A Course in Number Theory and Cryptography
Neal Koblitz. An algorithmic approach that covers basic arithmetic topics all the way to elliptic curves.
Algebraic Aspects of Cryptography
Neal Koblitz. A textbook for a course, or self-instruction, in cryptography with emphasis on algebraic methods.
An Introduction to Cryptography
Richard A. Mollin. Intended for a one-semester introductory undergraduate course in cryptography. Covers symmetric and public key systems with chapters on advanced topics.
Applied Cryptography
Bruce Schneier. A comprehensive tutorial and reference but a little light on mathematical theory.
Codes and Ciphers
Robert Churchhouse. Describes and analyses systems from the earliest to the most recent.
Coding Theory and Cryptography
David Joyner, editor. Proceedings of the 'Conference on Coding Theory, Cryptography, and Number Theory' held at the U.S. Naval Academy during October 25-26, 1998
Contemporary Cryptology
Gustavus J. Simmons. Subtitled "The Science of Information Integrity". Has emphasis on the cryptographic elements of the subject.
Cryptography and E-Commerce
Jon C. Graff. Geared to nontechnical managers who want to explore the underlying concepts of this topic.
Cryptography book recommendations
Cryptography book reviews, links to online erratas, and free book downloads. Most books have charts that recommend prerequisite books, mathematics and programming language experience.
Cryptography for Visual Basic
Richard Bondi. Subtitled "A Programmer's Guide to the Microsoft CryptoAPI" which describes what the book is about.
Cryptography Theory and Practice
Douglas Stinson. Subtitled "Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications". Written with more emphasis on theory than practice, as acknowledged in the preface.
Decrypted Secrets
Friedrich L. Bauer. Subtitled "Methods and Maxims of Cryptology". Covers both cryptography and cryptanalysis.
Elementary Cryptanalysis
Abraham Sinkov. An older book (1966) that covers the mathematical side of elementary cryptography. Published by 'The Mathematical Association of America'.
Foundations of Cryptography
Oded Goldreich. Focuses on the basic mathematical tools needed for cryptographic design: computational difficulty (one-way functions), pseudorandomness and zero-knowledge proofs.
Handbook of Applied Cryptography
The online version of the 1996 CRC book by Menezes, van Oorschot and Vanstone.
In Code
Sarah Flannery's supplement to her book "In Code", describing her Cayley-Purser algorithm.
Primality and Cryptography
Evangelos Kranakis. A comprehensive account of recent algorithms developed in computational number theory and primality testing.
RSA Security's Official Guide to Cryptography
Burnett and Paine. Explains the differences between symmetric-key and public-key cryptography, how PKI and X.509 affect security and how the RSA algorithm works within protocols.
Security Engineering
Author describes book in his own words. He explains how "pure" cryptography is not quite so pure when expressed in the context of real world applications.
The Code Book
Simon Singh. Traces the development of codes and code-breaking from military espionage in ancient Greece to modern computer ciphers.
The Interactive Cryptography Tutorial
Online tutorial with useful info and links.
The Mathematics of Ciphers
S.C. Coutinho. An introduction to number theory and its applications to cryptography. A revised and updated translation from original in Portuguese.
The Twofish Encryption Algorithm
Schneier, et al. Covers design, performance, instructions and source code in C.