1988 Center: Ideas and Institutions (co-edited with Michel Martin), the University of Chicago Press.
1989 Different Worlds: A Study in the Sociology of Taste, Choice, and Success in Art, Rose Monograph Series of the Cambridge University Press.
1992 Nationalism: Five Roads to Modernity, Harvard University Press (Portuguese translation 1998; Spanish 2005; Russian 2008; Chinese 2010; Turkish, 2016)
1999 Nacionalisme i Modernitat, Catarroja: Editorial Afers, Universitat de Valencia (collection of essays)
2001 The Spirit of Capitalism: Nationalism and Economic Growth, Harvard University Press. (Chinese translations, 2004; trade edition, 2008)
2006 Nationalism and the Mind: Essays on Modern Culture, Oxford: Oneworld.
2012 The Ideals of Joseph Ben-David: The Scientist’s Role and Centers of Learning Revisited, (editor), Transaction Publishers.
2013 Mind, Modernity, Madness: The Impact of Culture on Human Experience, Harvard University Press.
2016 Advanced Introduction to Nationalism, Oxford: Edward Elgar.
2016 Globalization of Nationalism: Political Identities around the World, (editor), European Consortium for Political Research, ECPR press.
2016 Pensar con Libertad: La humanidad y la nacion en todos sus estados. (Conversando con Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Ben-David, Shils, Aron, Bell, Gellner y Anderson), translated by Mar Vidal; with an introduction by Agusti Colomines and Aurora Madaula, Barcelona: Arpa & Alfil Editores.
