Poetry
- In Reckless Ecstasy. Illinois: Asgard Press, 1904.
- Incidentals. Illinois: Asgard Press, 1904.
- The Plaint of the Rose. Illinois: Asgard Press, 1908.
- Chicago Poems. New York, NY: Henry Holt, 1916.
- Cornhuskers. New York, NY: Henry Holt, 1918.
- Smoke and Steel. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1920.
- Slabs of the Sunburst West. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1922.
- Selected Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1926.
- Good Morning, America. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1928.
- The People, Yes. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1936.
- Bronze Wood. San Francisco, CA: Grabhorn Press, 1941.
- Poems of the Midwest. World Publishing Company, 1946.
- The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1950.
- Harvest Poems. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1960.
- Six New Poems and a Parable. University of Kentucky Press, 1961.
- Honey and Salt. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1963.
- Breathing Tokens. Edited by Margaret Sandburg. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1978.
- Fables, Foibles and Foobles. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1989.
- Billy Sunday and Other Poems. Edited by George and Willene Hendrick. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1993.
- Selected Poems of Carl Sandburg. Edited by George and Willene Hendrick. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1996.
Nonfiction
- You and Your Job. Chicago, IL: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1908.
- Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years. Two volumes. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1926.
- The American Songbag. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1927.
- Steichen the Photographer. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1929.
- Mary Lincoln: Wife and Widow. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1932.
- Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. Four volumes. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1939.
- Storm over the Land. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1942.
- Home Front Memo. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1943.
- Always the Young Strangers. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1953
- A Lincoln Preface. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1953.
- Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years. One volume edition. New York, NY, 1954.
- The Sandburg Range. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1957.
- The Letters of Carl Sandburg. Edited by Herbert Mitgang. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1968.
- The Chicago Race Riots of 1919. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1969.
- Carl Sandburg at the Movies. Edited by Dale Fetherling and Doug Fetherling. New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1985.
- The Poet and the Dreamgirl: The Love Letters of Lilian Steichen and Carl Sandburg. Edited by Margaret Sandburg. University of Illinois Press, 1987.
Fiction
- Remembrance Rock. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1948.
For Children
- Rootabaga Stories. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1922.
- Rootabaga Pigeons. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1923.
- Abe Lincoln Grows Up. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1928.
- Early Moon. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1930.
- Potato Face. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1930.
- Prairie-Town Boy. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1955.
- The Wedding Procession of the Rag Doll and the Broom Handle and Who Was in It. Wind Song. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1960.
- The Sandburg Treasury. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1970.
- Rainbows Are Made. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1982.
- More Rootabagas. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1993.
- Never Kick a Slipper at the Moon. Holiday House, 2008.