| Animals and society: An introduction to human-animal studies M DeMello Columbia University Press, 2021 | 1385 | 2021 |
| Bodies of inscription: A cultural history of the modern tattoo community M DeMello Duke University Press, 2000 | 908 | 2000 |
| " Not Just For Bikers Anymore": Popular Representations of American Tattooing M DeMello Journal of Popular Culture 29 (3), 37, 1995 | 227 | 1995 |
| The convict body: Tattooing among male American prisoners M DeMello Anthropology Today 9 (6), 10-13, 1993 | 214 | 1993 |
| The state of human-animal studies M DeMello, K Shapiro Society & Animals 18 (3), 307-318, 2010 | 212 | 2010 |
| Encyclopedia of body adornment M DeMello Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2007 | 195 | 2007 |
| Body studies: An introduction M DeMello Routledge, 2013 | 184 | 2013 |
| Feet and footwear: A cultural encyclopedia M DeMello Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2009 | 128 | 2009 |
| Speaking for animals: Animal autobiographical writing M DeMello Routledge, 2013 | 117 | 2013 |
| Teaching the animal: Human-animal studies across the disciplines M DeMello (No Title), 2010 | 99 | 2010 |
| Stories rabbits tell: A natural and cultural history of a misunderstood creature SE Davis, M DeMello Lantern Books, 2003 | 83 | 2003 |
| Inked: Tattoos and body art around the world M DeMello Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014 | 68 | 2014 |
| Mourning animals: Rituals and practices surrounding animal death M DeMello MSU Press, 2016 | 60 | 2016 |
| Faces around the world: a cultural encyclopedia of the human face M DeMello Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2012 | 36 | 2012 |
| The present and future of animal domestication M DeMello na, 2011 | 23 | 2011 |
| Human-animal studies: a bibliography M DeMello Lantern Books, 2012 | 22 | 2012 |
| Modification: Blurring the divide: Human and animal body modifications M DeMello A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment, 338-352, 2011 | 17 | 2011 |
| Becoming rabbit: living with and knowing rabbits M DeMello | 17 | 2010 |
| Rabbits multiplying like rabbits: The rise in the worldwide popularity of rabbits as pets M DeMello Companion Animals in Everyday Life: Situating Human-Animal Engagement within …, 2016 | 16 | 2016 |
| Online animal (auto-) biographies: what does it mean when we “give animals a voice?” M DeMello Animal Biography: Re-framing Animal Lives, 243-259, 2018 | 11 | 2018 |
