The author of more than a dozen books, DeMott was best known for his cultural criticism in popular magazines and a trilogy, The Imperial Middle: Why Americans Can't Think Straight about Class (1990), The Trouble with Friendship: Why Americans Can't Think Straight about Race (1995), and Killer Woman Blues: Why Americans Can't Think Straight about Gender (2000).
Neben zahlreichen anderen Werken wurde DeMott besonders bekannt durch seine Kulturkritik in zahlreichen Magazinen und seine Trilogie, bestehend aus den Werken The Imperial Middle: Why Americans Can't Think Straight about Class (1990), The Trouble with Friendship: Why American's Can't Think Straight about Race (1995) und Killer Woman Blues: Why Americans Can't Think Straight about Gender (2000).