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The Pope Benedict XVI bibliography contains a list of works by Pope Benedict XVI.

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Eschatology: Death and Eternal Life is a 1988 book written by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. The book is the study of the "eschaton", the times of the end, or "last things", such as the parousia, heaven, and hell. Among the issues addressed in it is the concept of purgatory, which he argues may be existential—not temporal—in duration.

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Introduction to Christianity is a 1968 book written by Joseph Ratzinger. Considered one of his most important and widely read books, it presents a "narrative Christology" that demonstrates the place for faith is in the Church. The book offers a "remarkable elucidation of the Apostle's Creed" and gives an "excellent, modern interpretation of the foundations of Christianity".

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Jesus of Nazareth is the writing on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ by Pope Benedict XVI, published in three volumes.

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Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week is the second volume in Pope Benedict XVI's three-volume meditation on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Offers a detailed analysis of Jesus Christ's final week in Jerusalem, examining the political, religious and scholarly aspects of Jesus' life, teaching, death and resurrection.

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Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives is a book written by Pope Benedict XVI, first published on November 21, 2012, by Image Books. The book is the third and final volume of the author's three-volume meditation on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Pope Benedict presents the stories of Jesus' infancy and childhood as being as relevant today as they were two thousand years ago. This third volume in the series was preceded by Jesus of Nazareth (2007) and Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week (2011).

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The Spirit of the Liturgy is a 2000 book written by Joseph Ratzinger before his ascension to the papacy. Ratzinger called for the return to the historical practice of the liturgical orientation towards the east - the ad orientem Mass, where this is not possible, he calls for the placement of the Crucifix in the center of the altar.

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Truth and Tolerance is a book written by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger.