[divan]

"Stealing the network" series by Ryan Russel is awesome.

  - Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box
  - Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent
  - Stealing the Network: How to Own an Identity
  - Stealing the Network: How to Own a Shadow

[e12e]

Came here to make sure someone mentioned these. Might not qualify as great fiction imnho - but the technical detail more than makes up for it. And the books are entertaining.

I see people's mentioned Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon" - while I loved "diamond age" and like "snowcrash" - I much prefer Singh's "the codebook" on a similar theme. Thrilling non-fiction.

On the more fiction side, I enjoyed Bruce Sterling's "The Zenith Angle" a lot.

And second the recommendations for Mitnick's books - both the autobiography "ghost in the wires" and the more free form "made up examples" in "the art of deception" (like many of the stories in the stealing the network books, "inspired" by true events...).

Other than that there's of course: https://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/

(and to a lesser extent "homeland").

And others mentioned the non-fiction book detailing operation sun devil:

"THE HACKER CRACKDOWN Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier", Bruce Sterling

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/101

[ed: I think maybe "Rainbows End" by Vernor Vinge deserves a mention too. And maybe "speed of Dark" by Elizabeth Moon]

[johnymontana]

Yes! Came here to recommend these. An insane level of technical detail (for suspense novel format) but still maintains a super entertaining storyline as well.

[danesparza]

Wait, I'm confused. Are these fiction or not?