Charles Webb schreef romans die voornamelijk thema's verkenden rond volwassen worden en de zoektocht naar identiteit in de moderne wereld. Zijn werk werd gekenmerkt door een scherp inzicht in menselijke relaties en maatschappelijke druk, vaak doorspekt met zowel cynisme als empathie.
In the fast-paced, sexy, and very scary literary thriller Ursula Lake, a husband and wife trying to save their marriage and a rock musician trying to get his career back on track find big trouble, natural and possibly supernatural, in the spellbinding wilds of British Columbia.
At the end of Charles Webb's first novel, The Graduate, Benjamin Braddock rescues his beloved Elaine from a marriage made not in heaven but in California. As the story opens, the Braddock household is in turmoil as the Westchester School Board attempts to quash the unconventional educational methods the family is practising.