If you enjoyed how Tea from an Empty Cup plunges you into a neon-lit, immersive virtual world full of hackers and shifting digital realities, you'll love Snow Crash. Hiro Protagonist's adventures through the Metaverse, the satirical take on future tech, and the razor-sharp worldbuilding will feel right at home for fans of Cadigan's cyberspace.

If you were drawn to the way Tea from an Empty Cup uses virtual reality to examine social identity and cultural constructs, Melissa Scott's Trouble and Her Friends will absolutely resonate with you. Follow Trouble and Cerise as they navigate cyberpunk underworlds, grappling with questions of selfhood, gender, and belonging in a future shaped by online existence.

If you loved the grim tone and complicated, flawed characters like Yuki in Tea from an Empty Cup, you'll be hooked by Takeshi Kovacs in Altered Carbon. The story dives deep into a corrupt, violent world where nobody is truly innocent and everyone has something to hide.

If what drew you to Tea from an Empty Cup was the way it explored characters’ inner landscapes and blurred the line between physical and digital realities, Synners (also by Cadigan) takes that even further. You'll find yourself fascinated by the characters’ mental journeys as much as by the cybernetic tech.

If you appreciated the diverse cast and cultural layers in Tea from an Empty Cup, you'll be moved by China Mountain Zhang. McHugh’s near-future vision centers queer and non-Western voices, offering a deeply human look at identity, belonging, and survival in a transformed world.