1969 – Viata si opiniile lui Zacharias Lichter

1970 – Versuri

1972 – Umbre de apa, poeme

1977 – Faces of Modernity: Avant-Garde, Decadence, Kitsch

1987 – Five Faces of Modernity: Modernism, Avant-Garde, Decadence, Kitsch, Postmodernism

1988 –  Exploring Postmodernism

1991 (with Vlad Georgescu) – The Romanians: a history

2002 – Despre Ioan P. Culianu si Mircea Eliade. Amintiri, Lecturi, Reflectii

2003 – A citi, A reciti

2003 – Portretul lui M

2003 – Mateiu I. Caragiale: recitiri

2004 – Tu: elegii si inventii (poeme)

2005 (cu Ion Vianu) – Amintiri in dialog.Memorii (ed. a treia)

2005 – Un fel de jurnal, 1973-1981

2006 – Eugene Ionesco: teme identitare si existentiale

2007 – Un altfel de jurnal: iesirea din timp

2009 – Matthew’s Enigma: A father’s portrait of his autistic son

2016 – Spre Romania (2000-2002): Jurnal inedit

2019 (cu Ion Vianu) – Scrisori din exil: corespondenta inedita