Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Cyberpunk novel where inequality/surveillance push Oakland to civil war launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Cumulus▲70

   New cyberpunk novel set in near-future Oakland

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Robot Overlordz Ep 269 - A Cloudy Future▲55

   Interview about Cumulus, the cyberpunk novel set in Oakland

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Neuromancer▲104

   The novel that defined cyberpunk

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Dark Territory▲69

   The Secret History of Cyber War

   2016 · fredkaplan.info · its alternatives →

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   Read Only Memories▲80

   Retro cyberpunk Visual Novel set in Neo-San Francisco

   2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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   Hackers▲75

   Heroes of the computer revolution

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Spirit Hackers▲60

   A cyberpunk novel exploring the afterlife.

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   A Dystopian View of San Francisco▲6

   2019 · dystopian.lazuritelabs.com · its alternatives →

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   Cyberstorm▲55

   A full scale cyber attack against present-day New York

   2016 · matthewmather.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    City of Thieves▲66

    A novel about war, courage and survival

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Silicon Heroes▲120

    A graphic novel where entrepreneurs have superpowers!

    2015 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Hamlet on the Holodeck▲67

    The future of narrative in cyberspace

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Cyber War▲65

    The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Rise of the Machines▲61

    A Cybernetic History 1st Edition

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Mechanical (The Alchemy Wars)▲66

    Thrilling philosophical clock punk

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism▲56

    How machines effect humans in our hyperconnected world

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Welcome to Braggsville: A Novel▲60

    Berkeley students take on a Civil War re-enactment

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Ancillary Justice▲60

    An AI space opera with surprising emotional depth

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    AdvertCity▲55

    A cyberpunk advertising tycoon game.

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    Utopia Is Creepy: And Other Provocations▲63

    Critical thoughts on the internet and its effects on society

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Chaos & Cyber Culture▲56

    Timothy Leary's prescient cyberpunk manifesto from 1994

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Future Crimes▲62

    A harrowing deep dive into the dark underbelly of tech

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Booktrack▲79

    Read with a soundtrack

    2014 · booktrack.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future▲67

    Information technology will transform capitalism

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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