Reddit reviews How To Open Locks With Improvised Tools: Practical, Non-Destructive Ways Of Getting Back Into Just About Everything When You Lose Your Keys (formerly published as Lock Bypass Methods)
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I highly recommend this book. This is also a very useful one, because it goes through a lot of other ways to bypass locks besides picking or bumping. As far as tools, you need a few picks and a few rakes (snake rake is a must) and 3 or 4 tension wrenches. I think it's better to have a few different tension wrenches then a large number of picks and only one tension wrench. Keep this in mind when selecting a kit.
There are tons of helpful videos on youtube also.
A great book on the subject
The Complete Book of Locks & Locksmithing is a good reference book & How to Pick Locks with Improvised Tools has a bunch of info on the theory of lockpicking so you can imporvise.
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