- Ruth, a book of the Christian and Hebrew Bibles
- Commentary and analysis:
- "Ruth, Book of," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
- "Ruth, Book of," in Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
- "Ruth," in Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
- "Ruth, Book of," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "Book of Ruth," by Francis Gigot in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
- "Ruth," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
- "Ruth, Book of," by George Ricker Berry in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)
- "Ruth," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
- Ruth, a poem by J.P.C. de Florian
- Ruth, a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell
- Ruth, versions of a sonnet by Felicia Hemans in Female Characters of Scripture, 1833.
- "Ruth", a poem by Thomas Hood
- "Ruth", a poem by John Bunyan
- "Ruth", a poem by William Wordsworth