Books like Sprawl (Necromancer) Series
12 books with a reading profile close to Sprawl (Necromancer) Series by William Gibson. Deep; a moderate read.
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Cloud Atlas
Also deep · dense, science fiction
Cloud Atlas follows six interlocking narratives that span from the mid-nineteenth-century Pacific Ocean to a post-apocalyptic Hawaiian future.
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2
1985
by Anthony Burgess, Anthony Burgess
Also deep · science fiction, literary
Anthony Burgess divides this work into a critical analysis and a fictional response to George Orwell’s dystopian vision.
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3
Oryx and Crake
Also deep · science fiction, literary
Snowman, formerly known as Jimmy, is the last human survivor in a world populated by the Crakers, a floor-model species of genetically engineered humanoids.
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4
Galápagos
Also deep · science fiction, literary
Set one million years in the future, the ghost of Leon Trout narrates the regression of the human race.
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5
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Also deep · science fiction, literary
In this dystopian novel, the United States prison system operates as a televised death match.
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A Clockwork Orange
Also deep · dense, science fiction
Alex is a teenage delinquent who leads his gang of droogs through a landscape of ultra-violence and theft in a future London.
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7
Mona Lisa Overdrive
science fiction, literary
The narrative follows four converging plotlines eight years after the events of Count Zero: a young Japanese girl sent to London for safety, a prostitute named Mona who undergoes surgical alteration to impersonate a fam…
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Bloodchild and Other Stories
Also deep · science fiction, literary
This collection centers on biological interdependence and the physical cost of survival.
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The Candy House
Also deep · science fiction, literary
Bix Bouton, a tech entrepreneur who appeared in A Visit from the Goon Squad, develops a technology called Own Your Unconscious.
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10
Playground
Also deep · dense, science fiction
Set against the backdrop of French Polynesia, the narrative tracks the intersection of four lives shaped by the Pacific Ocean.
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High-Rise
by J.G. Ballard
Also deep · science fiction, literary
A new forty-story tower block on the edge of London houses a thousand tenants, stacked by income, with professionals on top and families lower down.
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12
Ghostwritten
Also deep · dense, literary
David Mitchell’s debut novel connects nine disparate characters across the globe through a series of interlocking narratives.
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