Many ghost and pen name books are not on this list because he is under contractual obligations not to disclose that he wrote them. The following is a list of novels under the Dean Wesley Smith name, plus a number of pen names that are open knowledge. With Kristine Kathryn Rusch, he is the coauthor of The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom. He is also known for writing quality work very quickly and has written a large number of novels as a ghost writer or under house names. He has written many original novels in science fiction, fantasy, mystery, thriller, and romance as well as books for television, movies, games, and comics. He has over eight million copies of his books in print and has books published in nine different countries.

Dean Wesley Smith is the bestselling author of over ninety novels under many names and well over 100 published short stories.