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Books like Otherland: 9 series to read next

Otherland is science fiction and cyberpunk, about virtual reality, set in virtual world, tense in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Otherland is 6 books, 1996–2013.

“Otherland is a science fiction tetralogy by American writer Tad Williams, published between 1996 and 2001.”
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Sprawl Trilogy
Halting State
Ready Player One
The Mortality Doctrine
Bridge Trilogy
The Jackpot Trilogy
Richard Forthrast
Blade Runner Universe
Warcross

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

Set in 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 →

Halting StateSeries

seriesCharles Stross2 books2007

Science fiction and cyberpunk, tense in tone, about artificial intelligence and surveillance, set in near future.

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

Start with Halting State →

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

Dystopia, adventurous in tone, about quests.

“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 →

The Mortality DoctrineSeries

seriesJames Dashner4 books2013

“The Eye of Minds opens James Dashner's Mortality Doctrine trilogy in a near-future where a teenage gamer is recruited to help stop a rogue hacker named Kaine who threatens mass destruction from inside the virtual world he haunts.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Gunner Skale →

Bridge TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson4 books1990

Set in big city and 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
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Start with Virtual Light →

The Jackpot TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson2 books2014

Set in north america.

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

Start with The Peripheral →

Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

Set in north america.

“The sequel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell shifts registers entirely, following Richard's digitally preserved mind after death into an afterlife simulation built from his scanned brain.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Reamde →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

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

About robots, 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? →

WarcrossSeries

seriesMarie Lu2 books2017

Adventurous in tone.

Start with Warcross →

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 Otherland?: Sprawl Trilogy — the closest match to Otherland on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Otherland?: City of Golden Shadow. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Otherland.
How big is Otherland?: Otherland is 6 books, 1996–2013.

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