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Books like Computer Investigation Bureau: 9 series to read next

Computer Investigation Bureau is science fiction and mystery & detective, set in near future. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Computer Investigation Bureau is 4 books, 1969–1975.

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Halting State
The Jackpot Trilogy
Lock In
Blade Runner Universe
Hardwired
Foundation
Greg Mandel
Otherland
Quantum Logic

Halting StateSeries

seriesCharles Stross2 books2007

Cyberpunk, about surveillance.

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

Start with Halting State →

The Jackpot TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson2 books2014

About surveillance.

“Gibson's 2020 book Agency is set in the same world.”
from the catalogue description of The Peripheral

Start with The Peripheral →

Lock InSeries

seriesJohn Scalzi3 books2014

Police procedural, set in big city.

“John Scalzi's series follows a rookie FBI agent investigating crimes that exploit this new class of disability and technology, across the novels Lock In and Head On plus the interstitial oral history Unlocked.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Lock In →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

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

Cyberpunk, dark in tone, about identity, set in big city.

“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? →

HardwiredSeries

seriesWalter Jon Williams3 books1986

Cyberpunk.

“Voice of the Whirlwind, published three years later, is a loosely connected follow-up set in the same future, sharing its technological and political backdrop with a different cast of characters.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Hardwired →

FoundationUniverse

universe123 books1940

Set in far future.

“There is a science that reads the future of quadrillions the way an astronomer reads the orbits of stars.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Foundation →

Greg MandelSeries

seriesPeter F. Hamilton5 books1993

About psychic powers, set in british isles.

“Greg Mandel is a former special-forces soldier with a psychic 'gland' implant for reading emotions, working as a private investigator in a near-future Britain recovering from an authoritarian climate-crisis government.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Mindstar Rising →

OtherlandSeries

seriesTad Williams6 books1996

Cyberpunk, about virtual reality, set in virtual world.

“Otherland is a science fiction tetralogy by American writer Tad Williams, published between 1996 and 2001.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with City of Golden Shadow →

Quantum LogicSeries

seriesGreg Bear7 books1990

Science fiction, tense in tone, set in near future.

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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.

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What should I read after Computer Investigation Bureau?: Halting State — the closest match to Computer Investigation Bureau on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Computer Investigation Bureau?: Computer Cops. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Computer Investigation Bureau.
How big is Computer Investigation Bureau?: Computer Investigation Bureau is 4 books, 1969–1975.
Is Computer Investigation Bureau finished?: Yes — 4 books, 1969–1975.

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