Adam Shostack 
If I were to recommend one cryptography book for implementors in 2026, would it be:
(Edit, would love your comments as to why.)
Cryptography Engineering
Serious Cryptography
Real World Cryptography
something else (see comments)
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Apparently, editing the poll q voids the previous answers, whee! Which were running roughly half and half for serious and real world.
Lord egeltje 🦔 🇪🇺 
@adamshostack Serious Cryptography, because Jean-Phillipe
EnigmaRotor@adamshostack Decrypted Secrets 4th Edition because it’s a great book, even if it does not target the audience you mentioned. It basically is a great reference for classical crypto, the one I loved.