- (1975). Helplessness: On Depression, Development, and Death. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. ISBN0-7167-0752-7. (Paperback reprint edition, W.H. Freeman, 1992, ISBN 0-7167-2328-X).
- (1991). Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life. New York: Knopf. ISBN0-671-01911-2. (Paperback reprint edition, Penguin Books, 1998; reissue edition, Free Press, 1998).
- (1993). What You Can Change and What You Can’t: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement. New York: Knopf ISBN0-679-41024-4. (Paperback reprint edition, Ballantine Books, 1995, ISBN 0-449-90971-9)
- (1996). The Optimistic Child: Proven Program to Safeguard Children from Depression & Build Lifelong Resilience. New York: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN0091831199. (Paperback edition, Harper Paperbacks, 1996, ISBN 0-06-097709-4).
- (2002). Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment. New York: Free Press ISBN0-7432-2297-0.(Paperback edition, Free Press, 2004, ISBN 0-7432-2298-9)
- (2004) Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification. Oxford: Oxford University Press. With Christopher Peterson; ISBN0195167015.
- (2011). Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being. New York: Free Press. ISBN978-1-4391-9075-3.
- (2016). Homo Prospectus. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1993-7447-2. E-book: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1993-7449-6. With three others: Peter Railton, Roy F. Baumeister and Chandra Sripada.
- (2018). The Hope Circuit. A Psychologist’s Journey from Helplessness to Optimism. [Autobiography]. New York: Public Affairs Press. ISBN 978-1-6103-9873-2.
NOTA: Todos os livros na biblioteca pessoal de Eduardo Chaves.
Em São Paulo, 30 de Julho de 2018