Leab, Daniel J. (1975). From Sambo to Superspade: The Black Experience in Motion Pictures. London: Secker & Warburg. LCCN84672500.
Leab, Daniel J. (1996). George Orwell : An Exhibition at the Grolier Club: Selections from the Collection of Daniel J. Leab. Washington, Connecticut: Cogswell Tavern Press. LCCN98128327.
Leab, Daniel J. (2000). I Was a Communist for the FBI: The Unhappy Life and Times of Matt Cvetic. Penn State University Press. LCCN00035660.
Leab, Daniel J., ed. (1991). Federal Bureau of Investigation Confidential Files: Communist Activity in the Entertainment Industry [microform] : FBI Surveillance Files on Hollywood, 1942-1958. Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America. LCCN92037444.
Leab, Daniel J.; Mason, Philip P., eds. (1992). Labor history archives in the United States : a guide for researching and teaching. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. LCCN91038550.
Leab, Daniel J., ed. (2010). The Great Depression and the New Deal: A Thematic Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. LCCN2009031352.
Leab, Daniel J., ed. (2014). Encyclopedia of American Recessions and Depressions. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. LCCN2013023216.