Ask HN: Recommendations of good cybercrime novels?
Recommendations from 100 sampled comments out of 155 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.
Dowwie · Aug 13, 2018"Snow Crash" by Neil Stephenson
tyu100 · Aug 13, 2018read Cryptonomicon again
raffleslodge · Aug 13, 2018Daemon by Daniel Suarez
pavel_lishin · Aug 13, 2018I was actually super mad at Daemon; I always try to get people to get both at once, to avoid the cliffhanger.
bougiefever · Aug 13, 2018I recently re-read it, and the first few chapters are pretty tough
curiousgal · Aug 13, 2018Check out the Audiobook then.
wpietri · Aug 13, 2018Daemon is demonstrably not unreadable, in that quite a lot of people did read and enjoy it.
wpietri · Aug 13, 2018Daemon's rich detail in this regard was appealing to me.
anon-anon · Aug 13, 2018a fun read and a good book to re-visit.
bovermyer · Aug 13, 2018I'll second Daemon. It's a really good novel.
Dowwie · Aug 13, 2018"Daemon" or "Kill Decision" by Daniel Suarez
Randin · Aug 13, 2018Try Daemon and Freedom™ by Daniel Suarez.
samuel · Aug 13, 2018Fortunately seveneves was again spectacular.
beat · Aug 13, 2018A Deepness in the Sky, by Vernor Vinge, is an absolute delight
suff · Aug 13, 2018The Cuckoo's Egg
true story
preslavrachev · Aug 13, 2018I am currently reading it and just can't stop.
wpietri · Aug 13, 2018John Carreyrou's nonfiction book "Bad Blood", which covered the rise and fall of Theranos
severine · Aug 13, 2018staples such as Cuckoo's Egg, Masters of Deception, Fugitive Game, and Hacker Crackdown
edanm · Aug 13, 2018Indeed a great book.
tyu100 · Aug 13, 2018The OG of true crime hacking books.
0x445442 · Aug 13, 2018Fantastic book!
hestefisk · Aug 13, 2018Second this.
preya2k · Aug 13, 2018Second this. Fantastic book about true events.
GavinMcG · Aug 13, 2018The Cuckoo's Egg, by Cliff Stoll.
Randin · Aug 13, 2018Try Daemon and Freedom™ by Daniel Suarez.
pavel_lishin · Aug 13, 2018If you're a Stephenson fan, I would absolutely give this a read.
brk · Aug 13, 2018read it for the story, not for the author
ovi256 · Aug 13, 2018Reamde, by Neal Stephenson.
gm-conspiracy · Aug 13, 2018Cory Doctorow's Little Brother. I could not put it down, and read it in one sitting.
LiamPa · Aug 14, 2018+1 has to be the most ‘hackernews’ book I have read / still reading
jcsnv · Aug 13, 2018I recently read Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick and it was fantastic!
thro_awayz_days · Aug 13, 2018Ghost in the Wires - Kevin Mitnick
amingilani · Aug 13, 2018Ghost in the Wire by Kevin Mitnick.