His books include The Bill James Abstract (1977-1988), The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract (1985, 1988), Bill James Presents the Great American Baseball Stat Book (1988), The Bill James Baseball Book (1990-1992), The Bill James Player Rating Book (1993-1995), This Time, Let's Not Eat the Bones: Bill James Without the Numbers (1989), The Politics of Glory (AKA: What Ever Happened to the Hall of Fame?) (1994, 1995), The Bill James Guide to Baseball Managers (1997), The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract (2001) and Win Shares (2002).