The tech thriller is the most exciting development in fiction. Where to begin?
Susan Moore, The Widow’s Web (Bloodhound Books, 2025)
Hot off the press, this novel is a twisted murder mystery set in Silicon Valley, brimming with intrigue and delicious prose. A must-read for thrill junkies and anyone marginally panicked about what’s going on the West Coast.
Lou Gilmond, Dirty Geese (Fairlight Books, 2023)
Gilmond’s second novel in the trilogy, Palisade, is out now. She is currently writing the final instalment, Divinity Games, which focuses on the conflict between Big Tech and those in power. Major Big Brother/the US in 2025 vibes.
Sierra Greer, Annie Bot (Harper Collins, 2024)
This novel took the world by storm last Spring, and is narrated by a sex robot who gains sentience at her owner’s request and then starts to dream of a life beyond him.
David Eggers, The Every (Vintage, 2021)
Despite some mixed reviews, Eggers’ thinly veiled critique of Amazon is a biting takedown of nightmare capitalism – and the people using technology to fill their pockets.
Ken Liu, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories (Simon & Schuster, 2020)
Liu’s anthology of futurist dystopias feels all the more real five years on. Several of his stories are set in a world where it has become possible to upload individuals’ brains to computers, which ended up serving as inspiration for the Netflix animated series, Pantheon.
