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Books like Hardwired: 9 series to read next

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

Hardwired is 3 books, 1986–1989.

“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

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Sprawl Trilogy
Blade Runner Universe
Budayeen
Bridge Trilogy
Halting State
Mirador
A Song Called Youth / Eclipse
BZRK
The Windup Universe

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

Cyberpunk and science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about artificial intelligence and virtual reality, set in near future and big city.

“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 →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

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

Science fiction and cyberpunk, dark in tone, about identity and robots, set in near future and 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? →

BudayeenSeries

seriesGeorge Alec Effinger13 books1973

Set in middle east.

“Budayeen Nights, published after Effinger's death, gathers his shorter fiction set in the same neon-lit quarter.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The City on the Sand →

Bridge TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson4 books1990

Science fiction and cyberpunk, set in near future and big city.

“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
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Start with Virtual Light →

Halting StateSeries

seriesCharles Stross2 books2007

About surveillance.

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

Start with Halting State →

MiradorSeries

seriesDan Wells3 books2016

“Los Angeles in 2050 is a city of open doors, as long as you have the right connections.”
from the catalogue description of Bluescreen

Start with Bluescreen →

A Song Called Youth / EclipseSeries

seriesJohn Shirley3 books1985

About rebellion and revolution and surveillance.

Start with Eclipse →

BZRKSeries

seriesMichael Grant3 books2012

About nanotechnology and totalitarianism.

“On one side Charles and Benjamin Armstrong, owners of the Armstrong Fancy Gifts Corporation have a goal to turn the world into their version of utopia.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with BZRK →

The Windup UniverseSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2005

Dystopia, about genetic engineering and ecological collapse, set in southeast asia.

Start with The Calorie Man →

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 Hardwired?: Sprawl Trilogy — the closest match to Hardwired on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Hardwired?: Hardwired. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Hardwired.
How big is Hardwired?: Hardwired is 3 books, 1986–1989.

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