霍克思為著名的漢學家,年輕時即翻譯「楚辭」(The Songs of the South),其著作「A Little Primer of Tu Fu」更是具權威且廣為人知的唐詩翻譯作品。而他的譯作「The Story of the Stone」(紅樓夢)更是身為翻譯家的非凡成就;為了全心致力於此翻譯計畫,於1971年辭去牛津大學中文系系主任一職。
The Story of the Stone: a Translator's Notebooks. Hong Kong: Lingnan University, 2000.
Classical, Modern and Humane: Essays in Chinese Literature. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 1989.
The Story of the Stone: a Chinese Novel in Five Volumes. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1973-1986; Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1979-1987.
A Little Primer of Tu Fu. Oxford: Clarendon P., 1967; Hong Kong: Renditions Paperbacks, 1987.
Chinese: Classical, Modern, and Humane. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961.
Ch'u Tz'u: the Songs of the South, an Ancient Chinese Anthology. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959; Harmondsworth, England & New York, U.S.A.: Penguin Books, 1985.