The Society periodically embarks on book projects, authored by SAH fellows, in support of its objectives. Its publications include:
Profiles in Leadership: Historians on the Elusive Quality of Greatness, Walter Isaacson, ed. (New York: W. W. Norton, 2010)
Days of Destiny: Crossroads in American History, James M. McPherson and Alan Brinkley, eds. (London and New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2001)
"To the Best of My Ability": The American Presidents, James M. McPherson, ed. (London and New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2000)
Forgotten Heroes: Inspiring American Portraits From Our Leading Historians, Susan Ware, ed., with a preface by David McCullough (New York: Free Press, 1998)
Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies, Mark C. Carnes, ed. (New York: Henry Holt, 1995)
The Reader's Companion to American History, Eric Foner and John A. Garraty, eds. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991)
The Parkman Prize Collection, issued by the History Book Club and published by Simon and Schuster, features landmark books by past winners of the Francis Parkman Prize with new introductions.
American Slavery, American Freedom, by Edmund S. Morgan, 1976 Parkman Prize (New York: Norton, 1975; Simon and Schuster for the History Book Club, 2005)
The Americans: The National Experience, by Daniel J. Boorstin, 1966 Parkman Prize (New York: Random House, 1965; New York: Simon and Schuster for the History Book Club, 2002)
The Crisis of the Old Order, by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., 1958 Parkman Prize (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957; New York: Simon and Schuster for the History Book Club, 2002)
Edison: A Biography, Matthew Josephson, 1960 Parkman Prize (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959; Simon and Schuster for the History Book Club, 2003)
Eleanor and Franklin, by Joseph P. Lash, 1972 Parkman Prize (New York: Norton, 1971; Simon and Schuster for the History Book Club, 2004)
Exploration and Empire, by William H. Goetzmann, 1967 Parkman Prize (New York: Knopf, 1966; Simon and Schuster for the History Book Club, 2006)
FDR: The Beckoning of Destiny, by Kenneth S. Davis, 1973 Parkman Prize (New York: Putnam's; Simon and Schuster for the History Book Club, 2004)
Henry Adams: The Middle Years, by Ernest Samuels, 1959 Parkman Prize (Boston: Harvard University Press, 1958; Simon and Schuster for the History Book Club, 2003)
Little Brown Brother, by Leon Wolff, 1962 Parkman Prize (New York: Doubleday, 1961; Simon and Schuster for the History Book Club, 2006)
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914, by David McCullough, 1978 Parkman Prize (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977; Simon and Schuster for the History Book Club, 2002)
The Power Broker, by Robert A. Caro, 1975 Parkman Prize (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974; Simon and Schuster for the History Book Club, 2007)
Reconstruction, by Eric Foner, 1989 Parkman Prize (New York: Harper and Row, 1988; Simon and Schuster for the History Book Club, 2005)
Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom, by James MacGregor Burns, 1971 Parkman Prize (New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1970; Simon and Schuster for the History Book Club, 2007)
Turmoil and Tradition, by Elting E. Morison, 1961 Parkman Prize (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960; New York: Simon and Schuster for the History Book Club, 2003)