Chris Bonington authored 19 books.
- Bonington, Chris. Ascent. Simon & Schuster, Limited, 2017.
- Bonington, Chris. I Chose to Climb. Orion Publishing Group, Limited, 2013.
- Bonington, Chris, and Roland Smith. Chris Bonington's Lakeland Heritage. Halsgrove, 2004.
- Bonington, Chris. Chris Bonington's Everest. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2002.
- Bonington, Chris. Boundless Horizons. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000.
- Bonington, Chris, and Charles Clarke. Tibet's Secret Mountain: The Triump of Sepu Kangri. Trafalgar Square Publishing, 2000.
- Bonington, Chris, Audrey Salkeld, and Various. Great climbs: a celebration of world mountaineering. London: M. Beazley, 1994.
- Bonington, Chris. The climbers: a history of mountaineering. London: BBC Books/Hodder & Stoughton, 1992.
- Bonington, Chris. Sea, ice and rock. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1992.
- BONINGTON, CHRIS. Mountaineer: Thirty Years of Climbing the World's Greatest Peaks. HODDER & STOUGHTON, 1993.
- Bonington, Chris. The Everest years: a climber's life. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986.
- Bonington, Chris. Everest, the unclimbed ridge. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983.
- Bonington, Chris. Kongur, China's elusive summit. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1982.
- Bonington, Chris. Quest for adventure. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1981.
- Bonington, Chris, and Chris Bonington. Everest the hard way. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1976.
- Bonington, Chris. Changabang. London: Heinemann Educational, 1975.
- Bonington, Chris. The next horizon: autobiography II.. London: Gollancz, 1973.
- Bonington, Chris. Everest, south west face. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1973.
- Bonington, Chris. Annapurna South Face.. London: Cassell, 1971.