 1975
• "Lest Levitation Come Upon Us" - Perpetual Light anthology, 1982 (reprinted in 9 anthology, 1983)
• "Magic Granny Says Don't Meddle" - Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1984
• "School Days" - Light Years and Dark anthology, 1984
• "Chico Lafleur Talks Funny" - A Treasury of American Horror Stories, 1985
• "Lo, How an Oak E'er Blooming" - Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1986
• "Hush My Mouth" - Alternate Histories anthology, 1986
• "Tornado" - Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1989
• "What the EPA Don't Know Won't Hurt Them" - Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1990
• "Only A Housewife" - Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1995
• "Soulfedge Rock" - Space Opera anthology, 1996
• "Weather Bulletin" - 1999
• "Honor Is Golden" - Analog, 2003
• "We Have Always Spoken Panglish" - SciFi.com, 2004
• "What We Can See Now, Looking In the Glass" - Glorifying Terrorism, 2007

Poetry

• The Less Said: A Book of Poems (1965)
• "McLuhan Transposed" - Burning with a Vision anthology, 1968
• "Lexical Gap" - Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 1985
• "Presuppositional Ghostbusting" - Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 1985
• "Rocky Road to Hoe" - Star*Line, 1987
• "Binary Addendum" - Star*Line, 1989

Songs (partial list)

• Dead Skunk Song
• Song at the Ready
• When I Was a Young Girl (lyrics only, to the tune of "The Ash Grove")
• Where the Emerald Kudzu Twines
• The World They Call Terra
• Down In Holes (lyrics only, to the tune of "Frère Jacques")
• The Firelizard Song

Non-Fiction

The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense

• The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense (1980), ISBN 0-13-351080-8
• More on the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense (1983), ISBN 0-13-601120-9
• The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense Workbook (1987)
• The Last Word on the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense (1987), ISBN 0-13-524067-0
• Language in Emergency Medicine (1987), ISBN 0738812277
• The Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense (Paperback; 1988; Barnes & Noble), ISBN 0-88-029257-1
• Growing Civilized Kids in a Savage World (1989)
• The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense for Business Success (1989), ISBN 0-13-921032-6
• Success with the Art of Verbal Self-Defense (1989), ISBN 0-13-688581-0
• Staying Well with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense (1990), ISBN 0-13-845116-8
• GenderSpeak (1993), ISBN 0-471-58016-3
• The Gentle Art of Written Self-Defense (1993), ISBN 1-56731-113-X
• The Gentle Art of Written Self-Defense Letter Book (1993), ISBN 0-13-350422-0
• Language in Law Enforcement (1993), ISBN 1-878709-04-6
• Linguistics & Science Fiction Sampler (1994)
• Mastering the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense (1995-05; Unabridged; audio-cassette); ISBN 0-78-710282-2
• BusinessSpeak (1995), ISBN 0-07-020000-9
• "You Can't Say That To Me!" (1995), ISBN 0-471-00399-9
• The Gentle Art of Communicating with Kids (1996), ISBN 0-471-03996-9
• How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable (1997-03; Wiley), ISBN 0-471-15705-8
• How to Turn the Other Cheek and Still Survive in Today's World (1997), ISBN 0-7852-7249-6
• The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense at Work (2000-01-19; Second Edition; Prentice Hall), ISBN 0-7352-0089-0
• The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense: Revised and Updated (2009), ISBN 9781435113428

Other

• A Guide to Transformational Grammar (with John Grinder) (1973), ISBN 0-03-080126-5
• What is Linguistics? (1973), ISBN 0-13-952390-1
• Bully for Us (with John Grinder) (1974)
• Pouring Down Words (1975), ISBN 0-13-686857-6
• A Primer of Transformational Grammar for Rank Beginners (1975), ISBN 0-8141-3693-1
• Never Mind the Trees (1980)
• The Great Grammar Myth (1982)
• A First Dictionary and Grammar of Láadan (1985, 2nd ed. 1988), ISBN 0-9618641-0-9
• Try to Feel It My Way (1997), ISBN 0-471-00670-X
• The Grandmother Principles (1998), ISBN 0-7892-0431-2
• The Language Imperative (2000), ISBN 0-7382-0254-1