• Mississippi, illustrated by wife, Alice Caddy, 1929
  • adapted to film as Heaven on Earth in 1931, directed by Russell Mack
• Then There's Cripple Creek, 1930
• Steamboat 'round the Bend, illustrated by Caddy, 1933
  • adapted to film as Steamboat Round the Bend in 1935, directed by John Ford
• Blow for a Landing, 1938
• Big River to Cross: Mississippi Life Today, illustrated by Caddy, 1940
• Miracle on the Congo: Report from the Free French Front, 1942
• Rooster Crows for Day, illustrated by Caddy, 1945
• Everywhere I Roam, illustrated by Caddy, 1949
• Children of Noah: Glimpses of Unknown America, illustrated by Caddy, 1951
• The Four Lives of Mundy Tolliver, 1953
• It's a Big Country: America off the Highways, illustrated by Caddy, 1956
• The Street of the Laughing Camel, illustrated by Caddy, 1959
• It's a Big Continent, illustrated by Caddy, 1961
• The Generals Wear Cork Hats: An Amazing Adventure That Made World History, illustrated by Caddy, 1963
• The Sign of the Praying Tiger, illustrated by Caddy, 1966
• Look Down That Winding River: An Informal Profile of the Mississippi, illustrated by Caddy, 1973
• High Water at Catfish Bend, 1952, reprinted, 1981
• Seven Stars for Catfish Bend, 1956, reprinted, 1981
• The Owl Hoots Twice at Catfish Bend, 1961, reprinted, 1981
• Blow a Wild Bugle for Catfish Bend, 1967
• High Treason at Catfish Bend, 1977
• The Strange Invasion of Catfish Bend, 1980
• Thunderbolt at Catfish Bend, 1984

In the late 1970s, Disney greenlit an animated film adaptation of Burman's Catfish Bend stories with Ken Anderson heading the project. Despite making a large amount of progress and scheduling a 1981 release date, the film was eventually shelved.

• Steamboat 'Round the Bend: Songs & Stories of the Mississippi, 1956, Folkways Records

• Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 78. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.

• The New York Times