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Books
- På Jakt efter Paradiset, 1938
- The Kon-Tiki Expedition, 1948
- American Indians in the Pacific: the Theory behind the Kon-Tiki Expedition, 1952
- Archaeological Evidence of pre-Spanish Visits to the Galapagos Islands (with A. Skjölsvold), 1956
- Aku-Aku: the Secrets of Easter Island and the East Pacific, 1958
- Reports of the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific, Vol. 1: Archaeology of Easter Island (co-author with E.N. Ferdon, B.Mulloy, A. Skjölsvold and C.S. Smith), 1961
- Reports of the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific, Vol. II: Miscellaneous Papers (co-author with E.N. Ferdon, B.Mulloy, A. Skjölsvold and C.S. Smith), 1965
- Sea Routes to Polynesia, 1968
- The Ra Expeditions, 1970
- Fatu-Hiva: Back to Nature, 1974
- Art of Easter Island, 1975
- Zwischen den Kontinenten, 1975
- Early Man and the Ocean, 1978
- The Tigris Expedition, 1980
- The Maldive Mystery, 1986
- Easter Island: A Mystery Solved, 1989
- Pyramids of Tucume: The Quest for Peru’s Forgotten City, 1995
- Green Was the Earth on the Seventh Day, 1996
- La Navegación Marítima en el Antiguo Perú/ Seafaring in Ancient Peru (biling.) 1996
- Let the Conquered Speak (Spanish edition Perú, 1996 - English edition 1997)
- I Adams Fotspor, 1998 (english edition, In the footsteps of Adam: an autobiography, 2000)
Biographies
- Señor Kon-Tiki, by Arnold Jacoby 1965
- The Kon-Tiki Man, by Christopher Ralling 1990
- Thor Heyerdahl, the Explorer, by Snorre Evensbergert, 1994
- Thor Heyerdahl. Mannen og havet, by Ragnar Kvam jr., 2005
- Thor Heyerdahl. Mannen og verden, by Ragnar Kvam jr., 2008
- Thor Heyerdahl. Mannen og mytene, by Ragnar Kvam jr., 2013
Documentary films
- The Kon-Tiki Expedition, 1950 - Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature 1951
- Galapagos Expedition, 1953
- Aku-Aku,1957
- The Ra Expeditions, 1972 - Oscar nominated
- The Tigris Expedition, 1979
- The Maldive Mystery, 1986
Feature films
- Kon-Tiki, 2012 - Oscar nominated