John Booth and Mitchell A. Seligson, The Legitimacy Puzzle in Latin America: Political Support and Democracy in Eight Latin American Nations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Development and Underdevelopment: The Political Economy of Global Inequality, 4th edition, co-edited with John Passé-Smith. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2008.
Improving Democracy Assistance: Building Knowledge Through Evaluations and Research. co-authored with the Committee on Evaluation of USAID Democracy Assistance Programs. National Research Council Washington D.C.: The National Academies Press, 2008.
Development and Underdevelopment: The Political Economy of Global Inequality, 3rd edition, co-edited with John Passé-Smith. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2003
Development and Underdevelopment: The Political Economy of Global Inequality, co-edited with John Passé-Smith. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 1998. (Note: this is a revised and expanded version of the 1993 volume with a similar title.)
Elections and Democracy in Central America, Revisited, co-edited with John A. Booth. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1995.
Development and Underdevelopment: The Political Economy of Inequality, co-edited with John Passé-Smith. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 1993.
Elections and Democracy in Central America, co-edited with John A. Booth. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989.
Authoritarians and Democrats: Regime Transition in Latin America, co-edited with James M. Malloy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1987.
The Gap Between Rich and Poor: Contending Perspectives on the Political Economy of Development. (ed.) Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1984.
Maquiladoras and Migration: Workers in the Mexico-United States Border Industrialization Program, co-authored with Edward J. Williams. Austin: University of Texas Press Services (1982).
El campesino y el capitalismo agrario de Costa Rica. Translation of above, San José, Costa Rica: Editorial Costa Rica (1980). Second revised edition, 1984.
Peasants of Costa Rica and the Development of Agrarian Capitalism. Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press (1980).
Politics and the Poor: Political Participation in Latin America, Vol. II, co-edited with John A. Booth. New York and London: Holmes and Meier Publishers (1979).
Citizen and State: Political Participation in Latin America, Vol. I, co-edited with John A. Booth. New York and London: Holmes and Meier Publishers (1978).