Cyberpunk books

High tech and low life: megacities, hackers, corporations and bodies altered by machines. Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash follows a pizza courier and hacker through a virtual Metaverse, Katsuhiro Ōtomo's Akira tears apart Neo-Tokyo, and Warren Ellis's Transmetropolitan sends a furious journalist into a city of the future. Ready Player One and The Diamond Age show other sides of the same fascination with technology.

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    Akira, Vol. 1
    Akira, Vol. 1Katsuhiro Ōtomo · 1984 · 213 ratingsGraphic novelDystopiaEnd of the world
    8.58.5 / 10
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    Transmetropolitan
    TransmetropolitanWarren Ellis · 1998 · 182 ratingsGraphic novelDystopia
    8.58.5 / 10
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    The Diamond Age
    The Diamond AgeNeal Stephenson · 1995 · 759 ratingsComing of ageRobots & AI
    8.38.3 / 10
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    Freedom
    FreedomDaniel Suarez · 2010 · 416 ratingsRobots & AIDystopia
    8.38.3 / 10
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    Akira, Vol. 2
    Akira, Vol. 2Katsuhiro Ōtomo · 1985 · 134 ratingsGraphic novelDystopia
    8.28.2 / 10
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    The Three-Body Problem
    The Three-Body ProblemLiu Cixin · 2006 · 4K ratingsAliensConspiracy
    8.18.1 / 10
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    Snow Crash
    Snow CrashNeal Stephenson · 1992 · 2.3K ratingsMyths & godsConspiracy
    8.18.1 / 10
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    Ready Player One
    Ready Player OneErnest Cline · 2011 · 5.7K ratingsDystopiaQuest & journeyYou are the hero
    8.18.1 / 10
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    The Reality Bug
    The Reality BugD. J. MacHale · 2003 · 104 ratingsQuest & journey
    8.08.0 / 10
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    Head On
    Head OnJohn Scalzi · 2018 · 376 ratings
    7.97.9 / 10
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    Neuromancer
    NeuromancerWilliam Gibson · 1984 · 2.3K ratingsRobots & AIThieves & heists
    7.97.9 / 10
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    Perfect State
    Perfect StateBrandon Sanderson · 2015 · 224 ratingsMagicKings & queens
    7.97.9 / 10
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    Permutation City
    Permutation CityGreg Egan · 1994 · 200 ratingsRobots & AI
    7.97.9 / 10
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    Little Brother
    Little BrotherCory Doctorow · 2008 · 500 ratingsDystopiaConspiracy
    7.87.8 / 10
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    Mindstar Rising
    Mindstar RisingPeter F. Hamilton · 1993 · 89 ratingsDetectivesConspiracy
    7.77.7 / 10
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    Virtual Light
    Virtual LightWilliam Gibson · 1993 · 197 ratings
    7.77.7 / 10
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    Attack Surface
    Attack SurfaceCory Doctorow · 2020 · 78 ratingsSpiesConspiracy
    7.77.7 / 10
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    Warcross
    WarcrossMarie Lu · 2017 · 349 ratingsYou are the heroSpies
    7.77.7 / 10
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    The Eye of Minds
    The Eye of MindsJames Dashner · 2013 · 109 ratingsYou are the heroFriendship
    7.57.5 / 10
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    Feed
    FeedM. T. Anderson · 2002 · 189 ratingsDystopiaFirst love
    7.57.5 / 10
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    The Girl in the Spider's Web
    The Girl in the Spider's WebDavid Lagercrantz · 2015 · 336 ratingsConspiracySpies
    7.27.2 / 10
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    Ready Player Two
    Ready Player TwoErnest Cline · 2020 · 1.1K ratingsQuest & journeyRobots & AIYou are the hero
    6.56.5 / 10

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