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Books like Lock In: 9 series to read next

Lock In is science fiction and police procedural, about murder investigation, set in near future, mysterious in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Lock In is 3 books, 2014–2018.

“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

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The Jackpot Trilogy
Blade Runner Universe
Sprawl Trilogy
Halting State
In Death
Bridge Trilogy
Greg Mandel
The Big Sheep
Dream Park Universe

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 →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

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

Cyberpunk, dark in tone.

“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? →

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

Cyberpunk, dark in tone.

“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

Cyberpunk, about surveillance.

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

Start with Halting State →

In DeathSeries

seriesNora Roberts77 books1995

Science fiction and police procedural, tense in tone, about murder investigation, set in near future and north america.

“Set in a mid-21st-century New York City, they feature NYPSD lieutenant Eve Dallas and her husband Roarke.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Naked in Death →

Bridge TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson4 books1990

Cyberpunk.

“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 →

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 →

The Big SheepSeries

seriesRobert Kroese2 books2016

About political intrigue.

“After the Collapse of 2028, a vast section of LA, the Disincorporated Zone, was disowned by the civil authorities, and became essentially a third world country within the borders of the city.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Big Sheep →

Dream Park UniverseSeries

seriesLarry Niven & Steven Barnes6 books1981

Science fiction, set in near future.

Start with The Descent of Anansi →

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.

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What should I read after Lock In?: The Jackpot Trilogy — the closest match to Lock In on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Lock In?: Lock In. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Lock In.
How big is Lock In?: Lock In is 3 books, 2014–2018.

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