- Copeland, Jack. Colossus: The First Electronic Computer. Oxford University Press, New York, 2006. A compendium of analysis, reprinted historical documents and memoir. Contains Tutte's own description of his breakthroughs against Tunny.Google Scholar
- Gannon, Paul. Colossus: Bletchley Park's Greatest Secret (Atlantic Books, 2006). The clearest overall history of Colossus.Google Scholar
- Hodges, Andrew. Alan Turing: The Enigma. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2014. The Imitation Game was nominally based on Hodges' landmark biography of Turing, but don't let that put you off. He's maintained a tactful silence about the movie. Google ScholarDigital Library
- McKay, Sinclair. The Secret Lives of Codebreakers: The Men and Women Who Cracked the Enigma Code at Bletchley Park. Gives a fascinating window onto the social history of Bletchley Park and the experiences of the people who worked there.Google Scholar
- Randell, Brian. "The Colossus." In Metropolis, N., Howlett, J. and Rota, G.-C. eds., Academic Press, New York, 1980, 47-92. This paper broke the public silence surrounding Colossus, at a time when the British government was still actively suppressing the release of information.Google Scholar
- Welchman, Gordon. The Hut Six Story: Breaking the Enigma Codes (McGraw Hill, 1982). The most substantial first person account of Bletchley Park, focused on Enigma rather than Colossus.Google Scholar
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- Colossal genius: Tutte, Flowers, and a bad imitation of Turing
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