Reading Guide

Cyberpunk Book Series in Reading Order

Cyberpunk produced relatively few long series, so this list includes the adjacent near-future and space-opera series that share its concerns.

Series in Reading Order

  1. Sprawl Trilogy by William Gibson
    Neuromancer, Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive, 1984-1988.
  2. Takeshi Kovacs by Richard K. Morgan
    Altered Carbon; the basis for the Netflix series.
  3. Expanse by James S. A. Corey — 29 books · 2011–2022
    Nine-book series, 2011-2021, written by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck.
  4. Red Dragon Rising by Pierce Brown — 4 books · 2009–2013
    Class-stratified solar system; begun 2014.
  5. Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells — 20 books · 2017–2025
    Novellas and a novel about a security android.
  6. Daemon by Daniel Suarez
    Two-book near-future series, 2006-2010.
  7. Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
    Imperial Radch trilogy, 2013-2015.

How to read these series

Numbered entries follow the order the books were published, which is the order the story was written and the safest order for a first read. Where a series has side novels or novellas, reading them in publication order avoids spoilers from later books.

Where the numbers come from

Book counts and publication years on this page are taken from the series entries in the GoBookSeries index. Each title links to the full book list for that series.

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