Non-Fiction
Year
Title
1992
A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny.
Hardback, Addison-Wesley. 1992. Paperback available from Perseus.
1995
A Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry
Hardback, Addison-Wesley, 1995. Reissued in Paperback, with a new introduction and, discussion between the author and Philip Gourevitch, Ballantine, 2002.
1997
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World.
Hardback, Walker, 1997. Paperback, Penguin, 1998.
1999
The Basque History of the World
Hardback, Walker, 1999. Paperback, Penguin, 2001.
2002
Choice Cuts: A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout History.
Hardback, Ballantine, 2002. Paperback, Penguin Books, 2004.
2002
Salt: A World History.
Hardback, Walker, 2002. Paperback 2003.
2004
1968: The Year That Rocked the World.
Ballantine 2004.
2006
Non-Violence: Twenty-five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea.
Forward by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Hardback, Modern Library, 2006.
2006
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell.
Ballantine 2006.
2008
The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and survival in Gloucester, America’s Oldest Port and Most Original Town.
Paperback, Riverhead Books 2009.
2010
The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macorís.
Riverhead Books 2010
2011
Hank Greenberg: The Hero Who Didn't Want To Be One
Yale University Press, March 2011
2011
What?: Are these the 20 most important questions in human history—or is this a game of 20 questions?
Bloomsbury, May 2011
2012
Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man
Doubleday, May 2012
2013
Ready for a Brand New Beat: How "Dancing in the Street" became an anthem for a changing America.
Hardback, Riverhead Books, 2013
Fiction
Year
Title
2000
The White Man in the Tree and other stories
Washington Square Press, 2000.
2005
Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue: A Novel of Pastry, Guilt, and Music.
Ballantine, 2005.
2009
The Belly of Paris: By Emile Zola a new translation with an introduction by Mark Kurlansky.
Modern Library 2009
2010
Edible Stories: A Novel in Sixteen Parts
Riverhead Books, 2010
2011
Battle Fatigue
Bloomsbury, October 2011
Anthologies
Year
Title
2002
Choice Cuts: A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout History.
Hardback, Ballantine, 2002. Paperback, Penguin Books, 2004.
2009
The Food of A Younger Land: A portrait of American food–before the national highway system, before chain restaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation’s food was seasonal, regional, and traditional–from the lost WPA files.
Riverhead Books Hardback, 2009 Paperback, 2010
Translation
Year
Title
2009
The Belly of Paris: By Emile Zola a new translation with an introduction by Mark Kurlansky.
Modern Library 2009
Children & Teens
Year
Title
2001
The Cod's Tale
G. P. Putnam ‘s Sons, 2001. Illustrated by S. D. Schindler.
2005
The Girl Who Swam to Euskadi
The Center for Basque Studies, 2005, available through University of Nevada Press. Illustrated by the author.
2006
The Story of Salt
G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2006 Illustrated by S. D. Schindler.
2011
The World Without Fish: How Kids Can Help Save the Oceans
Workman, April 2011
2011
Battle Fatigue
Bloomsbury, October 2011
Introductions
Mark has had the good fortune to write introductions to these exceptional books.
Year
Title
2006
The Oysters of Locmariaquer: By Eleanor Clark
Harperperenial Modern Classic
2007
Gandhi On Non-violence: By Thomas Merton
New Directions
2011
German Autumn: By Stig Dagerman
University of Minnesota Press
Stories in Fiction Anthologies
Year
Title
1994
The Junky's Christmas and Other Yuletide Stories: “Devalution”
Edited by Elisa Segrave
2011
Haiti Noir: “The Leopard of Ti Morne”
Edited by Edwidge Danticat
In Non-Fiction Collections
Year
Title
1997
The Reader's Companion to Cuba: “The babalawo and the bird”
Edited by Alan Ryan (Harcourt Brace)
2000
Best Food Writing 2000: “The Reluctant Gourmet”
Edited by Holly Hughes (Balliett & Fitzgerald)
2000
The Ultimate Journey: Inspiring Stories of Living and Dying-Edited by James O'Reilly, Sean O'Reilly, Richard Sterling - ”Post card from death”
Travellers Tales
2004
Solo: Writers on Pilgrimage - “The Key to the Church”
Edited by Katherine Govier McClelland & Stewart
2010
A Moveable Feast: Life-changing Food Adventures Around the World - “Adrift in French Guiana”
Edited by Don George Lonely Planet
2011
Man With a Pan: “Confessions of a Foodiephobiac”
Edited by John Donohue Algonquin Books
2011
The Recipe Project by One Ring Zero: “Raw Peach” Recipe and “Bach, fake rock, and color clashing vegetables” Interview
Black Balloon Publishing