1916年、ロンドン生まれ。ロンドン大学東洋アフリカ研究学院（SOAS）卒業。第二次世界大戦中、イギリス外務省に勤務する。戦後、母校のロンドン大学教授に就任。1974年からプリンストン大学教授となった。
単著
- The Arabs in History, (Hutchinson, 1950).
- 林武・山本元孝訳『アラブの歴史』（みすず書房, 1967年、新版1985年ほか）
- The Emergence of Modern Turkey, (Oxford University Press, 1961).
- Istanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman Empire, (University of Oklahoma Press, 1963).
- The Middle East and the West, (Indiana University Press, 1964).
- The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam, (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1967).
- 加藤和秀訳『暗殺教団―イスラームの過激派』（新泉社, 1973年）
- Race and Color in Islam, (Harper & Row, 1971).
- Islam in History: Ideas, Men and Events in the Middle East, (Library Press, 1973).
- History: Remembered, Recovered, Invented, (Princeton University Press, 1975).
- Studies in Classical and Ottoman Islam, 7th-16th Centuries, (Variorum Reprints, 1976).
- The Muslim Discovery of Europe, (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1982).
- 尾高晋己訳『ムスリムのヨーロッパ発見』（春風社（上・下）, 2000年-2001年）
- The Jews of Islam, (Princeton University Press, 1984).
- Semites and Anti-Semites: An Inquiry into Conflict and Prejudice, (Norton, 1986).
- The Political Language of Islam, (University of Chicago Press, 1988).
- Race and Slavery in the Middle East: An Historical Enquiry, (Oxford University Press, 1990).
- Islam and the West, (Oxford University Press, 1993).
- The Shaping of the Modern Middle East, (Oxford University Press, 1994).
- The Middle East: 2000 Years of History from the Rise of Christianity to the Present Day, (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995).
- 白須英子訳『イスラーム世界の二千年――文明の十字路中東全史』（草思社, 2001年）
- 新版『中東全史―イスラーム世界の二千年』（ちくま学芸文庫, 2020年）
- The Multiple Identities of the Middle East, (Schocken Books, 1998).
- What Went Wrong?: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response, (Oxford University Press, 2002).
- 今松泰・福田義昭訳『イスラム世界はなぜ没落したか？――西洋近代と中東』（日本評論社, 2003年）
- The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror, (Modern Library, 2003).
- 中山元訳『聖戦と聖ならざるテロリズム――イスラームそして世界の岐路』（紀伊國屋書店, 2004年）
- From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East, (Oxford University Press, 2004).
編著
- Islam: From the Prophet Muhammad to the Capture of Constantinople, 2 vols., (Harper & Row, 1974).
- Islam and the Arab World: Faith, People, Culture, (Alfred A. Knopf, 1976).
共編著
- Historians of the Middle East, co-edited with P. M. Holt, (Oxford University Press, 1962).
- The Cambridge History of Islam, 2 vols., co-edited with P. M. Holt and Ann K. S. Lambton, (Cambridge University Press, 1970).
- Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire: the Functioning of a Plural Society, co-edited with Benjamin Braude, (Holmes & Meier Publishers, 1982).
- Muslims in Europe, co-edited with Dominique Schnapper, (Pinter, 1994).
Kramer, Martin (1999). "Bernard Lewis". Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing. Vol. 1. London: Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 719–720. Archived from the original on November 13, 2010. Retrieved 2006-05-23.
Amber Haque, "Islamophobia in North America: Confronting the Menace," in Barry van Driel, ed., Confronting Islamophobia in Educational Practice (Trentham Books, 2004), ISBN 1-85856-340-2 , p.6, excerpt available online at Google Books . Ajami, Fouad (May 1, 2006). "A Sage in Christendom: A personal tribute to Bernard Lewis" . OpinionJournal .
"AEI's Weird Celebration". Slate. March 14, 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
"Remarks by Vice President Cheney at the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia Luncheon Honoring Professor Bernard Lewis". May 1, 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-26
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