Books

Dr. Steven Heine has published more than thirty books, both monographs and edited volumes (including a prestigious series co-edited by Dale Wright and another series on the works of Japanese philosopher Masao Abe) highlighting the life and thought of Dōgen, the history of Zen Buddhism in China and Japan, and the relation of East Asian religiosity to modern society.

Dōgen Studies

• A Blade of Grass: Japanese Poetry and Aesthetics in Dōgen Zen (Peter Lang Publishing, 1989, ISBN: 978-0-8204-0627-5)
• Did Dōgen Go to China? What He Wrote and When He Wrote It? (Oxford University Press, 2006, ISBN: 978-0-19-530592-0)
• Dōgen: Japan's Original Zen Teacher (Shambhala Publications, 2021, ISBN: 978-1-6118-0980-0)
• Dōgen and Sōtō Zen (Oxford University Press, 2015, ISBN: 978-0-1993-2486-6)
• Dōgen and the Kōan Tradition: A Tale of Two Shōbōgenzō Texts (SUNY, 1993, ISBN: 978-0-7914-1773-7)
• Dōgen: Textual and Historical Studies (Oxford University Press, 2012, ISBN: 978-0-19-975447-2)
• Existential and Ontological Dimensions of Time in Heidegger and Dōgen (SUNY, 1985, ISBN: 978-0-88706-000-7)
• Flowers Blooming on a Withered Tree: Giun’s Verse Comments on Dōgen’s Shōbōgenzō (Oxford University Press, 2020, ISBN: 978-0-1909-4134-5)
• Readings in Dōgen’s Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Columbia University Press, 2020, ISBN: 978-0-2311-8229-4)
• Wisdom Within Words: Translation with Comments of Dōgen's Chinese Poetry (Oxford University Press, 2022, ISBN: 9780197553527)
• The Zen Poetry of Dōgen: Verses from the Mountain of Eternal Peace (Tuttle, 1997, ISBN: 978-1-882795-20-8)

History and Thought of Zen Buddhism

• Approaches to Chan, Sŏn, and Zen Studies: Chinese Chan Buddhism and Its Spread throughout East Asia (SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture) (SUNY Press, 2022, ISBN: 1438490895, ASIN B0B1N6M85Q) 
• Chan Rhetoric of Uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record: Sharpening the Sword at the Dragon's Gate (Oxford University Press, 2016, ISBN: 9780199397778)
• From Chinese Chan to Japanese Zen: A Remarkable Century of Transmission and Transformation (Oxford University Press, 2017, ISBN: 978-01-9063749-1)
• Like Cats and Dogs: Contesting the Mu Kōan in Zen Buddhism (Oxford University Press, 2013, ISBN: 978-0-19-983730-4)
• Opening a Mountain: Kōans of the Zen Masters (Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN: 978-0-19-517434-2)
• Shifting Shape, Shaping Text: Philosophy and Folklore in the Fox Kōan (University of Hawai'i Press, 2000, ISBN: 978-0-8248-2197-5)
• Zen and Material Culture (Oxford University Press, 2017, ISBN: 978-0-19-046930-6)
• Zen Kōans (University of Hawai'i Press, 2014, ISBN: 978-0-8248-3974-1)
• Zen Skin, Zen Marrow: Will the Real Zen Buddhism Please Stand Up? (Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-19-532677-2)

Asian Religion in Contemporary Culture: East & West

• A Dream Within a Dream: Studies in Japanese Thought (Peter Lang, 1991, ISBN: 978-0-8204-1350-1)
• Bargainin' For Salvation: Bob Dylan, A Zen Master? (Continuum, 2009, ISBN: 978-0-8264-2950-6)
• Buddhism in the Modern World: Adaptations of an Ancient Tradition (Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN: 978-0-19-514698-1)
• Japan in Traditional and Postmodern Perspectives (SUNY, 1995, ISBN: 978-0-7914-2469-8)
• Sacred High City, Sacred Low City: A Tale of Religious Sites in Two Tokyo Neighborhoods (Oxford University Press, 2011, ISBN: 978-0-19-986144-6)
• White Collar Zen: Using Zen Principles to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Your Career Goals (Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN: 978-0-19-516003-1)
• Xuedou's 100 Odes to Old Casers: A Translation with Commentary (Oxford University Press, Forthcoming)

Co-Edited Series with Dale S. Wright (on Zen Buddhism)

• The Kōan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism (Oxford University Press, 2000, ISBN: 978-0-19511749-3)
• The Zen Canon: Understanding the Classic Texts (Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN: 978-0-19-515068-1)
• Zen Classics: Formative Texts in the History of Zen Buddhism (Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN: 978-0-19-517525-7)
• Zen Ritual: Studies of Zen Buddhist Theory in Practice (Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-19-530468-8)
• Zen Masters (Oxford University Press, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-19-536765-2)

Edited Books by Masao Abe

• A Study of Dōgen: His Philosophy and Religion (SUNY, 1991, ISBN: 978-0-7914-0838-4)
• Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue (University of Hawai'i Press, 1995, ISBN: 978-0-8248-1752-7)
• Zen and Comparative Studies (University of Hawai'i Press, 1996, ISBN: 978-0-8248-1832-6)
• Zen and the Modern World: A Third Sequel to Zen and Western Thought (University of Hawai'i Press, 2003, ISBN: 978-0-8248-2665-9)