- Hackers and Painters by Paul Graham
- Cryptography Engineering: Design Principles and Practical Applications by Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier, and Tadayoshi Kohno
- NoSQL Distilled by Pramod J. Sadalage and Martin Fowler
- The Visible Ops Handbook by Kevin Behr, Gene Kim, and George Spafford
- Swarmwise by Rick Falkvinge
- Mind Games by Richard Thieme
- Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
- Liber NULL and Psychonaut by Peter J. Carroll
- Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson
Bonus Level
- Coursera's Cryptography I class by Dan Boneh
