Books About Forensics
We do our best to capture an updated list of books pertinent to digital forensics and topics in digital forensics, including books published in other languages. If you know of a great book missing from this list, please feel free to add.
All books are listed alphabetically, by title, and linked to Amazon product pages for posterity, as some publisher links are broken or websites have changed.
General Forensics
| Title | Author | ISBN-13 | Publisher | Publication Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethics in Forensic Science: Professional Standards for the Practice of Criminalistics (Protocols in Forensic Science) [1st Edition] | Peter D Barnett | 9780849308604 | CRC Press | Jun 27, 2001 | |
| Forensic Science Handbook, Volume I [2nd Edition] | Richard E. Saferstein, Ed. | 9780130910585 | Pearson | Jun 15, 2001 | |
| Forensic Science Handbook, Volume II [2nd Revised ed. Edition] | Richard E. Saferstein, Ed. | 9780131124349 | Prentice Hall | Oct 18, 2004 | |
| Forensic Science Handbook, Volume III [2nd Edition] | Richard E. Saferstein, Ed. | 9780132207157 | Pearson | March 5, 2009 | |
| Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques [2nd Edition] | Stuart James and Jon J Nordby Ph.D. | 9780849327476 | CRC Press | Feb 10, 2005 | |
| Principles and Practice of Criminalistics: The Profession of Forensic Science | Keith Inman and Norah Rudin | 9780849381270 | CRC Press | Aug 29, 2000 | Highly Recommended |
| Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science (Five Volume Set) [1st Edition] | Allan Jamieson (Ed) and Andre Moenssens (Ed) | 9780470018262 | Wiley-Blackwell | Jun 8, 2009 |
Computer Forensics
| Title | Author | ISBN | Publisher | Publication Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Android Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Google Android | Andrew Hoog | 9781597496513 | Syngress | June 29, 2011 | |
| CD and DVD Forensics [2nd Edition] | Paul J. Crowley and Kevin Miller | 9781511570442 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | Apr 2, 2015 | |
| Cyber Forensics: A Field Manual for Collecting, Examining, and Preserving Evidence of Computer Crimes | Albert J Marcella, Jr. (Ed.) and Robert S Greenfield (Ed.) | 9780849309557 | Auerbach Publications | Jan 23, 2002 | |
| Digital Evidence and Computer Crime [2nd Edition] | Eoghan Casey BS MA | 9780121631048 | Academic Press | Mar 22, 2004 | |
| Electronic Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for First Responders | NCJ 187736 | National Institute of Justice | July 2001 | NIJ Guide | |
| File System Forensic Analysis [1st Edition] | Brian Carrier | 9780321268174 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Mar 17, 2005 | Highly recommended |
| Forensic Discovery | Dan Farmer and Wietse Venema | 9780321703255 | Addison-Wesley Professional | Dec 30, 2004 | HTML version of the book is freely available online. |
| Forensic Examination of Digital Evidence: A Guide for Law Enforcement | NCJ 199408 | National Institute of Justice | April 2004 | Special Report | |
| Handbook of Digital Forensics and Investigation [1st Edition] | Eoghan Casey BS MA | 9780123742674 | Academic Press | Nov 09, 2009 | |
| Incident Response & Computer Forensics, Third Edition | Jason T. Luttgens, Matthew Pepe, and Kevin Mandia | 9780071798686 | McGraw Hill | August 4, 2014 | Highly Recommended |
| Investigating Computer-Related Crime [1st Edition] | Peter Stephenson | 9780849322181 | CRC Press | Sep 28, 1999 | |
| Investigating Computer Crime | Franklin Clark and Ken Diliberto | 9780849381584 | CRC Press | Sep 30, 1996 | |
| Investigator's Guide to Steganography | Gregory Kipper | 9780849324338 | Auerbach Publications | Oct 27, 2003 | |
| iPhone and iOS Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Apple | Andrew Hoog and Katie Strzempka | 9781597496599 | Syngress | June 30, 2011 | |
| iPhone Forensics: Recovering Evidence, Personal Data, and Corporate Assets | Jonathan Zdziarski | 9780596153588 | O'Reilly Media | Oct 7, 2008 | |
| Mac OS X, iPod, and iPhone Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit | Ryan R. Kubasiak, Sean Morrissey and Jesse Varsalone (Tech. Ed.) | 9781597492973 | Syngress | Dec 23, 2008 | |
| Mastering Windows Network Forensics and Investigation [2nd Edition] | Steve Anson, Steve Bunting, Ryan Johnson, and Scott Pearson | 9781118163825 | Sybex | Jun 8, 2012 | |
| Practical Forensic Imaging: Securing Digital Evidence with Linux Tools | Bruce Nikkel | 9781593277932 | No Starch Press | Dec 1, 2016 | |
| Practical Linux Forensics: A Guide for Digital Investigators | Bruce Nikkel | 9781718501966 | No Starch Press | December 21, 2021 | |
| The Art of Memory Forensics: Detecting Malware and Threats in Windows, Linux, and Mac Memory | Michael Hale Ligh, Andrew Case, Jamie Levy, AAron Walters | 9781118825099 | Wiley | July 28, 2014 | |
| Windows Forensic Analysis DVD Toolkit, Second Edition | Harlan Carvey | 9781597494229 | Syngress | Jun 11, 2009 | |
| Windows Forensics and Incident Recovery | Harlan Carvey | 9780321200983 | Addison-Wesley Professional | July 31, 2004 |
OS Architecture and Design
| Title | Author | ISBN | Publisher | Publication Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac OS X and iOS Internals: To the Apple's Core | Jonathan Levin | 9781118057650 | Wrox | November 6, 2012 | |
| Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach | Amit Singh | 9780134426549 | Addison-Wesley Professional | ||
| Windows Internals, Part 1, 6th Edition | Mark Russinovich, David A. Solomon, and Alex Ionescu | 9780735648739 | Microsoft Press | April 8, 2012 | Windows Server 2008 R2 & Windows 7 |
| Windows Internals, Part 2, 6th Edition | Mark Russinovich, David A. Solomon, and Alex Ionescu | 9780735665873 | Microsoft Press | September 15, 2012 | Windows Server 2008 R2 & Windows 7 |
| Windows Internals, Part 1, 7th Edition (Developer Reference)] | Pavel Yosifovich, Alex Ionescu, Mark E. Russinovich, David A. Solomon | 9780735684188 | Microsoft Press | May 5, 2017 | Windows Server 2016 & Windows 10 |
| Windows Internals, Part 2, 7th Edition (Developer Reference | Andrea Allievi, Alex Ionescu, Mark E. Russinovich, David A. Solomon | 9780135462409 | Microsoft Press | October 1, 2021 | Windows Server 2016 & Windows 10 |
Other Languages
German
| Title | Author | ISBN | Publisher | Publication Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer-Forensik (2nd Edition) | Alexander Geschonneck | 9783898643795 | dpunkt Verlag | Jan 20, 2006 | Errata and blog of the author |
Italian
| Title | Author | ISBN | Publisher | Publication Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Forensics [1st Edition] | Andrea Ghirardini and Gabriele Faggioli | 9788850331994 | Apoge | May 17, 2007 |
Portuguese
| Title | Author | ISBN | Publisher | Publication Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perícia Forense Aplicada à Informática [1st Edition] | Andrey Rodrigues de Freitas | 8574522260 | Brasport | 2006 |
Russian
| Title | Author | ISBN | Publisher | Publication Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Форензика – компьютерная криминалистика | N. N. Fedotov |