Bibliography
The books of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Fourteen titles across five decades — biography, environmental law, history for children, and the bestsellers that made him one of the most argued-about authors in America.
The complete bibliography
Fourteen books, and counting
A judge’s biography at twenty-four, a saint’s life, two children’s books about American heroes, the founding text of the Waterkeeper movement, and the bestsellers that made him one of the most argued-about authors in the country. Every title he has written or edited is listed here.
- 1978
Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr.
A Biography
Putnam
His first book, written in his twenties: a portrait of the federal judge who drove racial desegregation in Alabama. The research began as a Harvard thesis project.
- 1997
The Riverkeepers
Two Activists Fight to Reclaim Our Environment as a Basic Human Right
Scribner · with John Cronin
The founding text of the Waterkeeper movement — part history of the Hudson fight, part field manual for anyone who wants to defend their own river.
- 2004
Saint Francis of Assisi
A Life of Joy
Hyperion
A life of the patron saint of ecology, and of Kennedy's own patron saint — the clearest statement of why he calls environmental work spiritual work.
- 2005
Crimes Against Nature
How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Highjacking Our Democracy
HarperCollins
The book that made him a national political voice: an argument that corporate capture of the regulatory agencies is an environmental problem and a democratic one at the same time.
- 2007
American Heroes: Joshua Chamberlain and the American Civil War
Hyperion
For young readers. The Maine college professor who held Little Round Top, told as a story about ordinary people doing the hard thing.
- 2008
Robert Smalls: The Boat Thief
Hyperion
For young readers. The enslaved pilot who commandeered a Confederate steamer, sailed his family to freedom, and later served in Congress.
- 2014
Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak
The Evidence Supporting the Immediate Removal of Mercury from Vaccines
Skyhorse
Edited by Kennedy. An argument for removing the mercury-based preservative thimerosal from all vaccines — a position rejected by the CDC, the WHO, and the weight of published research.
- 2016
Framed
Why Michael Skakel Spent Over a Decade in Prison For a Murder He Didn't Commit
Skyhorse
A defense of his cousin in the Martha Moxley case, and Kennedy at his most characteristic: read every document in the file, then argue the record.
- 2018
American Values
Lessons I Learned from My Family
Harper
The memoir. Hyannis Port, Hickory Hill, two assassinations, and what it does to a boy to inherit that name at fourteen.
- 2020
Climate in Crisis
Who's Causing It, Who's Fighting It, and How We Can Reverse It Before It's Too Late
Hot Books · with Dick Russell
Four decades of environmental litigation distilled into a climate argument aimed at a general reader.
- 2021NYT bestseller
The Real Anthony Fauci
Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health
Skyhorse
His biggest-selling book by far, and his most contested: a sweeping indictment of federal health leadership during COVID-19. Its central allegations have been disputed in detail by fact-checkers and public-health researchers.
- 2022
A Letter to Liberals
Censorship and COVID: An Attack on Science and American Ideals
Skyhorse
A short book addressed to his own political tradition, arguing that the pandemic response traded open debate for enforced consensus.
- 2023NYT bestseller
Vax-Unvax: Let the Science Speak
Skyhorse · with Brian Hooker
A New York Times bestseller surveying studies comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated populations. Immunologists and epidemiologists have criticized its selection and reading of that literature.
- 2023
The Wuhan Cover-Up
And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race
Skyhorse
On gain-of-function research, biodefense funding, and the origins debate — the money-trail method applied to virology.