THE DARING YOUNG MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE, 1934
THOSE WHO WRITE THEM AND THOSE WHO COLLECT THEM, 1934
INHALE AND EXHALE, 1936
THREE TIMES THREE, 1936
A GAY AND MELANCHOLY FLUX, 1937
LITTLE CHILDREN, 1937
A NATIVE AMERICAN, 1938
THE TROUBLE WITH TIGERS, 1938
LOVE, HERE'S MY HAT, 1938
MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLAND, 1939 (play)
THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE, (Pulitzer Prize & Drama Critics Circle Award) 1939 (play)
CHRISTMAS, 1939
HARLEM AS SEEN BY HIRSCHFIELD, 1939
HAIRENIK of BOSTON, 1933-1939
PEACE, IT'S WONDERFUL, 1939
THREE FRAGMENTS AND A STORY, 1939
MY NAME IS ARAM, (a book-of-the-month choice) 1940
HERO OF THE WORLD, 1940 (play)
LOVE'S OLD SWEET SONG, 1940 (play)
THE PING PONG CIRCUS, 1940 (play)
A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT, 1940 (play)
SUBWAY CIRCUS, 1940 (play)
SWEENEY IN THE TREES, 1941 (play)
SAROYANS FABLES, 1941
THREE PLAYS, 1941
THE INSURANCE SALESMAN, 1941
THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, 1941 (play)
ACROSS THE BOARD ON TOMORROW MORNING, 1941 (play)
THE PEOPLE WITH LIGHT COMING OUT OF THEM, 1941 (play)
HILLTOP RUSSIANS IN SAN FRANCISCO, 1941
RAZZLE DAZZLE, 1942
HELLO OUT THERE, 1942 (play)
THE AGONY OF LITTLE NATIONS, 1942 (play)
BAD MEN IN THE WEST, 1942 (play)
COMING THROUGH THE RYE, 1942 (play)
ELMER AN LILY, 1942 (play)
THE POETIC SITUATION IN AMERICA, 1942 (play)
TALKING TO YOU, 1942 (play)
THE HUMAN COMEDY, (Oscar & a book-of-the-month choice) 1943
GET AWAY, OLD MAN, 1943
DEAR BABY, 1944
THE HUNGERERS, 1945 (play)
WHY ABSTRACT?
THE ADVENTURES OF WESLEY JACKSON, 1946
JIM DANDY, 1947 (play)
THE SAROYAN SPECIAL, 1948
THE FISCAL HOBOES, 1949
A DECENT BIRTH, 1949
SAM EGO'S HOUSE, 1949
A DECENT BIRTH, A HAPPY FUNERAL, 1949 (play)
DON'T GO AWAY MAD, 1949 (play)
SAM EGO'S HOUSE, 1949 (play)
THE ASSYRIANS, 1950
THE SON, 1950 (play)
THE TWIN ADVENTURES, 1950
TRACY'S TIGER, 1951
ROCK WAGRAM, 1951
THE BICYCLE RIDER IN BEVERLY HILLS, 1952
THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS, 1952 (play)
THE LAUGHING MATTER, 1953
MAMA, I LOVE YOU, 1953
OPERA, OPERA, 1950 (play)
MAMA, I LOVE YOU, 1956
THE WHOLE VOYALD AND OTHER STORIES, 1956
PAPA, YOU'RE CRAZY, 1957
EVER BEEN IN LOVE WITH A MIDGET?, 1957 (play)
THE CAVE DWELLERS, 1958 (play)
THE ACCIDENT, 1958 (play)
THE WILLIAM SAROYAN READER, 1958
CAT, MOUSE, MAN, WOMAN, 1958 (play)
ONCE AROUND THE BLOCK, 1959 (play)
SETTLED OUT OF COURT, 1960 (play)
SAM, THE HIGHEST JUMPER OF THEM ALL, 1961 (play)
HERE COMES, THERE GOES YOU KNOW WHO, 1961
HIGH TIMES ALONG THE WABASH, 1961 (play)
A NOTE ON HILAIRE HILER, 1962
AH MAN, 1962 (play)
NOT DYING, 1963
ME, 1963
BOYS AND GIRLS TOGETHER, 1963
PATIENT, THIS I BELIEVE, 1963 (play)
THE PLAYWRIGHT AND THE PUBLIC, 1963 (play)
AFTER TWENTY YEARS, 1964
ONE DAY IN THE AFTERNOON OF THE WORLD, 1964
SHORT DRIVE SWEET CHARIOT, 1966
MY KIND OF CRAZY WONDERFUL PEOPLE, 1966
LOOK AT US, 1967
DENTIST AND PATIENT, 1968 (play)
THE DOGS, 1968 (play)
HORSEY GORSEY AND THE FROG, 1968
HUSBAND AND WIFE, 1968 (play)
I USED TO BELIEVE I HAD FOREVER, BUT NOW I'M NOT SO SURE, 1968
DOGS or PARIS COMEDY, 1969
MAKING MONEY, AND 19 OTHER VERY SHORT PLAYS, 1969
DON'T GO BUT IF YOU MUST SAY HELLO TO EVERYBODY, 1970
THE NEW PLAY, 1970 (play)
PLACES WHERE I'VE DONE TIME, 1972
ARMENIANS, 1974 (play)
THE TOOTH AND MY FATHER, 1974
THE REBIRTH CELEBRATIONS OF THE HUMAN RACE, 1975 (play)
SONS COME AND GO, MOTHERS HANG IN FOREVER, 1976
AN ACT OR TWO OF FOOLISH KINDNESS, 1976
FAMOUS FACES AND OTHER FRIENDS, 1976
MORRIS HIRSCHFIELD, 1976
THE ASHTREE TALKERS, 1977
DAYS OF LIFE AND DEATH AND ESCAPE TO THE MOON, 1978
CHANCE MEETINGS, 1978
OBITUARIES, 1979

After Saroyan's death in 1981,
23 books have been published about his life and works.