27 titles- The Big U (New York: Vintage Books, 1984)
- Zodiac: The Eco-Thriller (New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988)
- Snow Crash (New York: Bantam Spectra, 1992)
- Interface (New York: Bantam Books, 1994) with George Frederick Jewsbury, writing together as Stephen Bury
- The Diamond Age (New York: Bantam Books, 1995)
- The Cobweb (New York: Bantam Books, 1996) with George Frederick Jewsbury, writing together as Stephen Bury
- In the Beginning ... Was the Command Line (New York: Avon Books, 1999)
- Cryptonomicon (New York: Avon Books, 1999)
- Interface (London: Arrow Books, 2002) with George Frederick Jewsbury, as by Neal Stephenson and J Frederick George
- Quicksilver (New York: William Morrow, 2003)
- The Confusion (New York: William Morrow, 2004)
- The System of the World (New York: William Morrow, 2004)
- Quicksilver (New York: HarperTorch, 2006)
- King of the Vagabonds (New York: HarperTorch, 2006)
- Odalisque (New York: HarperTorch, 2006)
- Cobweb (London: Arrow Books, 2006) with George Frederick Jewsbury, as by Neal Stephenson and J Frederick George
- Anathem (London: Atlantic Books, 2008)
- REAMDE (New York: HarperCollins/William Morrow, 2011)
- The Mongoliad (Las Vegas, Nevada: 47North, 2012)
- The Mongoliad: Book Two (Las Vegas, Nevada: 47North, 2012)
- Some Remarks (New York: HarperCollins/William Morrow, 2012)
- The Mongoliad: Book Three (Las Vegas, Nevada: 47North, 2013)
- Seveneves (New York: HarperCollins/William Morrow, 2015)
- The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (New York: HarperCollins/William Morrow, 2017) with Nicole Galland
- Fall or, Dodge in Hell (New York: HarperCollins/William Morrow, 2019)
- Atmosphæra Incognita (Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2019)
- Termination Shock (New York: Morrow, 2021)