Applications and Protocols Welcome to The Crypto-Book Critic pages. Here you will find reviews of cryptography and cryptography related books that I own and have read. The ratings are as follows:


a worthy read
 
better than some
 
waste of paper
 
not sure yet

Hopefully among these 147 books (of which I’ve read and reviewed 90) you’ll find one that meets your individual crypto needs, and perhaps you’ll discover a few hard to find books to start tracking down for personal collections.
29 of the books featured here have online erratas, and 7 of the books are free to download in their entirety.

Most of these books are available through Amazon (most .com, some .co.uk). If clicking an out-of-print book you will be directed (instead) to ABEbooks (a search engine for thousands of used book stores).

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Last Update: July 7, 2003

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