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Books like Sprawl Trilogy: 9 series to read next

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

Sprawl Trilogy is 10 books, 1981–1995.

“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

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Bridge Trilogy
Blade Runner Universe
Halting State
Otherland
Hardwired
The Handmaid's Tale
Budayeen
Mirador
Ready Player One

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 →

Blade Runner UniverseSeries

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

About robots.

“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? →

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 →

OtherlandSeries

seriesTad Williams6 books1996

Set in our world.

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

HardwiredSeries

seriesWalter Jon Williams3 books1986

Set in 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 →

The Handmaid's TaleSeries

seriesMargaret Atwood3 books1985

About totalitarianism and gender and society.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

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 →

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 →

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

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 →

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 Sprawl Trilogy?: Bridge Trilogy — the closest match to Sprawl Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Sprawl Trilogy?: Neuromancer. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Sprawl Trilogy.
How big is Sprawl Trilogy?: Sprawl Trilogy is 10 books, 1981–1995.

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