In honour of World Book Day, I thought I would share with you some ideas for books that I’d recommend. I am an avid reader and so suggestions welcome !
The ones in bold are absolute favourites of mine and I have gone back to them several times.
Security Books
- @Large – Freedman and Mann
- Crypto – Steven Levy
- Google Hacking for Penetration Testers – Long, Skoudis, Eijkelenborg
- Hacker Crackdown – Bruce Sterling
- Hackers – Steven Levy
- Hacking: The Art of Exploitation – Jon Erickson
- Heard the One About Identity Theft – Arron Bennett
- How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie
- Masters of Deception – Slatalla and Quittner
- Network Intrusion Detection, 3rd Edition – Stephen Northcutt and Judy Novak
- RTFM Manual
- Secrets and Lies – Bruce Schneier
- Social Engineering – Hadnagy
- The Cyberthief and the Samurai – Jeff Goodell
- The GCHQ Puzzle Book
- The Web Application Hacker’s Handbook – Dafydd Stuttard and Marcus Pinto
- Where Wizards Stay Up Late – Hafner and Lyon
Other texts
- Catwatching – Desmond Morris
- Dangerous D@ta – Lury Gibson
- Games People Play – Eric Berne
- I’m OK – You’re OK – Thomas Harris
- Neuromancer – William Gibson
- Pattern Recognition – William Gibson
- Shockwave Rider – John Brunner
- What Do You Say After You Say Hello? – Eric Berne
For Kids
- Coding For Beginners using Scratch – Usborne
- Adventures in Raspberry Pi – Philbin
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