History of Computing:
* Before the Computer: Information Management in the Age of the Printing Press (1993)
* The Digital Hand: A History of Information Technologies (2001)
* The Rise of Digital Capitalism: Information Technology and the Transformation of Business (2004)
* The Digital Hand: Information Technologies and the History of the American People (2008)
* A History of Information Technology: From Mechanical to Quantum (2011)
* The Global Information Revolution: A History of Information Technology (2015)
* The Evolution of Information Technologies: From Stone Tablets to Quantum Computing (2018)
Other Books:
* Computers and Society: A Historical Approach (1991)
* The Future of Computing: A Twenty-First Century Perspective (2001)
* Information Systems: A Management Perspective (2003)
* Business Information Systems: A Twenty-First Century Perspective (2005)
* The Information Technology Revolution: A Historical Perspective (2007)
* Information Technology and the Future of Business (2009)
* The Internet of Things: A History of Information Technologies (2017)
Cortada has also written numerous articles and essays on the history of computing and information technology. He is a recognized authority in this field and his work is widely respected.