Major Works
- Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty (Jan 5, 2012)
- The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History (2004)
- Power Plays : Politics, Football, and Other Blood Sports (2001)
- The Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America (1997 non-fiction Southern Book Award)
- The Ambition and the Power : The Fall of Jim Wright : A True Story of Washington (1989)