During his lifetime Thoreau published two books - A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849) and Walden; or, Life in the Woods (1854). The Maine Woods (1864), Cape Cod (1865) and A Yankee in Canada (1866) were published after his death.

Books by Henry David Thoreau:

• A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers »
  A narrative of a boating trip that Thoreau took with his brother in 1839 from Concord, Massachusetts, to Concord, New Hampshire. (197 pages)
  
  
• A Yankee in Canada »
  Five-part description of Thoreau's 1850 trip to Canada: Concord to Montreal, Quebec and Montmorenci, St Anne, River St. Lawrence... (45 pages)
  
  
• Cape Cod »
  Thoreau's sunniest, happiest book. It describes several trips he made to Cape Cod between 1849 and 1855. (112 pages)
  
  
• The Maine Woods »
  An account of three trips taken by boat and canoe; Ktaadn in 1846, Chesuncook in 1853 and Allegash and East Branch in 1857. (153 pages)
  
  
• Walden »
  Walden; or, Life in the Woods is a nonfiction book about Thoreau's experience at Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts, from July 1845 to September 1847. (172 pages)