Libros
Libros: Pa 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 (con A. Skjölsvold) 1956; Aku-Aku: the Secrets of Easter Island and the East Pacific (coautor con E.N. Ferdon, B.Mulloy, A. Skjölsvold and C.S. Smith) Vol. I:The Archaeology of Easter Island,1961, Vol. II: Miscellaneous Papers, 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 (bilingüe) 1996; Let the Conquered Speak (edición en castellano 1996- edición en inglés 1997); I Adams Fotspor, 1998 (edición en castellano: Tras los pasos de Adán, 2000); Ingen Grenser, 1999 (con Per Lillieström); Jakten pa Odin, 2001 (con Per Lillieström).
Documentales: The Kon-Tiki Expedition (Oscar en 1951 por la National Academic Motion Pictures Arts & Science); Galapagos Expedition,1953; Aku-Aku,1957; The Ra Expeditions (nominado al Oscar en 1971); The Tigris Expedition,1979; The Maldive Mystery,1986.
Biografías: Señor Kon-Tiki, por Arnold Jacoby 1965; The Kon-Tiki Man, por Christopher Ralling 1990; Thor Heyerdahl, the Explorer, por Snorre Evensbergert, 1994.