The Book on the Bookshelf. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. ISBN 0-375-40649-2.

Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. ISBN 0-375-40041-9. Paperback edition: Vintage Books, 1998. ISBN 0-375-70024-2.

Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-674-46367-6. Paperback edition: Harvard University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-674-46368-4.

Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. ISBN 0-679-43939-0. Paperback edition: Vintage Books, 1996. ISBN 0-679-76021-0.

Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. ISBN 0-521-46108-1. Paperback edition: Cambridge University Press, 1994. ISBN 0-521-46649-0.

The Evolution of Useful Things. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. ISBN 0-679-41226-3. Paperback edition: Vintage Books, 1994. ISBN 0-679-74039-2.

The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. ISBN 0-394-57422-2. Paperback edition: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. ISBN 0-679-73415-5.

Beyond Engineering: Essays and Other Attempts to Figure without Equations. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. ISBN 0-312-07785-8. Out of print.

To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. ISBN 0-312-80680-9. Paperback edition: Vintage Books, 1992. ISBN 0-679-73416-3.