Nigel Cawthorne. Sex Lives of the Hollywood Goddesses. Prion Publishing,
Gilles Dagneau. Ava Gardner: The Rebel. Rome, Italy: Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8873014968
John Daniell. Ava Gardner Ihre Filme - Ihr Leben. München, Germany: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag (Heyne Filmbibliothek), 1987. ISBN 3453001206
Charles Moritz, ed.. Current Biography Yearbook. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1965.
David Hanna. Ava: Portrait of a Star. New York: Putnams, 1960.
Charles Higham. Ava: A Life Story. New York: Delacorte, 1974. ISBN 0440013941
Andre Bernard, Jacques Siclier, Edgar Moore, Claude Gauteur. Ava Gardner. Paris, France: PAC Editions, 1976. ISBN 2853360202
Judith M. Kass. Ava Gardner. New York: Jove Publications, 1977. ISBN 0156094258
Matthew Rampling. Ava Gardner. Paris, France: Andre Balland, 1981.
John Daniell. Ava Gardner. New York: St. Martins Press, 1983. ISBN 0312062400
Roland Flamini. Ava: A Biography. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1983. ISBN 0698111230
Gilles Dagneau. Ava Gardner. Paris, France: PAC Editions, 1984.
Jane E. Wayne. Ava's Men: The Private Life of Ava Gardner. New York: St. Martins Press, 1990. ISBN 0312037945
Ava Gardner, with Alan Burgess & Kenneth Turan. My Story. New York: Bantam Books, 1990. ISBN 0553071343
Karin J. Fowler. Ava Gardner: A Bio-Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1990. ISBN 0313267766
Lee Server. Ava Gardner. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006. ISBN 0312312091
Lee Server. Ava Gardner: "Love Is Nothing". New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006. ISBN 0312312091
Alton Rivers. Love, Ava. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2007. ISBN -13:978-0-312-36279-9
| "Cine Revue" (France) | 5 August 1976, Vol. 56, Iss. 32, pg. 33-37, by: Henry Gris, "Ava Gardner" |
| "Cine-Revue" (Belgium) | 5 December 1974, Vol. 54, Iss. 49, pg. 10-17, by: Rowena Caldwell, "Le crepuscule de la «deesse sauvage» d'Hollywood" |
| "Ciné-Revue" (Belgium) | 22 February 1968, Vol. 48, Iss. 8, pg. 24-26, by: Gilbert Guez, "La star à l'âme nue" |
| "Hollywood Life" (USA) | May 2006, Vol. 17, Iss. 3, pg. 94-97+108, by: Thomson, David, ""The Goddess Brought Down To Earth"" |
| "The Independent Arts and Books Review" (UK) | 7 April 2006, pg. 14, by: Rhoda Koenig, "Fallen goddess" |
| "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution" (USA) | 17 August 2005, Vol. 57, Iss. 229, pg. E5, by: Bill Cissna, "N.C. town holds memories of star Ava Gardner" |
| "Vimagazino" (Greece) | 7 October 2001, Iss. 52, pg. 88-91, by: Eleni Pirgioti, "San to skilo me ti gata" |
| "Talk" (USA) | December 1999, Vol. 1, Iss. 4, pg. 192-198+233-235, by: Rex Reed, "Ava What a Dame! (an oral history)" |
| "Globe" (USA) | 3 March 1998, "Dying Frank: I'm going to meet Ava!" |
| "Le Soir" (Belgium) | 29 March 1997, pg. 12, by: William Bourton, "La plus belle femme du monde?" |
| "TV Serien-Hits" (Germany) | 10 June 1992, Vol. 1, Iss. 13, pg. 24-25, by: Winfried Zimmermann, "Unter der Sonne Kaliforniens: Lug, Betrug und Ehedramen - Die unendliche Geschichte der Ewings" |
| "Film Comment" (USA) | July 1990, Vol. 26, Iss. 4, pg. 33-38, by: Kathleen Murphy, "Farewell My Lovelies." |
| "People" (USA) | 12 February 1990, Vol. 33, Iss. 6, pg. 72-81, "Many Passions, No Regrets." [obituary] |
| "The Annual Obituary" (USA) | 1990, pg. 26-28. [obituary] |
| "The Annual Obituary" (USA) | Vol. 1990, pg. 26-28. [obituary] |
| "New York Times" (USA) | Iss. 26 January 1990, pg. D17, by: Peter B. Flint, [obituary] |
| "Variety" (USA) | Iss. 31 January 1990, pg. 14, 47, 49, 51, by: Joseph McBride, [obituary] |
| "Los Angeles Times" (USA) | Iss. 17 February 1985, Calendar, 22, by: Roderick Mann, "Ave Ava: A Maverick's Homecoming." |
| "Ladies' Home Journal" (USA) | November 1974, Vol. 91, Iss. 11, pg. 45-48, 54, 170, by: Vernon Scott, "Ava." |
| "Ladies' Home Journal" (USA) | July 1972, Vol. 89, Iss. 7, pg. 108-109, 129-134, by: Rowena Caldwell, "Twilight of a Goddess." |
| "Films in Review" (USA) | June 1965, Vol. 16, Iss. 6, pg. 343-357, by: Mel Vincent, "Ava Gardner." |
| "Ondas" (Spain) | 15 August 1962, Vol. VIII, Iss. 233, pg. 43, by: Antonio D. Olano, "Mujeres in Madrid : Ava : El retrato" |
| "Sir Knight" (USA) | February 1962, Vol. 3, Iss. 2, pg. 14-17, 48-49, by: Kurt Singer, "The Traumatic Life of Ava Gardner" |
| "Good Housekeeping" (USA) | March 1961, Vol. 152, Iss. 3, pg. 68-69, 162-172, by: Rona Jaffe, "The Private Demons of Ava Gardner." |
| "New Yorker" (USA) | 26 April 1958, Vol. 34, Iss. 10, pg. 34-38, by: Robert Graves, "A Toast to Ava Gardner." |
| "Look" (USA) | 11 December 1956, Vol. 20, Iss. 25, pg. 102-106, by: Joe Hyans, "Ava Gardner in Search of Love." |
| "Look" (USA) | 27 November 1956, Vol. 20, Iss. 24, pg. 142-148, by: Joe Hyams, "The Private Hell of Ava Gardner." |
| "Photoplay" (USA) | February 1952, Vol. 41 (n.s.), Iss. 2, pg. 37-41, 92-95, by: Ruth Waterbury, "The Life and Loves of Ava Gardner." |
| "Motion Picture and Television Magazine" (USA) | November 1951, Vol. 82, Iss. 4, pg. 40-41+52, by: James Wandworth, "The strange case of Gardner-Sinatra" |
| "Saturday Evening Post" (USA) | 5 June 1948, Vol. 220, Iss. 49, pg. 32-33, 131-139, by: Pete Martin, "Tarheel Tornado." |
| "Playboy Special Edition" (USA) | August 1999, pg. 28, by: staff, "Playboy's Sex Stars of the Century" |
| "Playboy" (USA) | January 1999, Vol. 46, Iss. 1, pg. 105-128+214-220, by: D. Keith Mano, "Sex Stars Of The Century" |
| "Ciné-Revue" (France) | 10 December 1970, Vol. 50, Iss. 50, pg. 4, by: Angelo Frontoni, "Le portrait d'Ava Gardner" |
| "Yank" (USA) | 6 August 1943 |
| "Pazar" (Turkey) | 15 February 1959, Iss. 125 |
| "Tempo" (Italy) | 11 November 1958 |
| "Man to Man" (USA) | May 1956, Vol. 6, Iss. 12 |
| "Festival" (Italy) | 1953, Iss. 21 |
| "Motion Picture and Television Magazine" (USA) | November 1951, Vol. 82, Iss. 4 |
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