A list of works by or about Jill Lepore, American historian.
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- Lepore, Jill (1998). The name of war : King Philip's War and the origins of American identity. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
- —, ed. (2000). Encounters in the New World : a history in documents. New York: Oxford University Press.
- — (2002). A is for American : letters and other characters in the newly United States. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
- — (2005). New York burning : liberty, slavery, and conspiracy in eighteenth-century Manhattan. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
- — (2010). The whites of their eyes : the Tea Party's revolution and the battle over American history. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
- — (2012). The mansion of happiness : a history of life and death. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
- — (2012). The story of America : essays on origins. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
- — (2013). Book of ages : the life and opinions of Jane Franklin. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
- — (2014). The secret history of Wonder Woman. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
- — (2016). Joe Gould's teeth. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
- — (2018). These truths : a history of the United States. New York: W. W. Norton.
- — (2019). This America : the case for the nation. New York: W. W. Norton.
- — (2020). If then : how the Simulmatics Corporation invented the future. Liveright.
- — (2023). The Deadline. New York: Liveright.
- Lepore, Jill (June 2001). "Historians who love too much : reflections on microhistory and biography". Journal of American History. 88 (1): 129–144. doi:10.2307/2674921. JSTOR 2674921.
- — (October 24, 2005). "People power". Books. The New Yorker. 81 (33): 80–84.
- — (April 24, 2006). "Plymouth Rocked". A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 82 (10): 167–170.
- — (May 8, 2006). "Goodbye, Columbus". A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 82 (12): 74–78.
- — (October 9, 2006). "Westward Ho!". Books. The New Yorker. 82 (32): 71–80.
- — (October 16, 2006). "The Sharpened Quill". Books. The New Yorker. 82 (33): 167–174.
- — (November 6, 2006). "Noah's Mark". Life and Letters. The New Yorker. 82 (36): 78–87.
- — (April 2, 2007). "Our Town". American Chronicles. The New Yorker. 83 (6): 40–45.
- — (May 21, 2007). "The Meaning of Life". American Chronicles. The New Yorker. 83 (13): 38–43.
- — (September 17, 2007). "Party Time". Books. The New Yorker. 83 (27): 94–98.
- — (October 29, 2007). "Vast Designs". Books. The New Yorker. 83 (33): 88–92.
- — (January 28, 2008). "The Creed". A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 83 (45): 78–83.
- — (March 17, 2008). "The Divider". On Television. The New Yorker. 84 (5): 90–91.
- — (March 24, 2008). "Just the facts, Ma'am". A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 84 (6): 79–83.
- — (April 14, 2008). "Prior Convictions". A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 84 (9): 71–75.
- — (May 12, 2008). "Our Own devices". Books. The New Yorker. 84 (13): 118–122.
- — (July 21, 2008). "The Lion and the Mouse". Life and Letters. The New Yorker. 84 (21): 66–73.
- — (September 22, 2008). "President Tom's Cabin". Books. The New Yorker. 84 (29): 86–91.
- — (October 12, 2008). "Rock, Paper, Scissors". Annals of Democracy. The New Yorker. 84 (32): 90–96.
- — (October 20, 2008). "Bound for Glory". A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 84 (33): 80–85.
- — (January 12, 2009). "The speech : have Inaugural Addresses been getting worse?". Annals of the Presidency. The New Yorker.
- — (January 19, 2009). "Baby food : if breast is best, why are women bottling their milk?". Maternity Dept. The New Yorker.
- — (April 27, 2009). "The Humbug". The Critics. A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
- — (March 14, 2011). "Twilight". American Chronicles. The New Yorker. 87 (4): 30–35.
- — (November 14, 2011). "Birthright". American Chronicles. The New Yorker. 87 (36): 44–55.[1]
- — (November 26, 2012). "Tax time". American Chronicles. The New Yorker. 88 (37): 24–29.[2]
- — (January 28, 2013). "The force". The Critics. A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 88 (45): 70–76. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- — (March 18, 2013). "The Dark Ages : terrorism, counterterrorism, and the law of torment". A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 89 (5): 28–32.
- — (June 3, 2013). "The odyssey : Robert Ripley and his world". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker. 89 (16): 62–66.
- — (July 8–15, 2013). "The prodigal daughter : writing, history, mourning". Personal History. The New Yorker. 89 (20): 34–40.
- — (December 2, 2013). "Long division : measuring the polarization of American politics". The Critics. A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 89 (39): 75–79.
- — (April 21, 2014). "The Warren brief : reading Elizabeth Warren". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker. 90 (9): 96–101.
- — (May 12, 2014). "Away from my desk : the office from beginning to end". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker. 90 (12): 72–76.
- — (June 23, 2014). "The disruption machine". Annals of Enterprise. The New Yorker. 90. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- — (August 25, 2014). "The crooked and the dead : does the Constitution protect corruption?". American Chronicles. The New Yorker. 90 (24): 22–28.
- — (September 22, 2014). "The Last Amazon: Wonder Woman returns". Annals of Entertainment. The New Yorker. 90. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
- — (March 16, 2015). "Richer and poorer : accounting for inequality". Annals of Society. The New Yorker. 91 (4): 26–32.[3]
- — (April 20, 2015). "The rule of history ; Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, and the hold of time". A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 91 (9): 83–88.[4]
- — (May 25, 2015). "To have and to hold : reproduction, marriage, and the Constitution". Dept. of Justice. The New Yorker. 91 (14): 34–39.[5]
- — (July 27, 2015). "Joe Gould's teeth : the long-lost story of the longest book ever written". Annals of Annals. The New Yorker. 91 (21): 48–59.
- — (February 1, 2016). "Baby Doe : a political history of tragedy". Annals of Children's Welfare. The New Yorker. 91 (46): 46–57.
- — (February 22, 2016). "The party crashers : is the new populism about the message or the medium?". The Political Scene. The New Yorker. 92 (2): 22–27.[6]
- — (March 21, 2016). "After the fact : in the history of truth, a new chapter begins". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker. 92 (6): 91–94.
- — (August 8–15, 2016). "The war and the roses : fear and loving in the convention hall". Annals of Politics. The New Yorker. 92 (24): 24–32.[7]
- — (January 30, 2017). "Autumn of the atom : how arguments about nuclear weapons shaped the climate–change debate". American Chronicles. The New Yorker. 92 (47): 22–28.[8]
- — (February 12–19, 2018). "It's still alive : two hundred years of 'Frankenstein'". The Critics. Life and Letters. The New Yorker. 94 (1): 86–91.[9]
- — (March 26, 2018). "The Right Way to Remember Rachel Carson". A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 94 (6): 64–72.
- — (January 7, 2019). "Unforeseen". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 94 (43): 13–14.[10]
- — (March 4, 2019). "The robot caravan : automation, A.I., and the coming invasion". Annals of Technology. The New Yorker. 95 (2): 20–24.[11]
- — (May 20, 2019). "Bound to win : memoirs of the Presidential candidates". The Critics. A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 95 (13): 76–82.[12]
- — (July 8, 2019). "The Deadline". Personal History. On the lingering of loss. The New Yorker. 95 (19): 20–24.[13]
- — (April 6, 2020). "The history of loneliness". The New Yorker.
- — (September 7, 2020). "These four walls : living indoors". The Critics. A Critic at Large. The New Yorker. 96 (26): 67–71.[14]
- — (September 9, 2020). "Scientists use big data to sway elections and predict riots : welcome to the 1960s". Nature. 585 (7825): 348–350. Bibcode:2020Natur.585..348L. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02607-8. PMID 32939063. S2CID 221769628.
- — (October 4, 2021). "The underworld : the effort to reclaim Black burial grounds and remains has unearthed conflicts over history and inheritance". American Chronicles. The New Yorker. 97 (31): 34–45.[15]
- — (May 23, 2022). "The morning after". The Talk of the Town. Comment. The New Yorker. 98 (13): 11–12.[16]
- — (May 30, 2022). "Easy rider : life on a bike". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker. 98 (14): 60–64.[17]
- — (December 11, 2023). "What Happened When the U.S. Failed to Prosecute an Insurrectionist Ex-President". American Chronicles. The New Yorker. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- —"The Chit-Chatbot: Is talking with a machine a conversation?", The New Yorker, 7 October 2024, pp. 12–16.
History of the U.S. income tax.
Online version is titled "Why inequality persists in America".
Title in the online table of contents is "The myth of Magna Carta".
Title in the online table of contents is "Sex and the Supreme Court".
Title in the online table of contents is "Will free wi-fi destroy the party system?".
Online version is titled "A tale of two conventions".
Online version is titled "The atomic origins of climate science".
Online version is titled "The strange and twisted life of 'Frankenstein'".
Online version is titled "What 2018 looked like fifty years ago".
Online version is titled "Are robots competing for your job?".
Online version is titled "Confessions of a Presidential candidate".
Online version is titled "The Lingering of Loss".
Online version is titled "Is staying in staying safe?".
Online version is titled "When Black history is unearthed, who gets to speak for the dead?".
Online version is titled "After the failed Senate bill on abortion".
Online version is titled "Bicycles have evolved. Have we?".
