The Use of Lateral Thinking (1967) ISBN 0-14-013788-2, introduced the term "lateral thinking"
New Think (1967, 1968) ISBN 0-380-01426-2
The Five-Day Course in Thinking (1968), introduced the L game
The Mechanism of the Mind (1969), Intl Center for Creative Thinking 1992 reprint: ISBN 0-14-013787-4, suggests that the mind is a pattern matching machine
Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step, (1970), Harper & Row 1973 paperback: ISBN 0-06-090325-2
The Dog-Exercising Machine (1970)
Technology Today (1971)
Practical Thinking (1971)
Lateral Thinking for Management (1971)
Po: A Device for Successful Thinking (1972), ISBN 0-671-21338-5, introduced the term Po
Children Solve Problems (1972) ISBN 13-978-0060110246, ISBN 10-0060110244
Po: Beyond Yes and No (1973), ISBN 0-14-021715-0
Eureka!: An Illustrated History of Inventions from the Wheel to the Computer (1974)
Teaching Thinking (1976)
The Greatest Thinkers: The Thirty Minds That Shaped Our Civilization (1976), ISBN 0-399-11762-8
Wordpower (1977)
The Happiness Purpose (1977)
Opportunities : A handbook for business opportunity search (1978)
Future Positive (1979)
Atlas of Management Thinking (1981)
De Bono's Course in Thinking (1982)
Learn-To-Think: Coursebook and Instructors Manual with Michael De Saint-Arnaud (1982), ISBN 0-88496-199-0
Tactics: The Art and Science of Success (1985)
Conflicts (1985)
Masterthinker's Handbook (1985)
Six Thinking Hats (1985) ISBN 0-316-17831-4
I Am Right, You Are Wrong: From This to the New Renaissance: From Rock Logic to Water Logic (1990) ISBN 0-14-012678-3
Six Action Shoes (1991)
Handbook for the Positive Revolution (1991) ISBN 0-14-012679-1
Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas (1992) ISBN 0-00-255143-8 a summation of many of De Bono's ideas on creativity
Sur/Petition (1992) ISBN 0-88730-543-1 creating value monopolies when everyone else is merely competing.
Parallel thinking: from Socratic thinking to de Bono thinking (1994) ISBN 0670851264
Teach Yourself How to Think (1995)
How to Be More Interesting (1998)
Simplicity (1999)
New Thinking for the New Millennium (1999)
Why I Want To Be King of Australia (1999)
How to Have A Beautiful Mind (2004)
Six Value Medals (2005)
H+ (Plus): A New Religion (2006)
How to Have Creative Ideas (2007)
Free or Unfree? : Are Americans Really Free? (2007) ISBN 1597775444
Six Frames For Thinking About Information (2008)
