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

1.		Hacking book: Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground Author: Kevin Poulsen Publisher: Crown (2/22/2011) ISBN-10: 0307588688; ISBN-13: 978-0307588685 More Information about Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground
2.		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
3.		Hacking book: Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution Author: Steven Levy and Steven Levy Publisher: Penguin (1/2/2001) ISBN-10: 0141000511; ISBN-13: 978-0141000510 Rating: 4.5 Stars More Information about Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
4.		Hacking book: Malware Analyst's Cookbook and DVD Author: Michael Ligh; Steven Adair; Blake Hartstein and Matthew Richard Publisher: Wiley (11/2/2010) ISBN-10: 0470613033;ISBN-13: 978-0470613030 Rating: 5 Stars More Information about Malware Analyst's Cookbook and DVD
5.		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
6.		Hacking book: Mining the Social Web: Analyzing Data from Facebook Twitter LinkedIn and Other Social Media Sites Author: Matthew A. Russell Publisher: O'Reilly Media (2/8/2011) ISBN-10: 9781449388348;ISBN-13: 978-1449388348 Rating: 4.5 Stars More Information about Mining the Social Web: Analyzing Data from Facebook Twitter LinkedIn and Other Social Media Sites
7.		Hacking book: How to Disappear: Erase Your Digital Footprint; Leave False Trails; and Vanish without a Trace Author: Frank M. Ahearn and Eileen C. Horan Publisher: Lyons Press (9/1/2010) ISBN-10: 1599219778;ISBN-13: 978-1599219776 Rating: 4 Stars More Information about How to Disappear: Erase Your Digital Footprint; Leave False Trails; and Vanish without a Trace
8.		Hacking book: Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It Author: Richard A. Clarke and Robert Knake Publisher: Ecco (4/20/2010) ISBN-10: 0061962236;ISBN-13: 978-0061962233 Rating: 4 Stars More Information about Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It
9.		Hacking book: Windows Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit Author: Harlan Carvey Publisher: Syngress (6/11/2009) ISBN-10: 1597494224; ISBN-13: 978-1597494229 Rating: 5 Stars More Information about Windows Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit
10.		Hacking book: Hacker's Delight Author: Henry S. Warren Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional (7/27/2002) ISBN-10: 9780201914658;ISBN-13: 978-0201914658 Rating: 5 Stars More Information about Hacker's Delight

Information for the Top Ten Hacking books as of May 2011:

1. Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground by Kevin Poulsen
2. Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking by Christopher Hadnagy and Paul Wilson (5 Stars)
3. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy and Steven Levy (4.5 Stars)
4. Malware Analyst's Cookbook and DVD by Michael Ligh; Steven Adair; Blake Hartstein and Matthew Richard (5 Stars)
5. Hacking: The Art of Exploitation by Jon Erickson (4.5 Stars)
6. Mining the Social Web: Analyzing Data from Facebook Twitter LinkedIn and Other Social Media Sites by Matthew A. Russell (4.5 Stars)
7. How to Disappear: Erase Your Digital Footprint; Leave False Trails; and Vanish without a Trace by Frank M. Ahearn and Eileen C. Horan (4 Stars)
8. Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It by Richard A. Clarke and Robert Knake (4 Stars)
9. Windows Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit by Harlan Carvey (5 Stars)
10. Hacker's Delight by Henry S. Warren (5 Stars)

Other popular books by Hacking authors of May 2011:

• 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
• Retro Gaming Hacks by Chris Kohler (5 Stars)
• Cybercrime and Espionage: An Analysis of Subversive Multi-Vector Threats by Will Gragido; John Pirc
• IT Audit; Control; and Security by Robert Moeller
• Gray Hat Hacking The Ethical Hackers Handbook by Allen Harper; Shon Harris; Jonathan Ness; Chris Eagle (5 Stars)
• Ninja Hacking: Unconventional Penetration Testing Tactics and Techniques by Thomas Wilhelm and Jason Andress (4 Stars)
• Hands-On Ethical Hacking and Network Defense by Michael T. Simpson; Kent Backman; and James Corley
• Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who are Bringing Down the Internet by Joseph Menn (4 Stars)
• Hacking For Dummies by Kevin Beaver (4.5 Stars)
• Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld by Jeffrey Carr (4 Stars)
• Live Hacking by Ali Jahangiri (4.5 Stars)
• Hacking: The Next Generation by Nitesh Dhanjani (5 Stars)
• Professional Penetration Testing: Creating and Operating a Formal Hacking Lab by Thomas Wilhelm (4.5 Stars)
• Gray Hat Python by Justin Seitz (4 Stars)