34 works in English-language magazines
| Date | Page | Type | Title | Magazine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1992 | 35 | Review | Knight's Wyrd | Locus, #380 September 1992 |
| November 1992 | 99 | Review | Knight's Wyrd | Dragon Magazine, November 1992 |
| January 1993 | 74 | Review | The Price of the Stars | Dragon Magazine, January 1993 |
| September 1993 | 72 | Review | Starpilot's Grave | Locus, #392 September 1993 |
| January 1994 | 75 | Review | Bad Blood | Dragon Magazine, January 1994 |
| August 1994 | 35 | Review | By Honor Betray'd | Locus, #403 August 1994 |
| September 1994 | 101 | Review | By Honor Betray'd | Dragon Magazine, September 1994 |
| January 1995 | 54 | Review | Hunters' Moon | Dragon Magazine, January 1995 |
| August 1995 | 31 | Review | The Gathering Flame | Locus, #415 August 1995 |
| September 1995 | 52 | Review | The Gathering Flame | Dragon Magazine, September 1995 |
| October 1996 | 31 | Review | The Long Hunt | Locus, #429 October 1996 |
| November 1996 | 31 | Review | Groogleman | Locus, #430 November 1996 |
| June 1997 | 46|46.03 | Review | Groogleman | Science Fiction Chronicle, #192 June 1997 |
| 1998 | 61 | Review | Groogleman | Pirate Writings, #16, 1998 |
| 1998 | 43|43.5 | Review | Groogleman | Absolute Magnitude, Summer 1998 |
| 1998 | 60 | Review | Knight's Wyrd | Pirate Writings, #16, 1998 |
| 1999 | 13 | Review | The Stars Asunder | Amazing Stories, Fall 1999 |
| February 1999 | 134 | Review | The Stars Asunder | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1999 |
| May 1999 | 31 | Review | The Stars Asunder | Locus, #460 May 1999 |
| September 1999 | 136 | Review | The Stars Asunder | Asimov's Science Fiction, September 1999 |
| September 2000 | 35 | Review | Requiem for Boone | Vector 213 |
| October 2002 | 131 | Review | A Working of Stars | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2002 |
| January 2003 | 33 | Review | The Apocalypse Door | Locus, #504 January 2003 |
| April 2003 | 134 | Review | The Apocalypse Door | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2003 |
| July 2003 | 13 | Review | The Apocalypse Door | The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 2003 |
| July 2003 | 135 | Review | The Apocalypse Door | Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2003 |
| October 2003 | 23 | Review | The Apocalypse Door | The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2003 |
| June 2005 | Short Fiction | Jenny Nettles | Escape Pod, EP006 | |
| February 2007 | 29 | Review | Land of Mist and Snow | Locus, #553 February 2007 |
| September 2007 | 138 | Review | Land of Mist and Snow | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 2007 |
| February 2008 | 113 | Short Fiction | Philologos; or, A Murder in Bistrita | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2008 |
| May 2013 | Short Fiction | The Clockwork Trollop | Beneath Ceaseless Skies, #120 | |
| June 2013 | Review | The Clockwork Trollop | StarShipSofa, No 293 | |
| July 2014 | Short Fiction | The Devil in the Details | Tor.com, July 2, 2014 |
32 English-language books
- American Civil War with Magic 2
- Bad Blood (Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald) 5
- Circle of Magic / The Wizard Apprentice 6
- Daniel M. Pinkwater's Melvinge of the Megaverse 1
- Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict 1
- Horror High 1
- Mageworlds 8
- Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover 1
- MechWarrior Dark Age 3
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Planet Builders 2
- Robert Silverberg's Time Tours 1
- Spider-Man 2
- Tom Swift [3] 2
Husband of Debra Doyle. Note that books 7 and 8 in the "Circle of Magic / The Wizard Apprentice" series were published as by "Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald". However, as per Macdonald's communication with SFE3, they were written by an unidentified author. Doyle and Macdonald were neither informed about nor paid for these two books.