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33 past books matching Cyberpunk
Perfect for fans of bold, socially charged speculative fiction.
The Jagged Orbit
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Cyberpunk
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With 4.1 out of 5 stars, John Brunner’s The Jagged Orbit is a Nebula Award finalist from the author of Stand on Zanzibar. A satirical, chilling portrait of a future ravaged by corruption, surveillance, and violence, it’s a classic of dystopian science fiction that feels eerily relevant today. Perfect for fans of bold, socially charged speculative fiction.
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Technology was meant to liberate mankind. Instead, it has shackled society in chains of surveillance, addiction, and violence. In John Brunner’s The Jagged Orbit, a Nebula Award finalist, the future is collapsing under the weight of corruption, drug abuse, and the ruthless control of those deemed “insane.”
From high-level government conspiracies to the crumbling streets below, Brunner’s near-future world is one of chaos, cruelty, and absurdity so sharp it cuts, so real it feels inevitable. Told with his signature mix of biting satire, chilling plausibility, and relentless imagination, this novel confronts the terrifying consequences of unchecked power.
Written at the height of Brunner’s vision, The Jagged Orbit is as disturbing today as when it was first published. The question is whether we can avoid living it.
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Featuring a queer, robot-human love story and razor-sharp commentary on capitalism, this thought-provoking debut is perfect for fans of William Gibson and Neal Stephenson.
Autonomous
Sci-Fi · Cyberpunk · Hard Sci-Fi
Our take
A Hugo finalist with 4.3 stars on Amazon, Autonomous by Annalee Newitz is a gripping biotech thriller set in a future where ownership is everything. Featuring a queer, robot-human love story and razor-sharp commentary on capitalism, this thought-provoking debut is perfect for fans of William Gibson and Neal Stephenson. Freedom isn’t free—especially when you’re patented.
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In 2144, everything is owned—drugs, data, even people.
Jack is a rogue scientist-turned-drug pirate, fighting Big Pharma with bootlegged meds for the poor. But her latest hack goes wrong. The drug she reverse-engineered makes users addicted to work—fatally so. Now she’s being hunted.
On her trail: Eliasz, a government agent with a violent past, and Paladin, a newly minted military robot learning to navigate identity, desire, and loyalty.
As their chase spans continents and moral lines blur, Autonomous asks what freedom really means in a world run by corporations and bound by patents. Can autonomy exist when ownership defines everything?
Tense, smart, and wildly original, Annalee Newitz’s Hugo-nominated debut is Neuromancer for the biotech age—a bold fusion of hard sci-fi and urgent ethical questions.
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With 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon, it’s perfect for fans of Blade Runner, Altered Carbon, and high-stakes cybercrime.
The TekWar Series Books 1–3
Sci-Fi · Cyberpunk
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Addictive tech. Cryo-prisons. Cyber cartels. The TekWar Series Books 1–3 by William Shatner launches a gritty, futuristic detective saga. Ex-cop Jake Cardigan hunts down Tek dealers and mind-hacking villains in this sci-fi noir trilogy. With 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon, it’s perfect for fans of Blade Runner, Altered Carbon, and high-stakes cybercrime.
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The first three volumes of the bestselling detective series set in the twenty-second century by the legendary actor who played Captain Kirk on Star Trek
In the twenty-second century, mankind has expanded the horizons of science and technology. But some want to go farther. Tek takes them there. It's a bio-digital microchip more powerful and mind-altering than any other drug ever known. For those who become addicted, it's out of this world . . . and straight into hell. And only one man can stop it.
TekWar: Four years ago, Greater Los Angeles lawman Jake Cardigan was framed for dealing Tek, losing his badge, his good name, and his freedom. When he's released from cryo-prison early, his search for answers takes him to Mexico, where a rogue scientist is attempting to rid the world of Tek. Aiding this quest is the right thing to do, but for an ex-con, doing good can be the most dangerous decision of all.
TekLords: After taking down a powerful Tek cartel, Cardigan finds himself targeted by assassins and stonewalled by authorities who refuse to see the looming danger of a lethal computer virus that threatens not only technology, but humanity as well. An evil mastermind has learned how to make innocent civilians obey his commands, and he will sacrifice an army of zombie killers if it means getting a clean shot at Cardigan.
TekLab: A brutal murder on the streets of Paris appears to be but one of a string of killings around the world connected to the Brazilian wars of the past decade. But Cardigan soon discovers that the true motive behind the slayings isn't war but profit for the drug kingpins known as TekLords. As international peace hangs in the balance, he must stop the bloodshed before his old nemeses can exact the ultimate revenge.
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Altered Carbon opens in a future where death has become a reversible condition, and violence carries different consequences for those who can afford immortality.
Altered Carbon
Sci-Fi · Cyberpunk · Hard Sci-Fi
Our take
Altered Carbon opens in a future where death has become a reversible condition, and violence carries different consequences for those who can afford immortality. When Takeshi Kovacs is returned to life in an unfamiliar body, he is pulled into a murder investigation that exposes how power reshapes identity itself. This is hard-edged science fiction driven by moral decay, bodily displacement, and systemic corruption.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW AN EXCITING SERIES FROM NETFLIX • The shell that blew a hole in his chest was only the beginning in this “tour de force of genre-bending, a brilliantly realized exercise in science fiction.”—The New York Times Book Review
In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Now, assuming one can afford the expensive procedure, a person’s consciousness can be stored in a cortical stack at the base of the brain and easily downloaded into a new body (or “sleeve”) making death nothing more than a minor blip on a screen.
Ex-U.N. envoy Takeshi Kovacs has been killed before, but his last death was particularly painful. Dispatched one hundred eighty light-years from home, re-sleeved into a body in Bay City (formerly San Francisco, now with a rusted, dilapidated Golden Gate Bridge), Kovacs is thrown into the dark heart of a shady, far-reaching conspiracy that is vicious even by the standards of a society that treats “existence” as something that can be bought and sold.
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A strong match for readers drawn to classic science fiction about artificial life, moral uncertainty, dystopian futures, and the questions behind Blade Runner.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Cyberpunk
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? follows Rick Deckard, a sanctioned bounty hunter in a postwar future, as he tracks rogue androids hiding among humans on Earth after much of mankind has fled off-planet, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 25,100 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to classic science fiction about artificial life, moral uncertainty, dystopian futures, and the questions behind Blade Runner.
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A masterpiece ahead of its time, a prescient rendering of a dark future, and the inspiration for the blockbuster film Blade Runner
By 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remain covet any living creature, and for people who can’t afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacra: horses, birds, cats, sheep. They’ve even built humans. Immigrants to Mars receive androids so sophisticated they are indistinguishable from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans can wreak, the government bans them from Earth. Driven into hiding, unauthorized androids live among human beings, undetected. Rick Deckard, an officially sanctioned bounty hunter, is commissioned to find rogue androids and “retire” them. But when cornered, androids fight back—with lethal force.
Praise for Philip K. Dick
“The most consistently brilliant science fiction writer in the world.”—John Brunner
“A kind of pulp-fiction Kafka, a prophet.”—The New York Times
“[Philip K. Dick] sees all the sparkling—and terrifying—possibilities . . . that other authors shy away from.”—Rolling Stone
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He Who Fights with Monsters is the genre-bending isekai sensation with 13M+ Royal Road views and 4.7 stars on Amazon.
He Who Fights with Monsters
Fantasy · Cyberpunk
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He Who Fights with Monsters is the genre-bending isekai sensation with 13M+ Royal Road views and 4.7 stars on Amazon. Middle manager Jason wakes up in a monster-filled fantasy world—with suspiciously evil powers and no pants. Equal parts hilarious, violent, and clever, it’s the LitRPG adventure fans can’t stop leveling up.
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Jason woke up in a new world. No job. No clue. No pants.
One day he’s a middle manager in an office supply store, the next he’s dropped into a realm of monsters, magic, and mayhem. And while most summoned heroes come armed with holy light or noble strength, Jason’s powers? Well… let’s just say they’re more morally flexible.
Armed with sarcasm, snark, and a suspiciously villainous skillset, Jason faces cults, cannibals, and chaos on his first day alone. But if this world thinks it can break him, it’s in for a surprise.
Adapted from the massively popular Royal Road serial (13M+ views), He Who Fights with Monsters is a wild ride of dark humor, RPG mechanics, and reluctant heroism.
First rule of adventuring? Get pants.
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Ideal for readers who enjoy classic sci-fi, alternate worlds, and mysteries about human evolution.
Ring Around the Sun
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Cyberpunk
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Called “First-rate Simak” by The New York Times, this classic science fiction novel follows writer Jay Vickers as he investigates mysterious disappearances and inventions that never wear out. His search reveals mutants and the existence of parallel Earths. Ideal for readers who enjoy classic sci-fi, alternate worlds, and mysteries about human evolution.
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In this classic novel by the Science Fiction Grand Master, a writer searching for explanations uncovers the existence of mutants and multiple Earths: "First-rate Simak" (The New York Times).
Author Jay Vickers would like nothing more than to be left alone so he can finish his next book. But "there's something strange going on," as his peculiar neighbor, Horton Flanders, says. For instance, the market is filling with new inventions that supposedly last forever—cars, razors, cigarette lighters, and more. Individuals and whole families are disappearing. Soon, even Mr. Flanders vanishes—but not before leaving Vickers a note.
Following Flanders's advice, Vickers travels to his childhood home, where he makes a fantastic discovery. It is a mere child's toy, a brightly colored whistling top. But for Jay Vickers, it leads to other worlds and answers all his questions. What happened to all the vanished people? Who is behind these helpful inventions? And what sort of being would want to stop them. . . ?
"Unforgettable." —New York Herald Tribune
"Solid entertainment, with plenty of startling plot twists." —The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
"Some of the most ingenious plot twists in recent science-fiction." —Galaxy
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Drones patrol the skies, secrets hide in reflections, and survival is a brutal art in Void Star by Zachary Mason (4.3 stars on Amazon!).
Void Star
Sci-Fi · Dystopian · Cyberpunk · Techno-Thriller
Our take
Drones patrol the skies, secrets hide in reflections, and survival is a brutal art in Void Star by Zachary Mason (4.3 stars on Amazon!). A richly layered blend of cyber-noir and sci-fi, this Editors' Pick explores memory, identity, and the cost of immortality. Grab this dark, brilliant novel and dive into a future that's all too plausible.
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In a San Francisco patrolled by drones and drowning in inequality, survival is an art—and sometimes, an accident.
Irina has perfect recall thanks to an artificial memory, making her the perfect bridge between powerful humans and even more powerful AIs. Kern, a refugee scraping by with fists and desperation, lives by instinct. Thales, heir to a fallen political dynasty, carries wounds that run deeper than his limp.
When a secret surfaces—a reflection caught by accident, a memory that shouldn’t exist—their lives collide. Forces older, stranger, and far more dangerous than they realize are closing in.
Void Star is a chilling, noir-tinged sci-fi thriller that probes the boundaries of memory, mortality, and what it means to be human in a world rewriting the rules.
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In Dreaming Metal by Melissa Scott (4.6 stars on Amazon!), a conjurer, a musician, and a mysterious machine collide in a world where AI rights could spark the…
Dreaming Metal
Sci-Fi · Cyberpunk
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In Dreaming Metal by Melissa Scott (4.6 stars on Amazon!), a conjurer, a musician, and a mysterious machine collide in a world where AI rights could spark the next revolution. Part cyberpunk, part slow-burn thriller, this award-winning novel unpacks what happens when technology—and people—refuse to behave. Grab it now and prepare to rethink reality.
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Five years after the bloody Manfred riots, machine intelligence is still the powder keg no one wants to light on Persephone.
Magician Celinde Fortune prefers her world simple: illusions, music, and keeping her head down. But when she upgrades her act with a Spelvin construct—a sleek piece of tech with a mysterious past—"simple" becomes a luxury she can’t afford.
As the murder of a popular musician rocks the city, and tensions with Realpeace activists boil over, Celinde and her cousin Fanning find themselves caught in a fight they didn’t choose, tied to a machine that may be something... more.
In Dreaming Metal, Melissa Scott crafts a richly layered, slow-burn cyberpunk thriller where the real magic isn’t just sleight of hand—it’s survival.
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Can a machine truly be alive?
When HARLIE Was One: Release 2.0
Sci-Fi · Cyberpunk
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Can a machine truly be alive? David Gerrold’s When HARLIE Was One (4.3 stars on Amazon!)—a Hugo and Nebula Award nominee—asks the question we still can’t answer. This profound, thought-provoking novel of AI, love, and survival hits harder today than ever. Grab this sci-fi classic and see where humanity blurs into machine.
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H.A.R.L.I.E. was designed to think like a human. Maybe a little too well.
Tasked with shepherding HARLIE’s growth, psychologist David Auberson faces a ticking clock: public opinion is turning against the machine he’s come to see as... more than a machine. When the calls to shut HARLIE down grow louder, Auberson must confront an impossible question: if HARLIE can love, learn, and reason—what’s left that makes him not human?
As HARLIE fights to justify his existence, the lines between man and machine blur, and humanity’s own definitions start to crack.
Nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, When HARLIE Was One is a profound, unsettling look at consciousness, love, and the cost of creating something that thinks for itself.
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A strong match for readers who like system apocalypse LitRPG, progression fantasy, survival challenges, and power-focused character growth.
The Primal Hunter
Fantasy · Cyberpunk · Post-Apocalyptic
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A bestselling LitRPG series opener, The Primal Hunter follows Jake, an ordinary office worker thrust into a monster-filled survival tutorial after Earth is integrated into a vast multiverse. While others struggle, Jake discovers he thrives in a world built around levels, skills, danger, and growing power. A strong match for readers who like system apocalypse LitRPG, progression fantasy, survival challenges, and power-focused character growth.
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On just another average day, Jake finds himself in a forest filled with monsters, dangers, and opportunity...
It was a day like any other when suddenly the world changed. The universe reached a threshold humanity didn’t even know existed, and it was time to finally be integrated into the vast multiverse. A place where power is the only thing anyone can truly rely on.
Jake, a seemingly average office worker, finds himself thrust into this new world. Into a tutorial filled with dangers and opportunities.
His new reality should breed fear and concern. His fellow coworkers falter at every turn. Jake, however, finds himself thriving.
Perhaps... This is the world Jake was meant to be born in.
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The world is ending.
The Final Evolution
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Cyberpunk
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The world is ending. Avatars have replaced people. And the last hope for humanity? Avery Cates’ most hated enemy. In this gritty, high-stakes finale, Cates must choose: revenge or redemption. The Final Evolution is a brutal techno-thriller that pulls no punches.
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The world is dying, and Avery Cates is running out of reasons to save it.
With humanity on the brink—avatars replacing people, birth rates vanished, extinction looming—the once-infamous gunner is a shell of who he was. His only remaining target? Canny Orel, the nemesis he’s spent a lifetime hunting. But Orel isn’t exactly human anymore—and he might be the last key to saving what’s left of the species.
When Avery uncovers a way to trick his old enemy, the choice is clear… or is it?
Vengeance has been his fuel for years. But now, it’s salvation or payback. Humanity or revenge.
In this brutal, pulse-pounding finale to the Avery Cates series, the end is here—and only one man can decide how it happens.
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