Here is listed books by or about Boswell; the lists of works published by Boswell in his own lifetime is complete, as are the lists of Yale editions of Boswell's papers, i.e. the trade editions of his journals as well as the various research editions. In addition to this is included a number of biographies, monographs, etc.
| James Boswell: The Later Years 1769-1795 |
| The Moth and the Candle |
| A Life of James Boswell |
| James Boswell: The Earlier Years 1740-1769 |
| James Boswell |
| The Hooded Hawk |
| Four Portraits |
| The Journal of His German and Swiss Travels, 1764 |
| Life of Johnson: An Edition of the Original Manuscript (vol. 1) |
| Life of Johnson: An Edition of the Original Manuscript (vol. 2) |
| Catalogue of the Papers of James Boswell |
| Pride and Negligence |
| Boswells' Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides |
| Portraits, by Sir Joshua Reynolds |
