Information for the Top 10 Hacking books as of March 2011:

1.		Hacking book: Hacking: The Art of Exploitation Author: Jon Erickson Publisher: No Starch Press (1/11/2008) ISBN-10: 1593271441; ISBN-13: 978-1593271442 Rating: 4.5 Stars More Information about Hacking: The Art of Exploitation
2.		Hacking book: Hacking For Dummies Author: Kevin Beaver Publisher: For Dummies (1/12/2010) ISBN-10: 0470550937; ISBN-13: 978-0470550939 Rating: 4.5 Stars More Information about Hacking For Dummies
3.		Hacking book: Hacking: The Next Generation Author: Nitesh Dhanjani Publisher: "O'Reilly Media (Inc") ASIN: B002OFAY5A Rating: 5 Stars More Information about Hacking: The Next Generation
4.		Hacking book: Gray Hat Hacking The Ethical Hackers Handbook Author: Allen Harper; Shon Harris; Jonathan Ness; Chris Eagle Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media (1/6/2011) ISBN-10: 0071742557; ISBN-13: 978-0071742559 Rating: 5 Stars More Information about Gray Hat Hacking The Ethical Hackers Handbook
5.		Hacking book: Ninja Hacking: Unconventional Penetration Testing Tactics and Techniques Author: Thomas Wilhelm and Jason Andress Publisher: Syngress (9/24/2010) ISBN-10: 1597495883; ISBN-13: 978-1597495882 Rating: 4 Stars More Information about Ninja Hacking: Unconventional Penetration Testing Tactics and Techniques
6.		Hacking book: Hacking Exposed Author: Joel Scambray; George Kurtz; Stuart McClure Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media (1/26/2009) ASIN: B001NLKUMS Rating: 3.5 Stars More Information about Hacking Exposed
7.		Hacking book: Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking Author: Christopher Hadnagy and Paul Wilson Publisher: Wiley (12/21/2010) ISBN-10: 0470639539; ISBN-13: 978-0470639535 Rating: 5 Stars More Information about Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking
8.		Hacking book: Professional Penetration Testing: Creating and Operating a Formal Hacking Lab Author: Thomas Wilhelm Publisher: Syngress (8/28/2009) ISBN-10: 1597494259; ISBN-13: 978-1597494250 Rating: 4.5 Stars More Information about Professional Penetration Testing: Creating and Operating a Formal Hacking Lab
9.		Hacking book: Hands-On Ethical Hacking and Network Defense Author: Michael T. Simpson; Kent Backman; and James Corley Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning (3/17/2010) ISBN-10: 1435486099; ISBN-13: 978-1435486096 More Information about Hands-On Ethical Hacking and Network Defense
10.		Hacking book: Live Hacking Author: Ali Jahangiri Publisher: Dr. Ali Jahangiri (10/21/2009) ISBN-10: 0984271503; ISBN-13: 978-0984271504 Rating: 4.5 Stars More Information about Live Hacking

Information for the Top Ten Hacking books of March 2011:

1. Hacking: The Art of Exploitation by Jon Erickson (4.5 Stars)
2. Hacking For Dummies by Kevin Beaver (4.5 Stars)
3. Hacking: The Next Generation by Nitesh Dhanjani (5 Stars)
4. Gray Hat Hacking The Ethical Hackers Handbook by Allen Harper; Shon Harris; Jonathan Ness; Chris Eagle (5 Stars)
5. Ninja Hacking: Unconventional Penetration Testing Tactics and Techniques by Thomas Wilhelm and Jason Andress (4 Stars)
6. Hacking Exposed by Joel Scambray; George Kurtz; Stuart McClure (3.5 Stars)
7. Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking by Christopher Hadnagy and Paul Wilson (5 Stars)
8. Professional Penetration Testing: Creating and Operating a Formal Hacking Lab by Thomas Wilhelm (4.5 Stars)
9. Hands-On Ethical Hacking and Network Defense by Michael T. Simpson; Kent Backman; and James Corley
10. Live Hacking by Ali Jahangiri (4.5 Stars)

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• Defense Against the Black Arts: How Hackers Do What They Do and How to Protect Against It by Jesse Varsalone; Matthew Mcfadden; Michael Schearer and Sean Morrissey
• Hack Proofing Your E-commerce Web Site: The Only Way to Stop a Hacker is to Think Like One by Syngress
• Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground by Kevin Poulsen
• Retro Gaming Hacks by Chris Kohler (5 Stars)
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• Gray Hat Python by Justin Seitz (4 Stars)
• CEH Certified Ethical Hacker Certification Exam Preparation Course by William Manning (2.5 Stars)