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.
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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