William Gibson Books in Order
William Gibson has written 21 books, published between 1984 and 2023. The first book is Neuromancer (1984) and the newest is TECH (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 21
- Published
- 1984–2023
- Confirmed
- 1 of 21 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,211 in 15 of 21 books
- Reading time
- 87–130 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,211 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 21 titles with a page count on record.
William Gibson, born William Ford Gibson on March 17, 1948, is an American and Canadian writer of speculative fiction and essays. Gibson is widely credited with pioneering cyberpunk, a label Gibson has repeatedly pushed away. The early works, written from the late 1970s, were noir near-future fiction about the effects of technology, cybernetics and computer networks on people. The catalogue lists 21 books, opening with Neuromancer (1984) and including Count Zero (1986), Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988), Virtual Light (1993) and Idoru (1996). Series include Sprawl, Blue Ant and Jackpot, and subjects include cyberspace, virtual reality and business intelligence.
How many William Gibson books are there?
William Gibson has 21 books, released between 1984 and 2023. They include 5 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.
William Gibson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 21 William Gibson books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 119842712/4
- 2Burning Chrome1986 · 204 pages · confirmed 2/419862042/4
- 319862462/4
- 41986–2/4
- 519883082/4
- 619904923/4
- 719933522/4
- 8Johnny Mnemonic1995 · 164 pages · confirmed 2/419951642/4
- 919963082/4
- 1019993392/4
- 1120033672/4
- 1220074802/4
- 1320105262/4
- 14Distrust That Particular Flavor2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 1520145122/4
- 16Archangel2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 172019–2/4
- 1820192102/4
- 192020–2/4
- 20Alien 3: The Lost Screenplay by William Gibson2021 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/420214322/4
- 212023–2/4
William Gibson books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Sprawl in order
3 booksBridge in order
3 booksBlue Ant in order
3 booksJackpot in order
2 books- 1. The Peripheral
- 2. Agency
Bruce Sterling Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Audible Originals in order
1 bookWilliam Gibson Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Routledge Approaches to History in order
1 bookEncyclopocalypse Originals in order
1 book- 31. TECH
Standalone books
5 books5 William Gibson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
William Gibson Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the William Gibson books run from Neuromancer (1984) to TECH (2023), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for William Gibson in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read William Gibson books in order?
You only need to read William Gibson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with William Gibson
Start with Neuromancer (1984), the earliest published title.
What is the newest William Gibson book?
TECH (2023) is the newest William Gibson book released so far.
Is there a new William Gibson book coming?
No next William Gibson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards William Gibson has won
Wikidata records 13 awards and 43 nominations for William Gibson. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award2018Won
- Inkpot Award2016Won
- Locus Poll Award2013Wonfor Distrust That Particular Flavor
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame2008Won
- Aurora Awards1995Wonfor Virtual Light
- Tähtivaeltaja Award1992Won
- Aurora Awards1989Wonfor Mona Lisa Overdrive
- Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work1987Wonfor Neuromancer
- Nebula Award for Best Novel1985Wonfor Neuromancer
- Hugo Award for Best Novel1985Wonfor Neuromancer
- Philip K. Dick Award1985Wonfor Neuromancer
- Science Fiction Chronicle Award1985Wonfor Neuromancer
William Gibson at a glance
- Paused
- No new William Gibson title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- William Gibson books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 5,211 pages across the 15 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 339 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most William Gibson books, 6 of 21, were published in the 2010s.
What the William Gibson books are about
16 of the 21 William Gibson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 6 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 6 of 16 books
- American literature 4 of 16 books
- Long Now Manual for Civilization 3 of 16 books
- Suspense 3 of 16 books
- Twenty-first century 3 of 16 books
- Virtual reality 3 of 16 books
- Business intelligence 2 of 16 books
- Computers 2 of 16 books
- Cyberspace 2 of 16 books
- Sprawl Trilogy 2 of 16 books