| Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy, Updated with a New Preface K Bales Univ of California Press, 2012 | 2955* | 2012 |
| Understanding global slavery: A reader K Bales Univ of California Press, 2005 | 685 | 2005 |
| The slave next door: Human trafficking and slavery in America today K Bales, R Soodalter Univ of California Press, 2010 | 513 | 2010 |
| The social survey in historical perspective, 1880-1940 M Bulmer, K Bales, KK Sklar Cambridge University Press, 1991 | 479 | 1991 |
| Ending slavery: How we free today’s slaves K Bales Univ of California Press, 2007 | 327 | 2007 |
| What predicts human trafficking? K Bales International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice 31 (2 …, 2007 | 260 | 2007 |
| Modern slavery: The secret world of 27 million people K Bales, Z Trodd, AK Williamson (No Title), 2009 | 248 | 2009 |
| Blood and earth: Modern slavery, ecocide, and the secret to saving the world K Bales Random House, 2016 | 205 | 2016 |
| New slavery: A reference handbook K Bales Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2005 | 205 | 2005 |
| La nueva esclavitud en la economía global K Bales Siglo XXI de España Editores, 2000 | 154 | 2000 |
| “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude”: A critical analysis of international slavery agreements and concepts of slavery K Bales, PT Robbins Human Rights Review 2 (2), 18-45, 2001 | 142 | 2001 |
| Trafficking in persons in the United States K Bales, S Lize Croft Institute for International Studies, University of Mississippi, 2005 | 138 | 2005 |
| Expendable people: Slavery in the age of globalization K Bales Journal of International Affairs, 461-484, 2000 | 135 | 2000 |
| I nuovi schiavi: la merce umana nell'economia globale K Bales Feltrinelli Editore, 2000 | 126 | 2000 |
| Hidden slaves: Forced labor in the United States K Bales, L Fletcher, E Stover | 120 | 2004 |
| Modern slavery in the UK: How many victims? K Bales, O Hesketh, B Silverman Significance 12 (3), 16-21, 2015 | 110 | 2015 |
| Measuring the propensity to volunteer K Bales Social Policy & Administration 30 (3), 206-226, 1996 | 103 | 1996 |
| To plead our own cause: Personal stories by today's slaves K Bales, Z Trodd Cornell University Press, 2008 | 91 | 2008 |
| Slavery from space: Demonstrating the role for satellite remote sensing to inform evidence-based action related to UN SDG number 8 DS Boyd, B Jackson, J Wardlaw, GM Foody, S Marsh, K Bales ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing 142, 380-388, 2018 | 87 | 2018 |
| Because she looks like a child K Bales Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy, 2003 | 87 | 2003 |
