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Books like Shadowrun: 9 series to read next

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

Shadowrun is 147 books, 1990–2026.

“Shadowrun's tie-in fiction line spins stories out of the tabletop RPG's setting: a near-future world where corporate cyberpunk has collided with the sudden return of magic, dragons, elves, and other fantasy races.”
from the catalogue description

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Sprawl Trilogy
Blade Runner Universe
Budayeen
Hardwired
Avery Cates
Bridge Trilogy
Halting State
Parrish Plessis
Mirador

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

Cyberpunk and science fiction, dark and tense 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

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? →

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 →

HardwiredSeries

seriesWalter Jon Williams3 books1986

Cyberpunk and science fiction, tense in tone, set in near future and our world.

“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 →

Avery CatesSeries

seriesJeff Somers22 books2007

Cyberpunk and science fiction, 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 →

Bridge TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson4 books1990

Cyberpunk and science fiction, 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 →

Parrish PlessisSeries

seriesMarianne de Pierres3 books2004

Cyberpunk and science fiction, dark and tense in tone, set in near future and big city.

Start with Nylon Angel →

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 →

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 Shadowrun?: Sprawl Trilogy — the closest match to Shadowrun on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Shadowrun?: Never Deal with a Dragon. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Shadowrun.
How big is Shadowrun?: Shadowrun is 147 books, 1990–2026.

Books like Shadowrun: 9 series to read next

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