Post-Cyberpunk Books You Should Add To Your TBR

Welga Ramirez is about to retire from her job as a bodyguard when her client is killed in front of her. Her client was a wealthy pill manufacturer, creating the pills that keep people alive and gives them an edge against the A.I. workforce. But a terrorist group called the Machinehood has been targeting pill funders and issued an ultimatum: Stop creating the pills in one week. Welga finds herself swept up in a world of cyborgs and terrorist plots, trying to figure out who the Machinehood are and what their ultimate goal actually is.

Hiro Protagonist is a force to be reckoned with — in the metaverse, at least. In real life, he works delivering pizzas for his uncle’s pizza shop. However, when a strange virus is taking down hackers everywhere, Hiro takes to the metaverse to find and defeat those who threaten to bring about the infocalypse and destroy the only place where Hiro can be who he is on the inside.

400 years in the future, humanity has spread out among the stars. In order to combat the long distance, people are able to ship their consciousness across the stars and into new bodies. However, when Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness downloaded into the body of an ex-thug, he finds himself in a catch-22. Hired by a billionaire to track down the murderer of his last body, Takeshi is ready to do what it takes, even as he becomes embroiled in the world of murderous high society.

The miracle drug Nexus has allowed humans to link their minds together. Soon, arguments over the capability of the drug thrust a young scientist experimenting on the drug into a world of danger. As factions, businesses, and researchers all over the world work to control, abuse, or improve the drug, there is more at stake than any of them can see. Nexus is the first in a series that will have you at the edge of your seat.

At not quite 100 years old, Jules is really just a kid. He might have lived to see the cure for death discovered, but he’s got a long life ahead of him. With all the time on his hands, he’s decided to realize his childhood dream of moving to Disney World. However, all is not well in the Magic Kingdom. A new group is destroying the sanctity of the park, and what’s worse, they killed Jules. Now he’s back from his fourth revival ready for vengeance.

Twenty years ago the search engine Information united the world into a global micro-democracy. With political parties rising in the last two decades, the Heritage Party has won both all elections since Information took over. Ken is a member of the Policy1st Party and wants to see his party in charge. Domaine wants to prevent Pax Democratica from taking power. And Mishma, an Information Operative, just wants to keep it all together. The three of them find themselves in a world of politics and corruption they never saw lurking beneath the surface.

Computer programs, or Daemons, are what keep the world running. With technology run by these programs in everything from front doors to emails, Daemons handle an immense amount of information every day. When Matthew Sobol, a revolutionary programmer, dies suddenly, Daemons the world over starts acting up. Humans are no longer in control of their orderly interconnected world, and it’s only going to get worse. Soon, an unlikely alliance develops that just might be humanity’s last hope.

Dan’s work in Augmented Reality Solutions isn’t going well, so he turns to his friend Kirsh who researches artificial intelligence to see if they can create the next big thing in A.R. Entertainment. It’s a risky combination, but what’s the worst that could happen? In the meantime, Dan’s girlfriend, Maya, has to return home to care for her sick father. They are able to continue their relationship through digital surrogates, and it’s going well. However, Dan and Krish’s experiment fails, and they find themselves in chaos.