| A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals; and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers … S Johnson Reeves and Turner, 1877 | 3296* | 1877 |
| The history of the Yorubas: From the earliest times to the beginning of the British protectorate S Johnson Cambridge University Press, 1966 | 2013 | 1966 |
| Lives of the English poets S Johnson Caasel et Cie, 1892 | 1091* | 1892 |
| Language conflict and language planning: The case of modern Norwegian E Haugen Harvard University Press, 1966 | 1026 | 1966 |
| The history of Rasselas, prince of Abissinia S Johnson Broadview Press, 2008 | 587* | 2008 |
| Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works. To which are Added the" Preface to Shakespeare," and the Review of" The Origin of Evil." S Johnson F. Warne & Company, 1879 | 575* | 1879 |
| Charles Dickens S Johnson New Books List April-June 2009, 50, 1952 | 559 | 1952 |
| A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides S Johnson Penguin UK, 1984 | 558 | 1984 |
| Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky P Johnson Harper perennial, 2007 | 529 | 2007 |
| Preface to Shakespeare S Johnson ReadHowYouWant. com, 2009 | 497* | 2009 |
| The rambler S Johnson Harrison and Company, 1785 | 468* | 1785 |
| Johnson on Shakespeare S Johnson Oxford University Press, 1908 | 321* | 1908 |
| The Yale edition of the works of Samuel Johnson S Johnson Yale Univ. Press, 1958 | 308* | 1958 |
| The Works of Samuel Johnson S Johnson Jones, 1825 | 284* | 1825 |
| London S Johnson, J Myles Scholar Press, 1970 | 283 | 1970 |
| The Quest for Permanence: The Symbolism of Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats D Perkins Harvard University Press, 1959 | 271 | 1959 |
| The Making of Johnson's Dictionary 1746-1773 A Reddick Cambridge University Press, 1996 | 252 | 1996 |
| The self as mind: Vision and identity in Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Keats CJ Rzepka Harvard University Press, 1986 | 198 | 1986 |
| A dictionary of the English language (1755) S Johnson (No Title), 1755 | 186* | 1755 |
| Entropic origin of disassortativity in complex networks S Johnson, JJ Torres, J Marro, MA Munoz Physical review letters 104 (10), 108702, 2010 | 176 | 2010 |
