Complete works
Anthologies, polemics & contemporary history
- 1957 Conviction MacGibbon & Kee (contribution: “A Sense of Outrage” pp202–17)
- 1957 The Suez War MacGibbon & Kee
- 1958 Journey Into Chaos MacGibbon & Kee
- 1971 Statesmen And Nations Sidgwick & Jackson
- 1977 Enemies of Society Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- 1980 The Recovery of Freedom (Mainstream Series) Basil Blackwell
- 1981 The Best of Everything – Animals, Business, Drink, Travel, Food, Literature, Medicine, Playtime, Politics, Theatre, Young World, Art, Communications, Law and Crime, Films, Pop Culture, Sport, Women’s Fashion, Men’s Fashion, Music, Military (ed by William Davis) – contributor
- 1985 The Pick of Paul Johnson Harrap
- 1986 The Oxford Book Of Political Anecdotes (2nd ed 1991) Oxford University Press
- 1988 Intellectuals Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- 1994 The Quotable Paul Johnson A Topical Compilation of His Wit, Wisdom and Satire (George J. Marlin, Richard P. Rabatin, Heather Higgins (Editors)) 1994 Noonday Press/1996 Atlantic Books(US)
- 1994 Wake Up Britain – a Latter-day Pamphlet Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- 1996 To Hell with Picasso & Other Essays: Selected Pieces from “The Spectator” Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- 2010 Humorists: From Hogarth to Noel Coward Harper (USA)
Art & architecture
- 1980 British Cathedrals Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- 1993 Gerald Laing : Portraits Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd (with Gerald Laing & David Mellor MP)
- 1999 Julian Barrow’s London Fine Art Society
- 2003 Art: A New History Weidenfeld & Nicolson
History and biography
- 1972 The Offshore Islanders: England’s People from Roman Occupation to the Present/to European Entry [1985ed as History of the English People; 1998ed as Offshore Islanders: A History of the English People] Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- 1974 Elizabeth I: a Study in Power and Intellect Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- 1974 The Life and Times of Edward III Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- 1976 Civilizations of the Holy Land Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- 1977 Education of an Establishment in The World Of the Public School (pp13–28), edited by George MacDonald Fraser, Weidenfeld & Nicolson /St Martins Press (US edition)
- 1978 The Civilization of Ancient Egypt Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- 1981 Ireland: A Concise History from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day [as …Land of Troubles 1980 Eyre Methuen] Granada
- 1983 A History of the Modern World from 1917 to the 1980s Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- 1984 Modern Times: A History of the World from the 1920s to the 1980s Weidenfeld & Nicolson [later, …Present Time and …Year 2000 2005 ed] Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- 1987 Gold Fields A Centenary Portrait Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- 1987 The History of the Jews [2001ed] Weidenfeld & Nicolson (later editions titled A History of the Jews)
- 1991 The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830 Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- 1996 The Holocaust Phoenix [pages 482 to 517 of A History of the Jews]
- 1997 A History of the American People Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- 2002 The Renaissance [: A Short History *] Weidenfeld & Nicolson/*Random House (USA)
- 2002 Napoleon (Lives S.) Weidenfeld & Nicolson [2003 Phoenix pbk]
- 2005 George Washington: The Founding Father (Eminent Lives Series) Atlas Books
- 2006 Creators HarperCollins Publishers (USA)
- 2007 Heroes HarperCollins Publishers (USA)
- 2009 Churchill (biography, 192 pages)
- 2011 Socrates Viking (USA)
- 2012 Darwin: Portrait of A Genius Viking (Oct 2012)
Memoirs
- 2004 The Vanished Landscape: A 1930s Childhood in the Potteries Weidenfeld & Nicolson:
- 2010 Brief Lives Hutchinson
Novels
- 1959 Left of Centre MacGibbon & Kee [“Left Of Centre describes the meeting of a Complacent Young Man with an Angry Old City”]
- 1964 Merrie England MacGibbon & Kee
Religion
- 1975 Pope John XXIII Hutchinson
- 1977 A History of Christianity Weidenfeld & Nicolson /1976 Simon & Schuster /Atheneum (USA)
- 1982 Pope John Paul II And The Catholic Restoration St Martins Press
- 1996 The Quest for God: A Personal Pilgrimage Weidenfeld & Nicolson/HarperCollins (USA)
- 1997 The Papacy Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- 2010 Jesus: A Biography from a Believer Viking (USA)
Travel
- 1973 The Highland Jaunt Collins (with George Gale)
- 1974 A Place in History: Places & Buildings Of British History Omega [Thames TV (UK) tie-in]
- 1978 National Trust Book of British Castles Granada Paperback [1992 Weidenfeld ed as Castles Of England, Scotland And Wales]
- 1984 The Aerofilms Book of London from the Air Weidenfeld & Nicolson
