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Books like The Dream Engine: 9 series to read next

The Dream Engine is science fiction. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Dream Engine is 6 books, 2014–2023.

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Sprawl Trilogy
The Culture
Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Ready Player One
Forever War
Bridge Trilogy
Halting State
Brave New World
Future Chronicles

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

Cyberpunk, about artificial intelligence.

“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 →

The CultureUniverse

universe21 books1987

Space opera, about artificial intelligence, set in far future and galactic scale.

“No money, no laws, no hunger, no death you didn't choose; a galaxy-spanning anarchy of humans and drones administered, gently and with enormous irony, by superintelligent Minds who name their warships things like *Frank Exchange Of Views*.”
from the catalogue description

Reading order →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

Cyberpunk and dystopia, 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 →

Forever WarSeries

seriesJoe Haldeman10 books1972

Military science fiction, set in far future and space.

Start with The Forever War →

Bridge TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson4 books1990

Cyberpunk, set in 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 →

Halting StateSeries

seriesCharles Stross2 books2007

Cyberpunk, about artificial intelligence and surveillance.

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

Start with Halting State →

Brave New WorldSeries

seriesAldous Huxley & H. A. Cartledge8 books1932

Dystopia, about class conflict, set in far future.

“Some editions pair the novel with Huxley's own 1958 nonfiction essay collection, Brave New World Revisited, which reassesses the book's ideas rather than continuing its story.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Brave New World →

Future ChroniclesSeries

seriesEllen Campbell, Crystal Watanabe, Samuel Peralta, David Gatewood, Alex Roddie, Lucas Bale, Nolie Wilson, Carol Davis, Chris Pourteau, Clara Coulson & Jeff Seymour25 books2014

Start with The Future Chronicles: Special Edition →

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 The Dream Engine?: Sprawl Trilogy — the closest match to The Dream Engine on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Dream Engine?: The Tinkerer's Mainspring. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Dream Engine.
How big is The Dream Engine?: The Dream Engine is 6 books, 2014–2023.

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