Sách do Nohlen xuất bản bao gồm:

• Electoral systems of the world (bằng tiếng Đức, 1978)
• Lexicon of politics (bảy tập)
• Elections and Electoral Systems (1996)
• Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook (1999 với Michael Krennerich và Bernhard Thibaut)
• Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook (2001 với Florian Grotz (de) và Christof Hartmann)
  • Volume 2: South East Asia, East Asia, and the Pacific (2002), ISBN 0199249598
• Voter Turnout Since 1945: A Global Report (2002 với Bengt Save-Soderbergh)
• Electoral law and party systems (2004)
• Electoral systems and party politics (2004)
• Elections in the Americas: A Data Handbook (2005)
• Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook (2010 với Philip Stoever)