Ask the Dust, New York, Stackpole Sons, 1939. New York, Bantam paperback edition, 1954. Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1980; preface by Charles Bukowsky. New York, Harper Perennial HarperCollins, 2002. New York, Haper Perennial ModernClassics HarperCollins, 2006.
Dago Red, New York, The Viking Press, 1940. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo.
Full of Life, Boston, Little, Brown, 1952. New York, Bantam, 1953. Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1988. New York, Harper Perennial HaperCollins, 2002.
(and Rudolph Borchert) Bravo Burro!. New York, Hawthorn Books, 1970. Illustrated by Marilyn Hirsch.
The Brotherwood of the Grape, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1977. Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1988. New York, Harper Perennial HaperCollins, 2002.
Dreams from Bunker Hill, Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1982. New York, Harper Perennial HaperCollins, 2002.
The Wine of Youth: Selected Stories, Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1983. New York, Harper Perennial HaperCollins, 2002. (Includes Dago Red and selected later stories)
The Road to Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press,1985. New York, Harper Perennial HaperCollins, 2002.
1933 Was a Bad Year, Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1985. New York, Harper Perennial HaperCollins, 2002.
West of Rome, Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1986. New York, Harper Perennial HaperCollins, 2002. (Includes “My Dog Stupid” and “The Orgy”)
John Fante & H.L. Mencken: A Personal Correspondence 1930-1952, ed. Michael Moreau and consultino ed. Joyce Fante. Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1989. Illustrated with photographs.
Prologue to Ask the Dust, Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1990. Illustrato da John Register.
John Fante: Selected Letters 1932-1981, ed. Seamus Cooney. Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1991. New York, Harper Perennial HaperCollins, 2002. Illustrated with photographs.
The Big Hunger: Stories 1932-1959, ed. Stephen Cooper, Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 2000.
John Fante Reader, ed. Stephen Cooper. New York, Harper Perennial HaperCollins, 2002.