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Never Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyExplosive Growth by Cliff Lerner
Best Business and Technology Books
118 books — 141 voters
Web Hacking Arsenal by Rafay BalochGhost in the Wires by Kevin D. MitnickSocial Engineering by Christopher HadnagyCountdown to Zero Day by Kim ZetterThe Art of Deception by Kevin D. Mitnick
Information Security, Penetration Testing, Social Engineering, Counter-Intelligence, Hacker/Hacking Culture and History.
122 books — 117 voters

Web Hacking Arsenal by Rafay BalochSecurity Engineering by Ross J. AndersonIntroduction to Security and Applied Cryptography by Bruce SchneierPractical Malware Analysis by Michael SikorskiThe Web Application Hacker's Handbook by Dafydd Stuttard
Information Security
80 books — 84 voters
The Witness by Nora RobertsDefying the Odds by Kele MoonRock Chick Redemption by Kristen AshleyVines by Brynne AsherEchoes at Dawn by Maya Banks
Contemporary Romances that Feature "Woman On The Run" Storylines
177 books — 72 voters

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinManufacturing Consent by Edward S. HermanSet the Night on Fire by Mike DavisThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Divide by Matt Taibbi
Hegemony, militarism and systematic inequality in the United States
104 books — 61 voters
Web Hacking Arsenal by Rafay BalochNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonKingpin by Kevin PoulsenDaemon by Leinad Zeraus
Cybersecurity Canon (proposed)
40 books — 42 voters

Columbine by Dave CullenGive a Boy a Gun by Todd StrasserAfter by Francine ProseParkland by Dave CullenA Mother's Reckoning by Sue Klebold
A Post-School Shooting List for Thoughtful Reading
72 books — 29 voters
Pulse by Adriana LockeThe Darkest Hour by Maya BanksFinding His Mark by Brittney SahinShielding Aspen by Susan StokerForgotten Sins by Rebecca Zanetti
Military Security Group Series
78 books — 25 voters

Daemon by Leinad ZerausFreedom™ by Daniel SuarezReady Player One by Ernest ClineThe Scorpion by John A. AuteroThe OSSI Model - The Gannon Transcripts by Kent Stern
Geek Thrillers
22 books — 23 voters
Identity and Violence by Amartya SenThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonThe Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven PinkerApproaches to Peace by David Philip BarashHalf the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof
Global Citizenship: Peace and Security
62 books — 23 voters

The Beast in Him by Shelly LaurenstonLost Heart by Robin D. OwensA Negotiated Marriage by Noelle AdamsNeanderthal Seeks Human by Penny ReidWolf with Benefits by Shelly Laurenston
Secure: Romances Novel Leads Working in Security
48 books — 8 voters
#SayHerName by Kimberlé CrenshawFracking by Kathryn Hulick#SayHerName by Kimberlé CrenshawThe War on Poverty by Carolee LaineThe Syrian Conflict by Michael Capek
Special Reports series
44 books — 8 voters

Red Team Field Manual by Ben ClarkCountdown to Zero Day by Kim ZetterThe Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford StollBlue Team Field Manual (BTFM) by Alan J. WhiteThe Florentine Deception by Carey Nachenberg
Cyber Operations
32 books — 7 voters
The Box by Marc LevinsonCyberwar by Richard A. ClarkeCritical Infrastructure Protection in Homeland Security by Ted G. LewisThe Edge of Disaster by Stephen FlynnResilience by Andrew Zolli
Books of Critical Infrastructure
14 books — 7 voters

The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol 3 by Richard P. FeynmanIntroduction to Quantum Mechanics by David J. GriffithsTheoretical Nuclear Physics by John M. BlattThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesDark Sun by Richard Rhodes
UK/US Nuclear Security for Physicists
14 books — 5 voters
The Volunteer by Michael RossSpies Against Armageddon by Dan RavivThe Mission, the Men, and Me by Pete BlaberInside Delta Force by Eric L. HaneyRed Teams and Counterterrorism Training (Volume 7) by Stephen Sloan
Red Teams Bookshelf
23 books — 4 voters

Bulletproof SSL and TLS by Ivan RisticOAuth 2 in Action by Justin RicherThe Web Application Hacker's Handbook by Dafydd StuttardHigh Performance Browser Networking by Ilya GrigorikEverything curl by Daniel Stenberg
Practical Web Performance and Security
5 books — 4 voters
Hackers by Steven LevyJulian Assange - The Unauthorised Autobiography by Julian AssangeWe Are All Targets by Matt PotterВторжение. Краткая история русских хакеров by Даниил ТуровскийThe Cathedral & the Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond
History of Hackers
19 books — 4 voters

Countdown to Zero Day by Kim ZetterWorm by Mark BowdenLights Out by Ted KoppelThe Absent Superpower by Peter ZeihanThe Quest by Daniel Yergin
Energy Security Reading List
11 books — 3 voters
Exploding the Phone by Phil LapsleyThe Internet Police by Nate AndersonOn Internet Freedom by Marvin AmmoriBeyond WikiLeaks by Benedetta BreviniCopyright Unbalanced by Jerry Brito
EFF's Reading List: Books of 2013
17 books — 2 voters

Black Flags by Joby WarrickIntelligence and National Security by Loch K. JohnsonBlowback by Chalmers JohnsonThe Fifth Domain by Richard A. ClarkeAfghanistan by Thomas Barfield
Best Books To Study Security And Terrorism
8 books — 2 voters
Enough by Cassidy HutchinsonHold the Line by Michael FanoneOath and Honor by Liz CheneyRenegade by Adam KinzingerCourage Under Fire by Steven A. Sund
Witness Testimonies on January 6, 2021 Capitol Insurrection in Washington DC
30 books — 2 voters

Visible Learning for Teachers by John HattieBlack Box Thinking by Matthew SyedHow to Teach by BeadleInside the Black Box by Paul Black
Rob Eastment Book Recommends from The Edtech Podcast, Episode 39
4 books — 1 voter
You'll See This Message When It Is Too Late by Josephine WolffThinking about Cybersecurity by Paul RosenzweigDawn of the Code War by John P. CarlinCult of the Dead Cow by Joseph MennThe Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll
Key Cybersecurity Reads
12 books — 1 voter

Phenomena by Annie JacobsenBarron's Law Dictionary by Steven H. GifisThe Hunt for Zero Point by Nick CookHoly Blood, Holy Grail by Richard LeighHomicide by David Simon
Shane Ivey's Bookshelf (Delta Green inspiration)
85 books — 1 voter
Industrial Automation and Control System Security Principles by Ronald L. KrutzIndustrial Cybersecurity by Pascal AckermanIndustrial Cybersecurity by Steve MustardIndustrial Network Security, 2nd Edition by David J. TeumimIndustrial Network Security by Eric D. Knapp
Industrial Cybersecurity
10 books — 1 voter

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