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TECH (Encyclopocalypse Originals, #32) was the most recently released book by William Gibson, on September 22nd, 2023.

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William Gibson Stats: The highest rated book by William Gibson on Book Notification is All Tomorrow's Parties, the 3rd novel in the Bridge series. The second-highest rated book is Count Zero (Sprawl #2).

The most read book by William Gibson on Book Notification is Neuromancer, the first novel in the Sprawl series. The second most read book is Count Zero (Sprawl #2).

Below is a complete list of William Gibson books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by William Gibson is the Sprawl Series.

List of Blue Ant Books in Publication Order

Various specialists work on secretive global projects for a marketing magnate.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.4
Pattern Recognition
2003
Go
2
5.4
Spook Country
2007
Go
3
7.6
Zero History
2010
Go

List of Bridge Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.7
Virtual Light
1993
Go
2
8.3
Idoru
1996
Go
3
8.7
All Tomorrow's Parties
1999
Go

List of The Jackpot Books in Publication Order

A woman witnesses a murder while beta testing a virtual world, connecting her rural life to a publicist seventy years in the future.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.5
The Peripheral
2014
Go
2
8.3
Agency
2020
Go

List of Sprawl Books in Publication Order

Data-thieves, mercenaries, and a young woman navigate high-stakes runs, powerful AIs, and dangerous plots in a world of cyberspace.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.3
Neuromancer
1984
Go
2
8.5
Count Zero
1986
Go
3
7.6
Mona Lisa Overdrive
1988
Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
4
The Difference Engine (With: Bruce Sterling)
1990
Go
2
7
Johnny Mnemonic
1995
Go

List of Plays in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
3
Alien 3: The Lost Screenplay by William Gibson (With: Pat Cadigan)
2021
Go

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order (with Michael Swanwick)

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Dogfight (in Omni) (With: Michael Swanwick)
1985
Go
2
6.7
The Winter Market
1986
Go

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.4
Burning Chrome
1986
Go

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Distrust That Particular Flavor
2012
Go

List of Encyclopocalypse Originals Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Encyclopocalypse Originals books are Shadow Vista, Ride or Die, and The Final Gate.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Nymph: The Singularity (By: J.E. Lansing)
2011
Go
2
Truck Stop (By: John Penney)
2011
Go
3
Killing Time (By: John Penney)
2012
Go
4
The Haunted Halls (By: Glenn Rolfe)
2014
Go
5
Ride or Die (By: James Newman)
2021
Go
6
The Despicable Fantasies of Quentin Sergenov (By: Preston Fassel)
2021
Go
7
The Final Gate ( By: Wesley Southard)
2021
Go
8
Nocturnal Pursuits (By: Glenn Rolfe)
2021
Go
9
These Evil Things We Do & Four Novellas (By: Mick Garris)
2022
Go
10
Something in the Groove (By: Glenn Rolfe)
2022
Go
11
Sausages: The Making of Dog Soldiers (By: Janine Pipe)
2022
Go
12
Yellow Line (By: Kristal Stittle)
2022
Go
13
The Circus Oasis (By: Robert Essig)
2022
Go
14
Merciless (By: Kristal Stittle)
2022
Go
15
Dust Bowl Children (By: Wile E. Young, Emily Young)
2022
Go
16
Mojave Mud Caves (By: Robert Essig)
2022
Go
17
Warmth ( By: Lucas Mann)
2022
Go
18
All Our Hearts Are Ghosts (By: Peter Atkins)
2022
Go
19
Miracle on 42nd Street ( By: Andrew Allan)
2022
Go
20
Lumber and other Tales (By: Bret Nelson)
2022
Go
21
The Dead Friends Society
2022
Go
22
Old Dread No. 9
2023
Go
23
The Dreadful Years (By: Joshua Millican)
2023
Go
24
6
Shadow Vista (By: Charles Colyott)
2023
Go
25
Hot Splices: The Author's Cut (By: Mike Watt)
2023
Go
26
It Comes Back (By: John Penney)
2023
Go
27
Ugly As Sin (By: James Newman)
2023
Go
28
Where Wolf (By: Jack Morelli, Rob Saucedo, Debora Lancianese)
2023
Go
29
Polyphemus (By: Zachary Ashford)
2023
Go
30
The Encyclopocalypse of Legends and Lore: Volume One (By: Brennan LaFaro)
2023
Go
31
TECH
2023
Go
32
They Will Claim That I Was Dead... (By: Florian Frerichs)
2023
Go
33
The Schlimazel of Sebreim (By: Richard Elfman)
2023
Go
34
Phantom Limbs: Dissecting Horror's Lost Sequels and Remakes (By: Jasons Jenkins)
2024
Go
35
The Part Mart (By: Bret Nelson, Pete Mitchell)
2024
Go
36
Hate House ( By: John C. Foster)
2024
Go
37
Sorce: Birth of Echo (By: Casey Truly)
2024
Go
38
DISC-OVERY (By: Jed Rowen)
2024
Go
39
The Mostly True Story of Rudabaugh and Webb (By: Mike Watt)
2024
Go
40
A Vamp There Was (By: Stanley Stepanic)
2024
Go
41
Millennial Nasties: Analyzing a Decade of Brutal Horror Film Violence (By: Ariel Powers-Schaub, Zoe Rose Smith)
2024
Go
42
A Comedy of Tragedies: An American Memoir for the Completely Dysfunctional (By: Steve Barton)
2024
Go
43
Doomflower (By: Jendia Gammon)
2025
Go
44
Bride of the Living Chad (By: Damien Casey)
2025
Go
45
Splatter Flicks: How to Make Low-Budget Horror Films (By: Sara Caldwell)
2025
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List of Routledge Approaches to History Books in Publication Order

Critiques historical thought and its cultural, political, and ethical impacts.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Imprisoned by History: Aspects of Historicized Life (By: Martin L. Davies)
2009
Go
2
Narrative Projections of a Black British History (By: Eva Ulrike Pirker)
2011
Go
3
History, Memory, and State-Sponsored Violence: Time and Justice (By: Berber Bevernage)
2011
Go
4
Integrity and Historical Research (By: Tony Gibbons, Emily Sutherland)
2011
Go
5
Frank Ankersmit's Lost Historical Cause: A Journey from Language to Experience (By: Peter Icke)
2011
Go
6
The Historiography of Transition: Critical Phases in the Development of Modernity (By: Paolo Pombeni)
2013
Go
7
The Fiction of History (By: Alexander Lyon Macfie)
2014
Go
8
The Rise and Propagation of Historical Professionalism (By: Rolf Torstendahl)
2014
Go
9
The Material of World History (By: David Churchill, Tina Mai Chen)
2014
Go
10
The Struggle for the Long-Term in Transnational Science and Politics: Forging the Future (By: Egl? Rindzevi?i?t?, Jenny Andersson)
2015
Go
11
Modernity, Metatheory, and the Temporal-Spatial Divide: From Mythos to Techne (By: Michael Kimaid)
2015
Go
12
'A New Type of History': Fictional Proposals for dealing with the Past (By: Beverley C Southgate)
2015
Go
13
The Soviet Past in the Post-Socialist Present: Methodology and Ethics in Russian, Baltic and Central European Oral History and Memory Studies (By: Melanie Ilič)
2015
Go
14
Theoretical Perspectives on Historians' Autobiographies: From Documentation to Intervention (By: Jaume Aurell)
2015
Go
15
Beyond Memory: Silence and the Aesthetics of Remembrance (By: Jay Winter, Alexandre Dessingue)
2015
Go
16
History, Ethics, and the Recognition of the Other: A Levinasian View on the Writing of History (By: Anton Froeyman)
2015
Go
17
How History Works: The Reconstitution of a Human Science (By: Martin L. Davies)
2015
Go
18
The Emergence of Historical Forensic Expertise: Clio Takes the Stand (By: Vladimir Petrović)
2016
Go
19
Values, Objectivity, and Explanation in Historiography (By: Tor Egil Førland)
2017
Go
20
History and Sociology in France: From Scientific History to the Durkheimian School (By: Robert Leroux)
2017
Go
21
The Work of History: Constructivism and a Politics of the Past (By: Kalle Pihlainen)
2017
Go
22
Universal History and the Making of the Global (By: Hall Bjørnstad, Helge Jordheim, Anne Regent-Susini)
2018
Go
23
Cowrie Shells and Cowrie Money (By: Bin Yang)
2018
Go
24
A Personalist Philosophy of History (By: Bennett Gilbert)
2019
Go
25
Historical Parallels, Commemoration and Icons (By: Andreas Leutzsch)
2019
Go
26
Historians Without Borders: New Studies in Multidisciplinary History (By: Lawrence Abrams, Kaleb Knoblauch)
2019
Go
27
Teleology and Modernity (With: Dan O'Brien, Marius Turda)
2019
Go
28
Historia Ludens: The Playing Historian (By: Katherine J. Lewis, Alexander von Lünen, Benjamin Litherland, Pat Cullum)
2019
Go
29
The Aesthetics of History (By: Alun Munslow)
2019
Go
30
Public Uses of Human Remains and Relics in History (By: Silvia Cavicchioli, Luigi Provero)
2019
Go
31
The Enlightenment and the Fate of Knowledge: Essays on the Transvaluation of Values (By: Martin L Davies)
2019
Go
32
In Praise of Historical Anthropology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications to the Study of Power and Colonialism (By: Alexandre Coello de la Rosa, Josep Lluis Mateo Dieste)
2020
Go
33
Information and Power in History: Towards a Global Approach (By: Ida Nijenhuis, Marijke Van Faassen, Ronald Sluijter, Joris Gijsenbergh, Wim de Jong)
2020
Go
34
Far-Right Revisionism and the End of History (By: Louie Dean Valencia-Garcia)
2020
Go
35
Africa, Empire and World Disorder (By: A G Hopkins)
2020
Go
36
History in a Post-Truth World (By: Marius Gudonis, Benjamin T. Jones)
2020
Go
37
The Primacy of Method in Historical Research (By: Jonas Ahlskog)
2020
Go
38
Archives and Human Rights (By: Jens Boel, Perrine Canavaggio, Antonio González Quintana)
2021
Go
39
Humanism: Foundations, Diversities, Developments: Foundations, Diversities, Developments (By: Jörn Rüsen)
2021
Go
40
National History and New Nationalism in the Twenty-First Century: A Global Comparison (By: Niels F May, Thomas Maissen)
2021
Go
41
Family History and Historians in Australia and New Zealand (By: Sophie Scott-Brown, Malcolm Allbrook)
2021
Go
42
Writing Russia: The Discursive Construction of AnOther Nation (By: Melissa-Ellen Dowling)
2021
Go
43
How to Write About the Holocaust (By: Theodor Pelekanidis)
2022
Go
44
The Politics of Time in China and Japan (By: Viren Murthy)
2022
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List of Universe Books in Publication Order

Provides groundbreaking original science fiction anthologies.

Anthology series.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Universe 1 (By: Terry Carr)
1971
Go
2
Universe 2 (By: Terry Carr)
1972
Go
3
Universe 3 (By: Terry Carr)
1973
Go
4
Universe 4 (By: Terry Carr)
1974
Go
5
Universe 5 (By: Terry Carr)
1974
Go
6
Universe 6 (By: John Shirley, Terry Carr)
1976
Go
7
Universe 7 (By: Terry Carr)
1977
Go
8
Universe 8 (By: Terry Carr)
1978
Go
9
Universe 9 (By: John Shirley, Terry Carr)
1979
Go
10
Universe 10 (By: Terry Carr)
1980
Go
11
Universe 11 (With: Kim Stanley Robinson, Michael Swanwick, Carter Scholz, Michael Bishop, Ian Watson, Nancy Kress, Carol Emshwiller, Josephine Saxton, Terry Carr)
1981
Go
12
Universe 12 (By: Terry Carr)
1982
Go
13
6
Universe 13 (By: Kim Stanley Robinson, Lucius Shepard, Michael Bishop, Ian Watson, Terry Carr, Bruce Sterling, Leanne Frahm, Bill Bickel)
1983
Go
14
Universe 14 (By: Terry Carr)
1984
Go
15
Universe 15 (By: Terry Carr)
1985
Go
16
Universe 16 (By: Terry Carr)
1986
Go
17
Universe 17 (By: Terry Carr)
1987
Go
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List of Best Science Fiction of the Year Books in Publication Order

Annual sci-fi anthologies collecting a variety of short-stories.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1
1972
Go
2
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2
1973
Go
3
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3
1974
Go
4
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4
1975
Go
5
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5
1976
Go
6
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6
1977
Go
7
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7
1978
Go
8
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8
1979
Go
9
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9
1980
Go
10
4
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10
1981
Go
11
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11
1982
Go
12
10
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12
1983
Go
13
Best Science Fiction of the Year 13
1984
Go
14
Best Science Fiction of the Year 14
1984
Go
15
Best Science Fiction of the Year 15
1986
Go
16
Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16
1987
Go
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List of Graphic Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Archangel
2017
Go

List of Audible Originals Books in Publication Order

Audible Originals adapts William Gibson's sci-fi stories into immersive audio dramas.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Alien III: An Audible Original Drama
2019
Go

List of Marvel Graphic Novel Books in Publication Order (with Ernie Colón, with D.G. Chichester)

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Ax (By: Ernie Colón)
1988
Go
2
Punisher/Black Widow: Spinning Doomsday's Web (By: Larry Stroman, D.G. Chichester, Mark Farmer)
1992
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List of William Gibson Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1
1972
Go
2
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2
1973
Go
3
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3
1974
Go
4
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4
1975
Go
5
Universe 6
1976
Go
6
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5
1976
Go
7
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6
1977
Go
8
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7
1978
Go
9
Universe 9
1979
Go
10
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9
1980
Go
11
4
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10
1981
Go
12
Universe 11
1981
Go
13
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11
1982
Go
14
10
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12
1983
Go
15
6
Universe 13
1983
Go
16
The First Omni Book of Science Fiction
1983
Go
17
Nebula Awards 18
1983
Go
18
Best Science Fiction of the Year 13
1984
Go
19
Best Science Fiction of the Year 14
1984
Go
20
Tesseracts
1985
Go
21
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection
1985
Go
22
2
The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction
1985
Go
23
The Sixth Omni Book of Science Fiction
1985
Go
24
Best Science Fiction of the Year 15
1986
Go
25
Mirrorshades
1986
Go
26
The Fifth Omni Book of Science Fiction
1987
Go
27
Mississippi Review 47 / 48
1988
Go
28
Alien Sex
1990
Go
29
Semiotext SF
1991
Go
30
Storming the Reality Studio
1991
Go
31
Christmas Stars
1992
Go
32
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories
1992
Go
33
The Ascent of Wonder
1994
Go
34
New Worlds 1
1996
Go
35
Hackers
1996
Go
36
The Ultimate Cyberpunk
2002
Go
37
The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture
2002
Go
38
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels
2005
Go
39
Rewired
2007
Go
40
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction
2010
Go
41
8
The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons
2011
Go
42
The Time Traveler's Almanac
2013
Go
43
Ad Astra
2015
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William Gibson

William Gibson (William Ford Gibson) was born on March 17th, 1948 and is currently 78 years old. William Gibson was born in Conway, South Carolina, USA.

William Gibson is known for writing in the Science Fiction, Thriller, and Literary Fiction genres.

William Gibson is the author of the Sprawl series which currently consists of 3 novels. The Sprawl series started in 1984 with the novel Neuromancer. The most recently released novel in the Sprawl series was Mona Lisa Overdrive which was released in 1988. There are no upcoming novels for the Sprawl series.

William Gibson has also written the Bridge series which has 3 books including Virtual Light and Idoru.

William Gibson: Awards & Accolades

Gibson's books have won multiple awards, Neuromancer won the Philip K. Dick Award, Best Science Fiction Book, in 1984 as well as the Hugo Award - Best Novel in 1985, Seiun Award - Best Translated Long Work in 1987.

The following novels by William Gibson were nominated for these awards:

  • Dogfight (in Omni): Hugo Award, Best Novelette (1986).
  • The Winter Market: Hugo Award, Best Novelette (1987).
  • Count Zero: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1987).
  • Mona Lisa Overdrive: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1989).
  • Alien Sex: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1991).
  • Virtual Light: Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, Best Crime Novel (1994). Hugo Award, Best Novel (1994).
  • All Tomorrow's Parties: Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work (2001).
  • Pattern Recognition: Arthur C. Clarke Award, Best Science Fiction Novel (2004).
  • Agency: Goodreads Awards, Best Science Fiction (2020).

William Gibson: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Neuromancer has made several lists including:
    1. Counterpunch: 100 Best Novels in English Since 1900 Selection in 2014.
    2. CBC: 100 Novels that make you proud to be Canadian Selection in 2017.
    3. Flavor Wire: 50 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels That Everyone Should Read Selection in 2013.
    4. Time Magazine: All-Time 100 Novels Selection in 2005.
    5. Spy.com: The 25 Best Science-Fiction Books of All Time Selection in 2020.
    6. Entertainment Weekly: The New Classics - 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 Selection in 2008.
    7. The Telegraph: The Perfect Library Selection in 2008.
    8. Entertainment Weekly: Top 100 Novels Selection in 2013.
    9. NPR: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books Selection in 2011.
  • The Peripheral was an Ex Libris: 100 Books to Read and Reread Selection in 2020.
  • Agency was a Time Magazine: 100 Must-Read Books Selection in 2020.

Related Authors

Fans of William Gibson also enjoy these authors:

  1. Nick Harkaway, author of: Titanium Noir.
  2. Neal Stephenson, author of: Snow Crash.
  3. Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of: Mexican Gothic.
  4. Philip K. Dick, author of the Blade Runner Series.
  5. Peter Heller, author of: The River.
  6. Peng Shepherd, author of: The Cartographers.
  7. Max Barry, author of: Lexicon.
  8. Blake Crouch, author of: Dark Matter.
  9. Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale Series.
  10. Emily St. John Mandel, author of: Station Eleven.

William Gibson: F.A.Q

When was William Gibson Born? How old is William Gibson?

William Gibson was born on March 17th, 1948. William Gibson is currently 78 years old.

Where was William Gibson Born?

William Gibson was born in Conway, South Carolina, USA and is American.

What book awards has William Gibson won?

Neuromancer: Philip K. Dick Award Best Science Fiction Book (1984), Hugo Award Best Novel (1985), Seiun Award Best Translated Long Work (1987).

What was the first book William Gibson wrote?

The first book written by William Gibson was Neuromancer, published in 1984.

What was the most recent book William Gibson wrote?

His most recently released work was TECH on September 22nd, 2023.

What is the most popular book by William Gibson?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular William Gibson book is Neuromancer. Here are his most popular books:
  1. Neuromancer (7.31)
  2. Count Zero (8.47)
  3. The Peripheral (7.47)
  4. Mona Lisa Overdrive (7.62)
  5. Pattern Recognition (7.44)

What genres does William Gibson Write?

William Gibson primarily writes in the Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, and Thriller genres. His work includes sub-genres such as Dystopian / Utopian Science Fiction, Technothriller, and Speculative Fiction.

Are there upcoming new books by William Gibson?

William Gibson does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.

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How many books has William Gibson written?

William Gibson has written 22 books across 21 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 3 books in the Blue Ant Series
  • 3 books in the Bridge Series
  • 2 books in The Jackpot Series
  • 3 books in the Sprawl Series
  • 2 Standalone Novels
  • 1 Play
  • 2 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 1 Short Story Collections
  • 1 Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 book in the Encyclopocalypse Originals Series
  • 1 book in the Routledge Approaches to History Series
  • 1 Graphic Novels
  • 1 book in the Audible Originals Series

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