| NAD | The Naked and the Dead (1948) |
| BS | Barbary Shore (1951) |
| DP | The Deer Park (1955) |
| AFM | Advertisements for Myself (1959) |
| DFL | Deaths for the Ladies (and Other Disasters) (1962) |
| PP | The Presidential Papers (1963) |
| AAD | An American Dream (1965) |
| CAC | Cannibals and Christians (1966) |
| WVN | Why Are We in Vietnam? (1967) |
| AON | The Armies of the Night (1968) |
| MSC | Miami and the Siege of Chicago (1968) |
| RAM | Running against the Machine (1969) |
| OFM | Of a Fire on the Moon (1971) |
| POS | The Prisoner of Sex (1971) |
| MM | Maidstone: A Mystery (1971) |
| EE | Existential Errands (1972) |
| SGG | St. George and the Godfather (1972) |
| MAR | Marilyn: A Biography (1973) |
| FOG | The Faith of Graffiti (1974) |
| FIG | The Fight (1975) |
| SHM | Some Honorable Men (1976) |
| GAL | Genius and Lust: A Journey through the Major Writings of Henry Miller (1976) |
| TTN | A Transit to Narcissus (1978) |
| ES | The Executioner’s Song (1979) |
| OWE | Of Women and Their Elegance (1980) |
| PAP | Pieces and Pontifications (1982) |
| MBM | Mailer: A Biography (Hilary Mills) (1982) |
| AE | Ancient Evenings (1983) |
| TGD | Tough Guys Don’t Dance (1984) |
| CNM | Conversations with Norman Mailer (1988) |
| HG | Harlot’s Ghost (1991) |
| OT | Oswald’s Tale (1995) |
| POP | Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man (1995) |
| MBD | Mailer: A Biography (Mary Dearborn) (1996) |
| GAS | The Gospel according to the Son (1997) |
| TOT | The Time of Our Time (1998) |
| WAD | Norman Mailer: Works and Days (2000) |
| SA | The Spooky Art (2003) |
| MG | Modest Gifts: Poems and Drawings (2003) |
| WWW | Why Are We at War? (2003) |
| LAD | Norman Mailer’s Letters on An American Dream (2004) |
| BE | The Big Empty (Norman and John Buffalo Mailer) (2006) |
| CIF | The Castle in the Forest (2007) |
| OG | On God: An Uncommon Conversation (2007) |
| HRC | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin |
The Mailer Review · Vol. 2 (2008)