By William Gibson. Gibson is the father of Cyberpunk and this novel in particular is significant. In this novel the term cyberspace is coined.

By Neal Stephenson. Considered by some as a parody of Cyberpunk. This novel popularized and cemented its use of the term avatar to describe online virtual bodies

By Rudy Rucker. The first of a series in which sentient robots seek to overthrow humans and start a robot revolt. Rucker is considered to be a grand-father of Cyberpunk and he imagines an extreme future.

By Bruce Sterling. A high-tech world where families are corporate associates and the seedy underwold is one of data pirates. Slightly different from other Cyberpunk because much of the action takes place off the grid.

By Masamune Shirow. This is a series of stories that are also movies and television episodes. The line between human and machine is blurred as humans become increasingly reliant on mechanical implants and robots are integrated with human tissue.

By Ernest Cline. People escape the grim surroundings by jacking into a virtual Utopia that holds a winning lottery and remarkable power—you just have to solve the puzzles first.

By Daniel Suarez The first of this high-tech thriller series. A different take on Cyberpunk because a computer program running outside of human control is dismantling the society that has become heavily networked and reliant on computers.

By Jeff Noon. A first time novelist, Noon has received high praise for this hip novel. A sister is lost in a coloured virtual reality that's existence is questionable and from which there is no escape. The story unfolds as her brother searches for her.

By Pat Cadigan . Cyberpunk taken in a new direction, this novel blurs the line between reality and perception by using technology to make the mind a real and explorable place.

By Lewis Shiner. A novel that features both a dystopia and humans augmented with computer hardware. Significant because it takes place on Mars and the majority of Cyberpunk stories are Earth bound.