Last Updated: November 1, 1997
Compiled by: Ted Nesi
| Year of Publication | Author | Title | Notes |
| 1954 | Harris, Eleanor | The Real Story of Lucille Ball | |
| 1960 | Fuller, Roger | The Facts of Life | The Facts of Life was based on this book |
| 1961 | Kampen, Irene | Life Without George | "The Lucy Show" was based on this book |
| 1963 | Fannin, Cole | Lucy and the Madcap Mystery | This is a fiction book based on "The Lucy Show" |
| 1964 | American Film Institute | Lucille Ball: An AFI Seminar on Her Work | |
| 1968 | Bearrdsley, Helen | Who Gets the Drumstick? | Yours, Mine and Ours was based on this book |
| 1973 | Morella, Joe | Lucy: The Bittersweet Life of Lucille Ball | |
| 1974 | Cohen, Joel | Laugh with Lucy | |
| 1974 | Gregory, James | The Lucille Ball Story | |
| 1974 | Reed, Rochelle | Lucille Ball | |
| 1976 | Andrews, Bart | Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel | |
| 1976 | Arnaz, Desi | A Book | Desi's autobiography |
| 1977 | Paige, David | Lucille Ball | |
| 1980 | Andrews Bart & Watson, Tom | Loving Lucy: An Illustrated Tribute to Lucille Ball | |
| 1981 | Andrews, Bart | The I Love Lucy Quiz Book | |
| 1984 | Museum of Broadcasting | Lucille Ball: First Lady of Comedy | The Museum of Broadcast is now known as The Museum of Television and Radio |
| 1985 | Einstein, Xavier | Trivia Mania: I Love Lucy | |
| 1986 | Andrews, Bart | The I Love Lucy Book | Most people consider this to be the bible for any I Love Lucy fan; This book is an update of Andrews' 1976 book Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel |
| 1986 | Morella, Joe and Epstein, Edward | Forever Lucy: The Life of Lucille Ball | |
| 1986 | Higham, Charles | Lucy: The Real Life of Lucille Ball | |
| 1989 | Turck, Mary | Lucille Ball | |
| 1990 | Borchu, Jim | Lucy in the Afternoon | |
| 1990 | Harris, Warren | Lucy & Desi | |
| 1990 | Johnson, Ann | Value of Laughter: The Story of Lucille Ball | |
| 1990 | Korkis, Jim | I Love Lucy | |
| 1990 | Morella, Joe | Forever Lucy | |
| 1990 | Waite, Anna Carpenter | Some Genealogical History of Lucille D. Ball | |
| 1990 | Watson, Tom | I Love Lucy: A Comic Retrospective | |
| 1992 | Krohn, Katherine | Lucille Ball: Pioneer of Comedy | |
| 1993 | McGarry, Annie | Lucy! | |
| 1993 | Sanders, Steven Coyne and Gilbert, Tom | Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz | |
| 1994 | Brady, Kathleen | Lucille | |
| 1994 | Key, Sarah & Brazil, Jennifer Newman and Wells, Vicki | ||
| 1994 | Thibodeaux, Keith | Life After Lucy | Little Ricky's autobiography |
| 1995 | McClay, Micheal | I Love Lucy: The Complete Pictoral History of the Most Popular TV Show Ever | |
| 1995 | Wyman, Ric | For the Love of Lucy: The Complete Guide for Collectors & Fans | |
| 1996 | Ball, Lucille (with Betty Hannah Hoffman) | Love, Lucy | Lucy's Autobiography; Written in 1964; Foreward by Lucie Arnaz |
| 1996 | Hill, Tom (Editor) | Nick at Nite's Classic TV Companion | Features an episode guide to I Love Lucy |
| 1996 | Oppenheimer, Jess (with Gregg Oppenheimer) | Laughs, Luck...and Lucy | |
| 1996 | Frew, Timothy | Lucy! A Life in Pictures | The first printing of this book was filled with errors, I'm not sure about consecutive printings |