Neuromancer, by William Gibson: The defining book that spawned a genre of cyberpunk, AIs, hackers, and countless futuristic worlds.
Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson: An incredibly intense science fiction exploration of digital identity and virtuality.
Altered Carbon, by Richard K. Morgan: A fast-paced action story around issues of immortality, body-swapping, and tech noir.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: The book tracks bounty hunter Rick Deckard in his quest to bring down six rogue androids.
Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers - Science fiction explores the world of high-tech computer rebels, the subculture they create.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline: In the story, Wade Watts, a teenager, is living in poverty and wants to win a large sum of money.
Idoru by William Gibson: Idoru, published in 1996 by William Gibson, is the second book in his trilogy, Bridge, which starts with Virtual Light.
The Peripheral by William Gibson: The Peripheral is a science fiction, mystery-thriller novel by William Gibson published in 2014, and in the speculative fiction category, it is cyberpunk.
Why Read Cyberpunk in 2025?: Cyberpunk literature provides an increasingly powerful avenue for considering a world influenced by technology.