No Starch Press
2. 
Attacking Network Protocols: A Hacker's Guide to Capture, Analysis, and Exploitation
by:
James Forshaw
3.90 avg rating β 125 ratings 3. 
Game Hacking: Developing Autonomous Bots for Online Games
by:
Nick Cano
4.03 avg rating β 35 ratings 3. 
Practical Malware Analysis: The Hands-On Guide to Dissecting Malicious Software
by:
Michael Sikorski
4.48 avg rating β 601 ratings 5. 
The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference 4.49 avg rating β 206 ratings
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Serious Cryptography: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption 4.27 avg rating β 371 ratings
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Think Like a Programmer: An Introduction to Creative Problem Solving
by:
V. Anton Spraul
3.85 avg rating β 581 ratings 8. 
Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters
by:
Justin Seitz
4.11 avg rating β 597 ratings 9. 
Cracking Codes with Python: An Introduction to Building and Breaking Ciphers
by:
Al Sweigart
4.37 avg rating β 149 ratings 10. 
The Tangled Web: A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications
by:
Michal Zalewski
4.05 avg rating β 552 ratings 
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Write Great Code: Volume 1: Understanding the Machine
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Randall Hyde
3.98 avg rating β 234 ratings 15. 
Write Great Code: Volume 2: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level
by:
Randall Hyde
3.95 avg rating β 80 ratings 16. 
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Linux Basics for Hackers: Getting Started with Networking, Scripting, and Security in Kali
by:
OccupyTheWeb
4.14 avg rating β 552 ratings 17. 
Python Crash Course: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming
by:
Eric Matthes
4.36 avg rating β 3,001 ratings 17. 
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners
by:
Al Sweigart
4.28 avg rating β 3,092 ratings 20. 
A Bug Hunter's Diary: A Guided Tour Through the Wilds of Software Security
by:
Tobias Klein
3.92 avg rating β 248 ratings 20. 
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners
by:
Al Sweigart
4.28 avg rating β 3,092 ratings 20. 
Python Crash Course: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming
by:
Eric Matthes
4.36 avg rating β 3,001 ratings 23. 
Designing BSD Rootkits: An Introduction to Kernel Hacking
by:
Joseph Kong
4.18 avg rating β 51 ratings 24. 
Malware Data Science: Attack Detection and Attribution
by:
Joshua Saxe
3.87 avg rating β 52 ratings 25. 
Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time!
by:
Conrad Barski
4.16 avg rating β 673 ratings 26. 
The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook
by:
Michael Kerrisk
4.63 avg rating β 699 ratings 27. 
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Practical Forensic Imaging: Securing Digital Evidence with Linux Tools
by:
Bruce Nikkel
4.15 avg rating β 27 ratings 29. 
Practical Binary Analysis: Build Your Own Linux Tools for Binary Instrumentation, Analysis, and Disassembly
by:
Dennis Andriesse
4.51 avg rating β 69 ratings 30. 
Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking
by:
Georgia Weidman
4.17 avg rating β 383 ratings 31. 
Serious Python: Black-Belt Advice on Deployment, Scalability, Testing, and More
by:
Julien Danjou
3.97 avg rating β 146 ratings 32. 
The Practice of Network Security Monitoring: Understanding Incident Detection and Response
by:
Richard Bejtlich
4.06 avg rating β 262 ratings 33. 
Pentesting Azure Applications: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Securing Deployments
by:
Matt Burrough
4.17 avg rating β 42 ratings 34. 
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Practical Packet Analysis: Using Wireshark to Solve Real-World Network Problems
by:
Chris Sanders
4.10 avg rating β 425 ratings 39. 
The Hardware Hacker: Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware
by:
Andrew Huang
4.29 avg rating β 546 ratings 
44. 
The Book of GNS3: Build Virtual Network Labs Using Cisco, Juniper, and More
by:
Jason C. Neumann
3.80 avg rating β 15 ratings 45. 
Statistics Done Wrong: The Woefully Complete Guide
by:
Alex Reinhart
4.19 avg rating β 1,067 ratings 
48. 
The Art of R Programming: A Tour of Statistical Software Design
by:
Norman Matloff
4.02 avg rating β 586 ratings 49. 
The Book of F#: Breaking Free with Managed Functional Programming
by:
Dave Fancher
3.84 avg rating β 45 ratings 
51. 
Eloquent JavaScript: A Modern Introduction to Programming
by:
Marijn Haverbeke
4.15 avg rating β 3,183 ratings 52. 
Math Adventures with Python: An Illustrated Guide to Exploring Math with Code
by:
Peter Farrell
4.12 avg rating β 49 ratings 53. 
Perl One-Liners: 130 Programs That Get Things Done
by:
Peteris Krumins
3.92 avg rating β 36 ratings 54. 
Practical SQL: A Beginner's Guide to Storytelling with Data
by:
Anthony DeBarros
4.26 avg rating β 225 ratings 
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Arduino Playground: Geeky Projects for the Experienced Maker
by:
Warren Andrews
4.20 avg rating β 5 ratings 
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Automate the Boring Stuff with PowerShell: A Guide for Sysadmins
by:
Adam Bertram
4.18 avg rating β 87 ratings 59. 
Android Security Internals: An In-Depth Guide to Android's Security Architecture
by:
Nikolay Elenkov
3.95 avg rating β 63 ratings 60. 
Learn Java the Easy Way: A Hands-On Introduction to Programming
by:
Bryson Payne
3.92 avg rating β 25 ratings 
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Hacking VoIP: Protocols, Attacks, and Countermeasures
by:
Himanshu Dwivedi
3.70 avg rating β 10 ratings 63. 
iOS Application Security: The Definitive Guide for Hackers and Developers
by:
David Thiel
3.89 avg rating β 45 ratings 64. 
Wicked Cool Shell Scripts: 101 Scripts for Linux, OS X, and UNIX Systems
by:
Dave Taylor
3.50 avg rating β 26 ratings 
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Foundations of Information Security: A Straightforward Introduction
by:
Jason Andress
4.06 avg rating β 124 ratings 67. 
Black Hat Go: Go Programming For Hackers and Pentesters
by:
Tom Steele
3.70 avg rating β 83 ratings 68. 
Linux Firewalls: Attack Detection and Response with iptables, psad, and fwsnort
by:
Michael Rash
4.05 avg rating β 56 ratings 69. 
Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks
by:
Michal Zalewski
4.21 avg rating β 466 ratings 
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Inside the Machine: An Illustrated Introduction to Microprocessors and Computer Architecture
by:
Jon Stokes
4.19 avg rating β 258 ratings 75. 
Real-World Bug Hunting: A Field Guide to Web Hacking
by:
Peter Yaworski
4.18 avg rating β 133 ratings 
77. 
Rootkits and Bootkits: Reversing Modern Malware and Next Generation Threats
by:
Alex Matrosov
4.52 avg rating β 44 ratings 78. 
Gray Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Reverse Engineers
by:
Justin Seitz
3.94 avg rating β 323 ratings 79. 
Bayesian Statistics the Fun Way: Understanding Statistics and Probability with Star Wars, LEGO, and Rubber Ducks
by:
Will Kurt
4.18 avg rating β 483 ratings 
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Cisco Routers for the Desperate: Router Management, the Easy Way
by:
Michael W. Lucas
3.75 avg rating β 36 ratings 
87. 
The Modern Web: Multi-Device Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript
by:
Peter Gasston
3.91 avg rating β 112 ratings 88. 
Ruby Wizardry: An Introduction to Programming for Kids
by:
Eric Weinstein
4.03 avg rating β 36 ratings 89. 
The Secret Life of Programs: Understand Computers -- Craft Better Code
by:
Jon Steinhart
3.86 avg rating β 72 ratings 
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A Beginner's Guide to Circuits: Nine Simple Projects with Lights, Sounds, and More! 3.58 avg rating β 12 ratings
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Mining Social Media: Finding Stories in Internet Data
by:
Lam Thuy Vo
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 24 ratings 99. 
The Google Way: How One Company Is Revolutionizing Management As We Know It
by:
Bernard Girard
3.80 avg rating β 573 ratings 100. 
Hacking the Xbox: An Introduction to Reverse Engineering
by:
Andrew Huang
4.07 avg rating β 266 ratings