Virual Light by William Gibson is a good take to "normal" life of a cyberpunk citizen, where one fumble leads to a whole lot of shit. It also is a good example of how far the author could see to future, as it sports AR-glasses, something that we now could make a thing. And it was published in 1993.
Gibson's works are the "go to" books if one wants to see something alike to 2020-2077 cyberpunks.
Another vote from me too goes to Hardwired. It really nails it in showing us the rusty, dusty, wired and adrenaline pumped side of cyberpunk.
Altered Carbon was mentioned here too, which is not surprising given the Netflix serie's popularity. While the series (the first season) was good, the book of course is better. One should expect much more highflying scifi than in most other cyberpunk books though, as it goes waay further into future.
For anyone interested, there is a pretty decent writing that, among other interesting thoughts, mentions all the big players whom helped to shape the cyberpunk to what it is now. Each book from the authors mentioned are worth checking out:
Before cyberpunk received its definite label it was known under many other names. The first writers of the genre back in the 80s gave it…
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