A. Books (Sole Author):
11 Deep Disposal: A Documentary Account of Burying Nuclear Waste in Canada. McGill-Queens University Press, Montreal. 2024
10 Canada and Climate Change. McGill-Queens University Press, Montreal. 2022
9 Hera the Buddha: Book Three of The Herasaga. Amazon Kindle E-Book, 2017. Pp. xv, 239.
8 The Doom Loop in the Financial Sector, and Other Black Holes of Risk. The University of Ottawa Press, 2010. Pp. xix, 169.
7 The Priesthood of Science: A Work of Utopian Fiction. (Book Two of The Herasaga.). The University of Ottawa Press, 2008. Pp. xxvii, 287. Second Edition, Amazon Kindle E-Book, 2017, 325pp.
6 Hera, or Empathy: A Work of Utopian Fiction. (Book One of The Herasaga.) Distributed by The University of Ottawa Press. Pp. xvii, 600 (2006). Second Edition, Amazon Kindle E-Book, 2017, 583pp.
5 In the Chamber of Risks: Understanding Risk Controversies. McGill–Queen’s University Press, 2001. Pp. xv, 388.
4 Under Technology’s Thumb. Montréal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1990. Pp. xii, 169 (reprinted 1994).
3 C. B. Macpherson: Dilemmas of Liberalism and Socialism. Montréal: New World Perspectives/Toronto: McClelland and Stewart/New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1988, pp. 152. Reprint edition with new Preface: Montréal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2009.
2 The Limits to Satisfaction: An Essay on the Problem of Needs and Commodities. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1976, pp. xi, 159. New edition with additions, London: Marion Boyars, 1978. Revised edition, University of Toronto Press, 1979, pp. xx, 163; Japanese translation, Shinhyoron, 1987; new edition, MQUP, 1988; Chinese translation, Beijing: Commercial Press, 2016.
1 The Domination of Nature. New York: George Braziller, 1972, pp. xii, 242. Other editions: Paperback (with new preface): Boston: Beacon Press, 1974. Italian translation, Milan: Longanesi, 1976. Reprint edition with new preface, MQUP, 1994; Chinese translation, Beijing: Foreign Studies on Marxism and Socialism, 2008.
B. Books (Co-author):
3 Mad Cows and Mother’s Milk: The Perils of Poor Risk Communication, with Douglas Powell. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1997; second enlarged edition 2004, pp. xvii, 452.
2 Risk and Responsibility, with Christina Chociolko. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1994, Pp. xvi, 405.
1 Social Communication in Advertising: Persons, Products, and Images of Well-Being, with S. Jhally and S. Kline. First edition: Toronto, Methuen Publications, 1986. Pp. xi, 327. Second edition, revised and enlarged: Toronto: Nelson Canada, 1990. Pp. x, 426. Third edition, with Jacqueline Botterill, New York: Routledge, 2005. Pp. x, 683. Greek translation: Kastaniotis, 2008. Fourth edition, with Kyle Asquith, New York: Routledge, 2018. Pp. x, 431.
C. Books (Major Contributor):
2 Communicating about Risks to Environment and Health in Europe, ed. P. Gray et al. Dordrecht/Boston: Kluwer, 1998, pp. xxii, 409. (Member of editorial committee and author of various sections.)
1 Liora Salter, with the assistance of Edwin Levy and William Leiss, Mandated Science. Dordrecht/Boston: Kluwer, 1988. Pp. xii, 221.
D. Books (Editor):
3 The Essential Marcuse. Edited with an Introduction by Andrew Feenberg & William Leiss. Boston: Beacon Press, 2007. Pp. xliii, 249. Russian translation: Moscow, AST Publishers, 2011.
2 Prospects and Problems in Risk Communication. University of Waterloo Press, 1989. Pp. vi, 216.
1 Ecology versus Politics in Canada, a collection of original essays. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1979. Pp. xiv, 282.