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Books like Beerlight: 9 series to read next

Beerlight is science fiction and cyberpunk, set in near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Beerlight is 8 books, 1994–2011.

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Sprawl Trilogy
Halting State
Bridge Trilogy
Ready Player One
Blade Runner Universe
Otherland
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Warcross
Avery Cates

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

About artificial intelligence.

“Johnny Mnemonic, an early short story set in the same fictional milieu, predates the novels and introduces the courier Molly Millions before her role in the trilogy.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Neuromancer →

Halting StateSeries

seriesCharles Stross2 books2007

About artificial intelligence.

“The plot centres on a bank robbery in a virtual world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Halting State →

Bridge TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson4 books1990

Set in north america.

“Set in a near-future California, the novel takes place after an earthquake has damaged the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and turned it into an improvised settlement known as the Bridge.”
from the catalogue description of Virtual Light
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Virtual Light →

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

Dystopia, adventurous in tone, about quests, set in virtual world.

“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ready Player One →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

seriesK. W. Jeter, Archie Goodwin, Les Martin & Philip K. Dick6 books1968

About robots and identity.

“Together the two trace the story's path from prose original to screen and comic-page adaptation.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? →

OtherlandSeries

seriesTad Williams6 books1996

About artificial intelligence, set in virtual world.

“Otherland is a science fiction tetralogy by American writer Tad Williams, published between 1996 and 2001.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with City of Golden Shadow →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

WarcrossSeries

seriesMarie Lu2 books2017

Adventurous in tone.

Start with Warcross →

Avery CatesSeries

seriesJeff Somers22 books2007

Science fiction and cyberpunk, dark and tense in tone, set in near future.

“Jeff Somers' cyberpunk series, beginning with The Electric Church, follows Cates through escalating jobs and betrayals across six novels.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Electric Church →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Beerlight?: Sprawl Trilogy — the closest match to Beerlight on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Beerlight?: The Crime Studio. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Beerlight.
How big is Beerlight?: Beerlight is 8 books, 1994–2011.

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