Reading order · 3 books · 1984 to 1988 · Set in the Sprawl
Sprawl Books in Order
The Sprawl books are set in a near future of corporate power, street hustlers and cyberspace, where hackers jack into the matrix and artificial intelligences have plans of their own.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 1984 to 1988
- First book
- Neuromancer
- Latest
- Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988)
- Setting
- Set in the Sprawl
The reading order
Every Sprawl book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Set in the Sprawl
- 1Neuromancer1984With CaseCase was the best hacker in the business until his employers damaged his nervous system so he could never reach cyberspace again.Buy on Amazon
- 2Count Zero1986With Bobby Newmark and TurnerThree stories come together: a mercenary sent to help a scientist defect, a teenage hacker whose first run goes badly wrong, and an art dealer hired to find the maker of mysterious boxes.Buy on Amazon
- 3Mona Lisa Overdrive1988Several lives converge in the Sprawl: a Yakuza boss’s daughter sent to London, a famous simstim star, a young woman made over to look like her and an artist who builds machines in a wasteland.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Neuromancer, Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive in order.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Bobby Newmark | Case | Turner | Molly Millions | Angie Mitchell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Neuromancer | LLead | MMajor | |||
| 2 Count Zero | LLead | LLead | MMajor | ||
| 3 Mona Lisa Overdrive | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor |
Characters in the Sprawl books
5 characters from William Gibson’s chart, with the number of Sprawl books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Bobby NewmarkTeenage hacker called Count Zero | 2 | Count Zero 1986 |
| CaseWashed-up console cowboy | 1 | Neuromancer 1984 |
| TurnerCorporate mercenary | 1 | Count Zero 1986 |
| Molly MillionsRazor-girl street samurai | 2 | Neuromancer 1984 |
| Angie MitchellGirl who connects to cyberspace without a deck | 2 | Count Zero 1986 |