I can't find "Practical Lock Picking" by Deviant Ollam [1] on their catalogue [2].

To be fair, it's not explicitly banned AFAIK, and it's a bit of a niche book (but it's famous among the respective hobbyists).

Also, to their credit, I looked up a bunch of other must-not-be-named titles you usually don't find in public libraries, and they did have most of them.

[1]: https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Lock-Picking-Physical-Penet...

[1]: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/search?search=practical+lock+pi...

A couple years ago I bought this book, read it in a few days, and was on my way. Highly recommended. Super fun.

http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Lock-Picking-Physical-Penetr...

Our local hackerspace in Chicago hosts TOOOL meetings, which got me hooked a couple of months ago. I heartily recommend this book: http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Lock-Picking-Penetration-ebo...

I read the first half in a day, and was picking locks successfully the next day. Just remember the golden rules: (1) only pick locks you own, (2) don't pick locks you depend on (they're easy to break.)

If you look at TOOOL's site, they sell a nice beginner toolkit for $30. Love it.