Brueggemann adalah penganjur dan praktisi kritik retorika. Ia telah menulis lebih dari 58 buku, ratusan artikel, dan sejumlah tafsiran atas kitab-kitab dalam Alkitab. Brueggemann ikut serta dalam seri televisi PBS tentang Kitab Kejadian oleh Bill Moyers (didokumentasikan dalam Genesis: A Living Conversation. Main Street Books, 1997. ISBN 0-385-49043-7). Brueggemann adalah seorang pendeta United Church of Christ.
Sebagian karya penerbitan Brueggemann
The Prophetic Imagination. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1978. ISBN 0-8006-1337-6
Genesis: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1982. ISBN 0-8042-3101-X
To Pluck Up, to Tear Down: A Commentary on the Book of Jeremiah 1-25: International Theological Commentary on the Old Testament. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1988. ISBN 0-8028-0367-9.
Finally Comes the Poet: Daring Speech for Proclamation. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1989. ISBN 0-8006-2394-0
First and Second Samuel: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8042-3108-7
To Build, to Plant: A Commentary on Jeremiah 26-52: International Theological Commentary on the Old Testament. Continuum International Publishing Group, 1991. ISBN 1-871828-13-9
"The Book of Exodus," in The New Interpreter's Bible. Volume 1. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1994. ISBN 0-687-27814-7