Fortunate Son (book), a novel by Walter Mosley

"Fortunate Son" (Enterprise episode), a first-season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise

"Fortunate Son" (The Sopranos episode), a third-season episode of The Sopranos

"Fortunate Son" (song), a song originally performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival on their album Willy and the Poor Boys

Fortunate Son (Hatfield), a controversial biography of current American president George W. Bush by J.H. Hatfield

Fortunate Son (autobigraphy), a Pulitzer Prize winning autobiography by Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr.