| The state in post-colonial societies | 1972 | english | 1,805 |
| Peasants and revolution | 1965 | english | 466 |
| India and the colonial mode of production | 1975 | english | 409 |
| Peasant classes and primordial loyalties | 1973 | english | 368 |
| Kinship in west Punjab villages | 1972 | english | 274 |
| Introduction to the Sociology of" developing Societies" | 1982 | english | 263 |
| Pakistan and Islam: ethnicity and ideology | 1988 | english | 221 |
| State and class under peripheral capitalism | 1982 | english | 209 |
| State and ideology in the Middle East and Pakistan | 1988 | english | 183 |
| The state in post-colonial societies: Pakistan and Bangladesh | 1973 | english | 179 |
| Class and state in Pakistan | 1982 | english | 154 |
| Los campesinos y la política.- Hamza Alavi , Las clases campesinas y las lealtades primordiales. Trad. del ingles | 1976 | english | 152 |
| Nationhood and the Nationalities in Pakistan | 1991 | english | 128 |
| Las clases campesinas y las lealtades primordiales | 1976 | englishtr. | 127 |
| Capitalism and colonial production | 1982 | english | 121 |
| Pakistani women in a changing society | 1991 | english | 107 |
| The rural elite and agricultural development in Pakistan | 1976 | english | 99 |
| Imperialism old and new | 1964 | english | 99 |
| Politics of ethnicity in India and Pakistan | 2011 | english | 95 |
| India: transition from feudalism to colonial capitalism | 1980 | english | 93 |
| Social forces and ideology in the making of Pakistan | 2002 | — | 89 |
| Authoritarianism and legitimation of state power in Pakistan | 1990 | — | 85 |
| The politics of dependence: a village in West Punjab | 1971 | english | 84 |
| Ethnicity, Muslim society, and the Pakistan ideology | 1986 | english | 80 |
| Structure of colonial formations | 1981 | english | 54 |
| Sociology of Developing Societies | 1982 | english | 52 |
| Rural development in Bangladesh and Pakistan | 1976 | english | 51 |
| Pakistan-US military alliance | 1998 | — | 50 |
| Formation of the social structure of South Asia under the impact of colonialism | 1989 | — | 47 |
| Peasantry and capitalism: a marxist discourse | 1987 | english | 44 |
| The two biraderies: kinship in rural West Punjab | 2001 | english | 44 |
| Nationhood and communal violence in Pakistan | 1991 | — | 42 |
| La cuestión agraria: El discurso marxista de Kautsky | 1988 | englishtr. | 38 |
| Ironies of History: Contradictions of the Khilafat Movement | 1997 | — | 37 |
| The Post-Colonial State | 1972 | english | 37 |
| The army and bureaucracy in Pakistan | 1966 | english | 35 |
| Rural bases of political power in South Asia | 1974 | english | 33 |
| The rural elite and agricultural development | 1976 | english | 32 |
| India: Transition to colonial capitalism | 2023 | english | 31 |
| Bangladesh and the Crises of Pakistan | 1971 | english | 29 |
| Introduction to the English edition: Peasantry and capitalism | 1988 | english | 28 |
| Misreading partition road signs | 2002 | — | 27 |
| Elite farmer strategy and regional disparities in the agricultural development of Pakistan | 1973 | english | 27 |
| Pakistan between Afghanistan and India | 2002 | — | 24 |
| Peasants and Revolution'. Socialist Register | 1965 | english | 20 |
| Teoría de la revolución campesina | 1974 | englishtr. | 19 |
| Village factions | 1988 | — | 17 |
| Teoría marxista del imperialismo | 1973 | — | 17 |
| The colonial transformation in India | 1979 | english | 16 |
| Politics of Ethnicity in Pakistan | 1992 | english | 15 |