An Afro-American Revolutionary Christianity" (1982);* "Post-Analytic Philosophy", edited with John Rajchman (1985);* "Prophetic Fragments" (1988);* "The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism" (1989);* "Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life" (with bell hooks, 1991);* "The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought" (1991);* "Beyond Eurocentrism and Multiculturalism" (1993);* "Race Matters" (1994);* "Keeping Faith: Philosophy and Race in America" (1994);* "Jews and Blacks: A Dialogue on Race, Religion, and Culture in America" (with rabbi Michael Lerner, 1995);* "The Future of the Race" (with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 1996);* "Restoring Hope: Conversations on the Future of Black America" (1997);* "The War Against Parents: What We Can Do For America's Beleaguered Moms and Dads" (with Sylvia Ann Hewlett, 1998);* "The Future of American Progressivism" (with Roberto Unger, 1998);* "The African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Century" (with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 2000);* "Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism" (2004);* Commentary on "The Matrix", "Matrix Reloaded" and "Matrix Revolutions"; see "The Ultimate Matrix Collection" (with Ken Wilber, 2004);* "Hope on a Tightrope: Words & Wisdom" (2008);* "Brother West: Living & Loving Out Loud" (2009);* "" (with Tavis Smiley, 2012).
An Afro-American Revolutionary Christianity" (1982)* "Prophetic Fragments" (1988)* "The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism" (1989)* "Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life" (1991)* "The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought" (1991)* "Beyond Eurocentrism and Multiculturalism" (1993)* "Race Matters" (1993)* "Keeping Faith: Philosophy and Race in America" (1994)* "Jews and Blacks: A Dialogue on Race, Religion, and Culture in America" (with Michael Lerner, 1995)* "The Future of the Race" (with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 1996)* "Restoring Hope: Conversations on the Future of Black America" (1997)* "The War Against Parents: What We Can Do For America’s Beleaguered Moms and Dads" (with Sylvia Ann Hewlett, 1998)* "The Future of American Progressivism" (with Roberto Unger, 1998)* "The African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Century" (with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 2000)* "Cornel West: A Critical Reader" (George Yancy, editor) (2001)* "Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism" (2004)* "Post-Analytic Philosophy", edited with John Rajchman.