After William Gibson

Lexicon by Max Barry

If Pattern Recognition's viral marketing mysteries and brand-allergy heroine spoke to your tech-savvy paranoia, Lexicon weaponizes language itself—turning words into mind-control exploits with the same prescient unease and sharp cultural critique. Barry delivers shadow organizations, linguistic puzzles, and competent protagonists dissecting manipulation at sprint speed, satisfying that itch for cerebral thrillers that mirror our digital-era fears without dumbing down the intrigue.

Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams

Neuromancer hooked you with its raw, flawed hacker navigating a tech-drenched underworld of corporate espionage and human-machine blurring, mirroring your own tech-enthusiast alienation. Fans devoured its dense, poetic prose that demanded intellectual engagement, exploring profound themes of identity and surveillance without romanticizing the decay. If that prophetic dystopia felt like a manifesto for digitally disenfranchised outcasts, these recs deliver more high-stakes heists and ethically tangled rebellions.