| Blue collar community W Kornblum University of Chicago Press, 1974 | 635 | 1974 |
| Sociology in a changing world W Kornblum, CD Smith Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1991 | 522 | 1991 |
| Growing up poor TM Williams, W Kornblum Lexington Books, 1985 | 375 | 1985 |
| Social problems W Kornblum, J Julian, CD Smith (No Title), 1992 | 306* | 1992 |
| The uptown kids: Struggle and hope in the projects TM Williams, W Kornblum Putnam Adult, 1994 | 105 | 1994 |
| In the field: Readings on the field research experience CD Smith, W Kornblum (No Title), 1996 | 102 | 1996 |
| International express: New Yorkers on the 7 train S Tonnelat, W Kornblum Columbia University Press, 2017 | 44 | 2017 |
| LUMPING THE POOR-WHAT IS THE UNDERCLASS W Kornblum Dissent 31 (3), 295-302, 1984 | 36 | 1984 |
| Discipline, method, community structure, and decision-making: The role and limitations of the sociology of knowledge TN Clark, W Kornblum, H Bloom, S Tobias The American Sociologist, 214-217, 1968 | 36 | 1968 |
| Drug legalization and the minority poor W Kornblum The Milbank Quarterly, 415-435, 1991 | 35 | 1991 |
| The Chicago School and the roots of urban ethnography: An intergenerational conversation with Gerald D. Jaynes, David E. Apter, Herbert J. Gans, William Kornblum, Ruth Horowitz … DE Apter, HJ Gans, R Horowitz, GD Jaynes, W Kornblum, JF Short Jr, ... Ethnography 10 (4), 375-396, 2009 | 30* | 2009 |
| Sociology: The central questions W Kornblum, CD Smith Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1998 | 30 | 1998 |
| Urban Gypsies and the culture of poverty W Kornblum, P Lichter Urban life and culture 1 (3), 239-253, 1972 | 24 | 1972 |
| Racial and cultural groups on the beach W Kornblum Ethnic Groups 5 (1-2), 109-124, 1983 | 22 | 1983 |
| West 42nd Street: The bright light zone W Kornblum, T Williams, V Boggs Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, 1978 | 22 | 1978 |
| Boyash Gypsies: shantytown ethnicity W Kornblum Gypsies tinkers and other travellers,(London: Academic Press, 1975), 1975 | 21 | 1975 |
| Growing up poor W Kornblum, T Williams Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1985 | 20 | 1985 |
| Experiences of Mental Distress by Individuals During an Economic Downturn: The Story of an Urban City. C Cokes, W Kornblum Western Journal of Black Studies 34 (1), 2010 | 16 | 2010 |
| Discovering ink: a mentor for an historical ethnography W Kornblum The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 595 (1 …, 2004 | 16 | 2004 |
| At Sea in the City: New York from the Water's Edge W Kornblum Algonquin Books, 2002 | 16 | 2002 |
