The Greatest Cyberpunk Books of All Time

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
528 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick 1968 American English
893 Neuromancer William Gibson 1984 American, Canadian English
1597 Snow Crash Neal Stephenson 1992 American English
1625 The Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch Philip K. Dick 1965 American English
2145 Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson 1999 American English
2413 The Stars My Destination Alfred Bester 1956 American English
4591 Vurt Jeff Noon 1993 British English
5928 Light M. John Harrison 2002 British English
7730 Ready Player One Ernest Cline 2011 American English
9511 A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick 1977 American English
10277 The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson 1995 American English
13318 Rainbows End Vernor Vinge 2006 American English
13793 The Ghost In The Shell Shirow Masamune 1989 Japanese Japanese
13919 The Cyberiad Stanislaw Lem 1965 Polish Polish
14232 Permutation City Greg Egan 1994 Australian English
14232 Pattern Recognition William Gibson 2003 American English
14983 Count Zero William Gibson 1986 American English
14983 Synners Pat Cadigan 1991 American English
14983 Virtual Light William Gibson 1993 American English
14983 Altered Carbon Richard Morgan 2002 British English
15897 Simulacron 3 Daniel F. Galouye 1964 American English
17119 Mona Lisa Overdrive William Gibson 1988 American English
17119 Burning Chrome William Gibson 1986 Canadian English
17119 Autonomous Annalee Newitz 2017 American English
17119 Little Brother Cory Doctorow 2008 Canadian English
17119 The Jagged Orbit John Brunner 1969 British English
17119 Schismatrix Plus Bruce Sterling 1996 American English
17119 Ready Player Two Ernest Cline 2020 American English
17119 The Gone World Tom Sweterlitsch 2018 American English
17119 Dr. Adder K. W. Jeter 1984 American English
17119 Villa Vortex Maurice G. Dantec 2003 French French
17119 The Shockwave Rider John Brunner 1975 British English
17119 Akira, Vol. 6 Katsuhiro Otomo 1993 Japanese Japanese
17119 Akira, Vol. 5 Katsuhiro Otomo 1990 Japanese Japanese
17119 Akira, Vol. 4 Katsuhiro Otomo 1990 Japanese Japanese
17119 Akira, Vol. 3 Katsuhiro Otomo 1985 Japanese Japanese
17119 Akira, Vol. 2 Katsuhiro Otomo 1984 Japanese Japanese
17119 Akira, Vol. 1 Katsuhiro Otomo 1984 Japanese Japanese
17119 Artificial Condition Martha Wells 2018 American English
17119 Radicalized Cory Doctorow 2019 Canadian English
17119 Service Model Adrian Tchaikovsky 2024 British English
17119 Search And Destroy Vol. 1 Atsushi Kaneko, Osamu Tezuka, Ben Applegate 2024 Japanese Japanese
17119 Daemon Daniel Suarez 2006 American English
17119 Moxyland Lauren Beukes 2008 South African English
17119 O Tempo Dos Simulacros Philip K. Dick American Unknown
17119 Nexus Ramez Naam 2012 American English
17119 Wolves Simon Ings 2014 British English
17119 Europe In Autumn Dave Hutchinson 2014 British English
17119 Tomorrow And Tomorrow Tom Sweterlitsch 2014 American English