Books like Blade runner

Loved Blade runner by Philip K. Dick? Here are 10 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.

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1Altered Carbon
Altered Carbon
Richard K. Morgan
This hardboiled cyberpunk detective novel explores commodified bodies, synthetic identity, and existential dread in a rain-slicked dystopia.
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2Neuromancer
Neuromancer
William Gibson
It shares Blade Runner's gritty neon noir aesthetic, shadowy megacorporations, and focus on artificial intelligences yearning to break free.
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3Mockingbird
Mockingbird
Walter S. Tevis
Features a deeply melancholy android yearning for oblivion in a decaying, apathetic future devoid of human empathy.
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4Autonomous
Autonomous
Annalee Newitz
Explores the moral boundaries between human and synthetic life through an indentured military robot wrestling with programmed autonomy.
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5He, She and It
He, She and It
Marge Piercy
In a corporate-dominated dystopia, an illegal cyborg created for protection struggles with consciousness, personhood, and love.
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6Machines Like Me
Machines Like Me
Ian McEwan
A thought-provoking alternate history that examines moral philosophy, empathy, and the murky boundary between humans and androids.
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7Gun, with Occasional Music
Gun, with Occasional Music
Jonathan Lethem
A surreal blend of hardboiled gumshoe mystery and dystopian sci-fi dealing with engineered beings and institutional alienation.
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8Chasm City
Chasm City
Alastair Reynolds
A dark, atmospheric post-cyberpunk mystery set in a diseased, towering metropolis filled with memory distortion and obsession.
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