- “Messiah” (1728), a translation into Latin of Pope’s poem
- A Voyage to Abyssinia (1735), translation from French into English of Jeronimo Lobo’s work
- “London” (poem) (1738)
- An Account of the Life of Mr Richard Savage (1744)
- Plan for a Dictionary of the English Language (1747)
- The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749)
- Irene (play) (1749)
- The Rambler (1750-1752)
- The Adventurer (1753-1754)
- A Dictionary of the English Language (1755)
- The Idler (1758-1760)
- Rasselas (1759)
- The Plays of William Shakespeare (1765)
- The False Alarm (1770), political pamphlet
- Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting Falkland’s Islands (1771), political pamphlet
- The Patriot (1774), political pamphlet
- Taxation No Tyranny (1775), political pamphlet
- A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775)
- Lives of the Poets (1779-1781)
- Bate, W. Jackson. Samuel Johnson (1979)
- Boswell, James. Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
- Nokes, David. Samuel Johnson: A Life (2009)
- Smith, David Nichol. “Johnson and Boswell.” In The Cambridge History of English and American Literature (1907-1921)
- Thrale, Hester. Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson (1786)
- Wain, John. Samuel Johnson: A Biography (1974)
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