• "Happy to Be Here" - New York: Viking, 1982
• "Lake Wobegon Days" - New York: Antheneum, 1985
• "Leaving Home: a Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories" - New York: Viking, 1987
• "We Are Still Married: Stories and Letters" - New York: Viking, 1989
• "WLT: A Radio Romance" - New York: 1991
• "The Book of Guys" - New York: Viking, 1992
• "Cat, You Better Come Home" - Puffin, 1995
• "The Old Man Who Loved Cheese" - Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1996
• "The Sandy Bottom Orchestra" - Hyperion Press, 1996
• "Lake Wobegon Boy" - New York: Viking, 1997
• "Me: By Jimmy (Big Boy) Valenta" - New York: Viking, 1999

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