Studio albums: The Blues (1956) • Sings The Blues (1957) • The Country Blues Of John Lee Hooker (1959) • I'm John Lee Hooker (1959) • Burning Hell (1960) • Travelin' (1960) • That's My Story (1960) • House Of The Blues (1960) • Burnin' (1961) • Sings Blues (1961) • Plays And Sings The Blues (1961) • The Folk Lore Of John Lee Hooker (1961) • The Big Soul Of John Lee Hooker (1962) • Half A Stranger Vol. 1 (1963) • Don't Turn Me From Your Door (1963) • On Campus (1963) • Hooker And The Hogs (1964) • Original Folk Blues (1964) • ... And Seven Nights (1965) • It Serves You Right To Suffer (1966) • Mad Man Blues (1967) • Urban Blues (1968) • If You Miss 'Im ... I Got 'Im (1969) • Simply The Truth (1969) • That's Where It's At! (1969) • Get Back Home (1969) • I Feel Good (1970) • Detroit Special (1971) • Endless Boogie (1971) • Coast To Coast Blues Band (1972) • Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive (1972) • Born In Mississippi, Raised Up In Tennessee (1973) • Free Beer And Chicken (1974) • In Person (1974) • Sittin' Here Thinkin' (1979) • Hooker 'N' Heat Recorded Live At The Fox Venice Theatre (1981) • Jealous (1986) • The Healer (1989) • Mr. Lucky (1991) • Boom Boom (1992) • Chill Out (1995) • Don't Look Back (1997) • Testament (2001) • The Boogie Man (2001) • Live At Sugar Hill, Vol. 2 (2002) • Face To Face (2003) • The Boogie Man 1948 - 1955 (2006) • Hooker (2006)

Live albums: Live At Sugar Hill (1962) • Concert At Newport (1964) • Live At Cafe Au-Go-Go (1966) • Live At Kabuki Wuki (1972) • Live at Kabuki Wuki (1972) • Alone (1976) • The Cream (1978)

Compilations: The Great John Lee Hooker (1958) • Is He The World's Greatest Blues Singer? (1965) • No Friend Around (1969) • I Wanna Dance All Night (1970) • Boogie Chillun (1972) • Gotham Golden Classics: The Rare Recordings (1977) • Blues For Big Town (1981) • 40th Anniversary Album (1989) • Boogie Awhile (1990) • Half A Stranger (1991) • The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 (1991) • Graveyard Blues (1992) • The Best Of John Lee Hooker 1965-1974 (1992) • Everybody's Blues (1993) • The Legendary Modern Recordings 1948-1954 (1993) • John Lee Hooker On Vee-Jay 1955-1958 (1993) • King Of The Boogie (1994) • Alternative Boogie: Early Studio Recordings 1948-1952 (1995) • The Best Of Friends (1998) • The Complete '50s Chess Recordings (1998) • The Complete 1964 Recordings (2000) • The Complete, Vol. 2 - Detroit 1949 (2000) • The Complete, Vol. 1 - Detroit 1948-1949 (2000) • The Unknown John Lee Hooker (2000) • House Rent Boogie (2001) • The Complete, Vol. 3 - Detroit 1949-1950 (2001) • The Complete, Vol. 4 - Detroit 1950-1951 (2002) • Detroit 1948-1949 (2002) • The Real Folk Blues / More Real Folk Blues (2002) • Blues Kingpins (2003) • Boogie Chillen: Original 1948-1954 Blues Masterpieces (2003) • I'm A Boogie Man: The Essential Masters 1948-1953 (2004) • Early Years (2004) • The Complete, Vol. 5 - Detroit 1952-1953 (2004) • The Complete, Vol. 6 (2005) • Specialty Profiles: John Lee Hooker (2006)