Books like Neuromancer

Neuromancer by William Gibson reads as dark, fast. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick · 1968

Shares the human + unreliable thread

80% genome match

Count Zero

William Gibson · 1986

Shares the human + vhypno thread

70% genome match

The different girl

Gordon Dahlquist · 2013

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

Only forward

Michael Marshall Smith · 1994

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

Shutter Island

Dennis Lehane · 2003

Shares the unreliable + human thread

69% genome match

Rio Lento

Nicola Griffith · 1995

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

Dermaphoria

Craig Clevenger · 2005

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

Altered Carbon

Richard K. Morgan · 2002

Shares the comingofage thread

70% genome match

Cathy's book

Sean Stewart · 2006

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

Salt fish girl

Larissa Lai · 2002

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

Motherless Brooklyn

Jonathan Lethem · 1999

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

Satin Island

Tom McCarthy

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match