Hello everyone, I am rapidly eating through everything that has intrigue and suspense mixed with programming and hacking. Can anybody recommend a good book?

I have read:
The Blue Nowhere
Cryptonomicon
Neuromancer
Crypto
Dangerous Data
Digital Fortress
Takedown
The Fugitive Game
The Cyberthief and the Samurai

Currently trying to buy:
The Hangman's Song by John Sandford

Has anybody read a real good novel that has hacking, programming, suspense and intrigue in the plot?

Please do share

PS: I agree that there should be a book section for us readers to share notes on what we have perused.

Good choices.

I would also add The Devil's Code by John Sandford.

Snow crash also.

For a novel that's based on a movie that's based on a short story, Johnny Mnemonic is almost readable. In a similar vein, Piers Anthony's version of Total Recall is entertaining as well.

Heinlein's Friday doesn't have programming and hacking, but it does star a cyborg who is a secret courier. Like most Heinlein though, be prepared for weird sex scenes.

Barnes & Noble.com - Image Viewer: Mezonic Agenda, by Herbert H. Thompson, Paperback

Excellent!

Thanks everybody, I have all those books on order now. My mate has a little English bookshop in Barcelona and knows where to get some good deals on the net.

I will keep popping back to see if there are any more suggestions.

Rich

er... nope... ok, no biggie, i'll pop-in again next week

I recently read The Swarm (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia the original German version though. Found it very entertaining.

oh did not read about the hacking, you may forget the book ;P

still a good one ^^

Anything by William Gibson, especially Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive which are sequels to Neuromancer. Although Gibson's Pattern Recognition isn't really about Net runners and all like his previous books, but if you liked those you should like Pattern too. Gibson's Virtual Light, Idoru and All Tomorrow's Parties are also worth checking out.

And if you're interested in books about cyber culture, The Hacker Crackdown by Bruce Sterling is a good read. It's a non-fiction book about the hacker hysteria in the U.S. in the 1970s.

The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling is another amazing book. This is an alternate history type book taking place in 19th century England where Lady Ada Byron The Countess of Lovelace (the Ada programming language is named after her) along with her mentor Sir Charles Babbage did in fact build their Analytical Engine--a mechanical, steam powered computer.

Historical fact:
In the 19th Century Sir Charles Babbage, brilliant engineer, (Plague's name on the plane in the movie "Hackers" is a reference to him) designed an analytical engine. A small-condo sized, steam-powered calculating machine. It's processing speed was measured in how much of long punched tape it can run. This made Babbage the first hardware designer.

Lady Ada Byron, a brilliant mathematician, designed the processing logic and language for the punched cards (think punch cards together in a long chain). This made her the first software engineer.