The BFI Companion to Horror The British Film Institute's horror encyclopedia, edited by Kim Newman. Contributors include Neil Gaiman, Alan Jones, Tim Lucas, Maitland McDonagh and others.

Fantasy Females Edited by Allan Bryce. Includes McDonagh essays on movie femme fatales Martine Beswick and Barbara Steele.

The Last Great American Picture Show Released in conjunction with the prestigious Viennale festival, The Last Great American Picture Show – New Hollywood 1967-76, edited by Alexander Horwath, features essays by J. Hoberman, Maitland McDonagh and others.

Zombie Edited by Alan Jones. Includes McDonagh essays on the "Return Of The Living Dead" and the "Re-Animator" movies.

Virgin, Time Out, and TV Guide film and video guides
	Besides editing the annual TV Guide Film & Video Companion (with Ken Fox), McDonagh has also contributed to the annual Virgin Film Guide and Time Out Film Guide.

Ridley Scott Interviews In addition to popular-press and film-press books, McDonagh's essays and interviews have also appeared in such academic works as this 2005 collection from the University Press of Mississippi, alongside such fellow contributors as Harlan Kennedy and Amy Taubin.