Flash Photography, 1947

Camera Portraits: Techniques and Principles of Documentary Portraiture, 1948

The Learning Tree, 1963

A Choice of Weapons, 1966

Gordon Parks: A Poet and His Camera, 1968

Born Black, 1971

Gordon Parks: In Love, 1971

Gordon Parks: Whispers of Intimate Things, 1971

Moments Without Proper Names, 1975

Flavio, 1978

To Smile in Autumn, 1979

Shannon, 1981

Voices in the Mirror: An Autobiography, 1990

Arias in Silence, 1994

Glimpses Towards Infinity, 1996

Gordon Parks Half Past Autumn: A Retrospective, 1997

A Star for Noon, 2000

The Sun Stalker, 2003

Eyes With Winged Thoughts, 2005

A Hungry Heart, 2005