Best Security Books

Topic

Best security books recommended by developers. Web application security, penetration testing, and social engineering.

30 books 161 mentions 2 avg in 90d Methodology

Rankings

Role

Level

Intent

1↑10

Cloud Security Handbook

Eyal Estrin

376 in 90d

awssoftware-architecturedevops

25.3

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2↑86

Web Application Security

Andrew Hoffman

1717 in 90d

software-architecturesecuritybackend

24.1

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3↑86

Hacking APIs

Corey J. Ball

1717 in 90d

api-designsoftware-architecturebackend

24.1

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4↑11

The Linux Command Line

William Shotts

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Weapons of Math Destruction

Cathy O'Neil

73 in 90d

data-scienceliberal-artsdata

15.9

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6↓6

Distributed Systems

Maarten van Steen, Andrew S. Tanenbaum

60 in 90d

system-designbackend

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7↑2

Web Scraping with Python

Ryan Mitchell

41 in 90d

pythondata-sciencebackend

10.8

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8↓9

Node Cookbook

David Mark Clements

40 in 90d

nodejsjavascriptbackend

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9↓9

Hacking: The Art of Exploitation

Jon Erickson

40 in 90d

computer-sciencesecuritybackend

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10↑5

API Security in Action

Neil Madden

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The Web Application Hacker's Handbook

Dafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto

31 in 90d

securitybackendfrontend

8.3

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12↑9

Container Security

Liz Rice

31 in 90d

dockerkubernetesdevops

8.3

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13—

Ghost in the Wires

Kevin Mitnick

30 in 90d

liberal-artscomputer-sciencebackend

7.5

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14—

Permanent Record

Edward Snowden

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How Linux Works

Brian Ward

30 in 90d

linuxoperating-systemsdevops

7.5

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16—

Modern Operating Systems

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

30 in 90d

operating-systemsdevops

7.5

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17↓3

Chaos Engineering

Casey Rosenthal, Nora Jones

30 in 90d

system-designsoftware-testingdevops

7.5

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18—

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide

Ben Piper, David Clinton

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Web Security For Developers

Malcom McDonald

30 in 90d

api-designsecuritybackend

7.5

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20—

Hands-On Smart Contract Development with Solidity and Ethereum

Kevin Solorio, Randall Kanna, David H. Hoover

30 in 90d

software-architecturebackend

5.5

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Best Security Books

Rankings

Cloud Security Handbook

Web Application Security

Hacking APIs

The Linux Command Line

Weapons of Math Destruction

Distributed Systems

Web Scraping with Python

Node Cookbook

Hacking: The Art of Exploitation

API Security in Action

The Web Application Hacker's Handbook

Container Security

Ghost in the Wires

Permanent Record

How Linux Works

Modern Operating Systems

Chaos Engineering

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide

Web Security For Developers

Hands-On Smart Contract Development with Solidity and Ethereum

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