Leavy has written more than thirty books, including both fiction and non-fiction books. She is the creator and editor for numerous book series, including Personal/Public Scholarship (Brill/Sense), Teaching Writing (Brill/Sense), Teaching Race & Ethnicity (Brill/Sense), Teaching Gender (Brill/Sense), Social Fictions (Brill/Sense), and Understanding Qualitative Research (Oxford University Press).