The Poetry Foundation lists these works among others:
- A Street in Bronzeville, Harper, 1945.
- Annie Allen, Harper, 1949.
- Maud Martha, Harper, 1953.
- Bronzeville Boys and Girls, Harper, 1956.
- The Bean Eaters, Harper, 1960.
- We Real Cool, Brooks Press, 1960.
- In the Mecca, Harper, 1968.
- For Illinois 1968: A Sesquicentennial Poem, Harper, 1968.
- Riot, Broadside Press, 1969.
- Family Pictures, Broadside Press, 1970.
- Aloneness, Broadside Press, 1971.
- Report from Part One: An Autobiography, Broadside Press, 1972.
- Black Love, Brooks Press, 1982.
- Mayor Harold Washington; and, Chicago, the I Will City, Brooks Press, 1983.
- The Near-Johannesburg Boy, and Other Poems, David Co., 1987.
- Winnie, Third World Press, 1988.
- Report from Part Two, Third World Press, 1996.
- In Montgomery, and Other Poems, Third World Press, 2003.
Several collections of multiple works by Brooks were also published.[19]
