Congressional Series, volumes 1-3
Jack P. Greene's review of The Papers of James Madison published in the South Atlantic Quarterly 64 (1965): 403-6.

Congressional Series, volumes 7-10
Lester J. Cappon's review of The Papers of James Madison published in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 85 (1977): 491-93.

Congressional Series, volumes 15-17
Richard K. Matthews's review of The Papers of James Madison published in the William and Mary Quarterly 51 (1994): 172-74.

Secretary of State Series, volume 5
Juliana Boucher's review of The Papers of James Madison published in the North Carolina Historical Review 79 (2002): 382-83.

Secretary of State Series, volume 8
Aaron Scott Crawford's review of The Papers of James Madison published in the North Carolina Historical Review 86 (2009): 349-50.

Presidential Series, volume 6
David Serxner's review of The Papers of James Madison published in the North Carolina Historical Review 86 (2009): 351-52.

Retirement Series, volume 1
Andrea Wulf's review of The Papers of James Madison published in the Times Literary Supplement, 16 Oct. 2009, 29.

Digital Edition
K. Potts's review of The Papers of James Madison: Digital Edition published in CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, 48.8 (April 2011): 1461.

Presidential Series, volume 6, and Retirement Series, volume 1
Ralph Ketcham's review of The Papers of James Madison published in the Journal of Southern History 77 (2011): 693-95.

Retirement Series, volume 2
Jeff Broadwater's review of The Papers of James Madison  published in the Journal of Southern History 80 (2014): 955-57.

Retirement Series, volume 3
Greg Weiner's review of The Papers of James Madison published in Early American Literature 52 (2017): 763-67.

Presidential Series, volume 8
Sandra Moats's review of The Papers of James Madison published in the Journal of Southern History 85 (2019): 429-31.

Presidential Series, volume 11
Andrew J. B. Fagal's review of The Papers of James Madison published in Scholarly Editing 39 (2022).