- Psychoanalytic Politics: Jacques Lacan and Freud's French Revolution (1978)
- The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit (1984)
- Identity in the Age of the Internet (1995) (paperback ISBN 0-684-83348-4)
- Evocative Objects: Things We Think With, (Ed.), MIT Press (2007). ISBN 0262201682
- Falling for Science: Objects in Mind, (Ed.), MIT Press (2008). ISBN 9780262201728
- The Inner History of Devices, (Ed.), MIT Press (2008). ISBN 9780262201766
- Simulation and Its Discontents, MIT Press (2009). ISBN 9780262012706
Professor Turkle has written numerous articles on psychoanalysis and culture and on the "subjective side" of people's relationships with technology, especially computers. She is engaged in active study of robots, digital pets, and simulated creatures, particularly those designed for children and the elderly as well as in a study of mobile cellular technologies. Profiles of Professor Turkle have appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Scientific American, and Wired Magazine. She is a featured media commentator on the effects of technology for CNN, NBC, ABC, and NPR, including appearances on such programs as Nightline and 20/20.