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Books like Tron: 9 series to read next

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

Tron is 7 books, 1982–2012.

“A computer programmer is drawn into a computer game and must defend himself against lasers and deadly discs.”
from the catalogue description

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Ready Player One
The Mortality Doctrine
Avatar Chronicles
Rasmussem Corporation Games
Richard Forthrast
Last Reality
Otherland
Web
Sprawl Trilogy

Ready Player OneSeries

seriesErnest Cline & Andy Weir3 books2011

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 →

The Mortality DoctrineSeries

seriesJames Dashner4 books2013

Science fiction and cyberpunk, tense in tone, about virtual reality and artificial intelligence, set in virtual world and near future.

“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

Science fiction, about virtual reality, set in virtual world and near future.

Start with Epic →

Rasmussem Corporation GamesSeries

seriesVivian Vande Velde3 books1991

Science fiction, about virtual reality, set in virtual world and near future.

“User Unfriendly, Heir Apparent, and Deadly Pink share the same premise and company rather than a continuing cast or plot.”
from the catalogue description

Start with User Unfriendly →

Richard ForthrastSeries

seriesNeal Stephenson2 books2011

Set in our world and 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 →

Last RealitySeries

seriesJason Segel & Kirsten Miller3 books2017

Set in our world.

Start with Otherworld →

OtherlandSeries

seriesTad Williams6 books1996

Set in our world.

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

WebSeries

seriesEric Brown, Maggie Furey, Stephen Baxter, Graham Joyce, James Lovegrove, Ken MacLeod, Pat Cadigan, Peter F. Hamilton & Stephen Bowkett14 books1997

Science fiction, tense in tone, about virtual reality, set in virtual world and near future.

“All over the world the celebrations are in full swing.”
from the catalogue description of Gulliverzone
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Gulliverzone →

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 →

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 Tron?: Ready Player One — the closest match to Tron on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Tron?: Tron. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Tron.
How big is Tron?: Tron is 7 books, 1982–2012.

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