As an author, Joseph Bobrow's writing includes the books Zen and Psychotherapy: Partners in Liberation, with comments by Thich Nhat Hanh; Waking Up from War: A Better Way Home for Veterans and Nations, with a foreword by H.H. the Dalai Lama; and After Midnight: Selected Poems. He also co-translated and edited the first edition of Thich Nhat Hanh's Guide to Walking Meditation.