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
2014
International Night: A Father and Daughter cook their way around the world.  Including more than 250 recipes.
2014
Frozen in Time: Clarence Birdseye's Outrageous Idea About Frozen Food
Delacorte Books for Young Readers; Simultaneously available in a hardcover and trade paperback edition. Each edition includes an 8-page black-and-white photo insert.
2016
Paper: Paging Through History
Hardback, W. W. Norton & Company, May 17th 2016 Kindle Version, May 16th 2016
2017
Havana: A subtropical delirum
Hardback, Bloomsbury USA, March 7th 2017 Kindle Version, March 7th 2017
2018
MILK!: A Ten Thousand Year Food Fracus
Hardback, Bloomsbury USA, May 8th 2018 Kindle Version, May 8th 2018
2019
Bugs In Danger: Our Vanishing Bees, Butterflies, and Beetles
Bloomsbury Children's Books
2020
Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate
Patagonia, March 3rd 2020
2021
The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing
Bloomsbury
2022
The Importance of Not Being Ernest: My life with the uninvited Hemingway
Books and Books Press, May 31, 2022
2022
A History of Big Lies: From Socrates to Social Media
Tilbury House, September 27, 2022
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
2014
Frozen in Time: Clarence Birdseye's Outrageous Idea About Frozen Food
Delacorte Books for Young Readers; Simultaneously available in a hardcover and trade paperback edition. Each edition includes an 8-page black-and-white photo insert.
2019
Bugs In Danger: Our Vanishing Bees, Butterflies, and Beetles
Bloomsbury Children's Books
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
2019
Atlantic Cod: A bio-ecology
Wiley Blackwell 2019, Introduction by Mark Kurlansky
2019
Winterlust: Finding Beauty in the Fiercest Season
Greystone Books, Introduction by Mark Kurlansky
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
2020
The Most Radical Thing You Can Do: The best Political essays from Orion Magazine
Includes excerpt from my nonviolence book and lots of other ideas fom interesting well-known writers
2021
42 Today: Jackie Robinson and his legacy