- A FINE AND PLEASANT MISERY ('78)
- KID CAMPING FROM Aaaiii! TO ZIP ('79)
- THEY SHOOT CANOES, DON'T THEY? ('81)
- NEVER SNIFF A GIFT FISH ('83)
- THE GRASSHOPPER TRAP ('85)*
- RUBBER LEGS AND WHITE TAIL-HAIRS ('87)*
- THE NIGHT THE BEAR ATE GOOMBAW ('89)*
- WHATCHAGOT STEW ('89)
(With Patricia "The Troll" McManus Gass)
- REAL PONIES DON'T GO OINK ('91)*
- THE GOOD SAMARITAN STRIKES AGAIN ('92)*
- HOW I GOT THIS WAY ('94)
- NEVER CRY ARP! ('96)
- INTO THE TWILIGHT, ENDLESSLY GROUSING ('97)
- THE DEER ON A BICYCLE ('00)
- THE BEAR IN THE ATTIC (02)
- THE BLIGHT WAY (06)
- AVALANCHE (07)
- KERPLUNK! (07)
- A new Sheriff Beau Tully Comedy Mystery will be coming out in Spring 2009

* Appeared on the New York Times Best Seller's List

More than 5 million copies of Pat's books have been sold

- A FINE AND PLEASANT MISERY: THE HUMOR OF PATRICK F. McMANUS ('92) A One-Man Show Starring Tim Behrens, Currently Touring
- McMANUS IN LOVE ('95) A One-Man Show Starring Tim Behrens, Currently Touring
- PAT McMANUS, ENDLESSLY GROUSING ('97) A One-Man Show Starring Tim Behrens, No longer Touring
- POTTS LUCK ('99) A One-Man Show Starring Tim Behrens, Currently Touring
- SCRAMBLED McMANUS ('99) A One-Man Show Starring Tim Behrens, Currently Touring

These comedies have been performed almost 1,100 times in 23 states and 3 Canadian provinces to more than 400,000 pretty happy folk.

- Professor, English and Journalism, Eastern Washington University, 1960-83; Professor Emeritus, EWU
- Associate Editor: Field and Stream. 1977-1982
- Editor-at-Large: Outdoor Life, 1982-Present
- Freelance Writer: Reader's Digest, TV Guide, Sports Illustrated, Field and Stream, Outdoor Life, New York Times, and many other publications.