Since 2000, Roud has written a range of volumes on folklore, calendar customs and folk music. A number of these have met with substantial acclaim; 2003's The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland was awarded the Folklore Society's prestigious Katharine Briggs Award for the outstanding folklore-related book of the year.
For nearly two decades, Roud has produced an extensive range of works on folklore, traditional practices, and folk melodies. Specifically, 2003's The Penguin Guide to British and Irish Folklore received the Katharine Briggs Award as the top folklore book of the year.