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Books like The Wonderland Gambit: 9 series to read next

The Wonderland Gambit is science fiction, set in near future and virtual world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Wonderland Gambit is 3 books, 1995–1997.

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Sprawl Trilogy
Ready Player One
Otherland
Halting State
The Mortality Doctrine
Avatar Chronicles
Richard Forthrast
Bridge Trilogy
Last Reality

Sprawl TrilogySeries

seriesWilliam Gibson & Terry Bisson10 books1981

Dark in tone, 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 →

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 →

OtherlandSeries

seriesTad Williams6 books1996

“Otherland is a science fiction tetralogy by American writer Tad Williams, published between 1996 and 2001.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with City of Golden Shadow →

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 →

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 →

Avatar ChroniclesSeries

seriesConor Kostick3 books2004

Start with Epic →

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 →

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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Virtual Light →

Last RealitySeries

seriesJason Segel & Kirsten Miller3 books2017

Start with Otherworld →

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 Wonderland Gambit?: Sprawl Trilogy — the closest match to The Wonderland Gambit on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Wonderland Gambit?: The Cybernetic Walrus. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Wonderland Gambit.
How big is The Wonderland Gambit?: The Wonderland Gambit is 3 books, 1995–1997.
Is The Wonderland Gambit finished?: Yes — 3 books, 1995–1997.

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