If you were fascinated by the nanotechnology and artificial intelligence in The Diamond Age, you'll love Permutation City. Egan takes digital consciousness and self-replicating simulations to mind-bending extremes, exploring how reality itself can be engineered. The story follows Paul Durham and Maria Deluca as they navigate a world where consciousness can be copied and the lines between virtual and real blur in scientifically rigorous ways.

Did you enjoy the deep dive into the intricacies of Neo-Victorian society and the broader worldbuilding of The Diamond Age? River of Gods thrusts you into a vividly realized 2047 India, with AI, climate crisis, and political intrigue shaping a tapestry of intersecting lives. The novel’s world is as immersive and multifaceted as Stephenson’s, full of rich cultural detail and technological speculation.

If the philosophical questions about education, society, and technology in The Diamond Age spoke to you, The Dispossessed offers a profound exploration of utopian and anarchist ideals. Follow Shevek as he challenges both his home world’s collectivist culture and the capitalist society next door, wrestling with the same kind of deep, systemic questions that animate Stephenson’s work.

Were you intrigued by Nell, Miranda, and the other complicated figures whose choices drive The Diamond Age? The Windup Girl introduces you to Anderson Lake, Emiko, and other flawed, fascinating characters making tough decisions in a biotech-dominated future Thailand. Their personal struggles and questionable ethics echo the moral complexity that made Stephenson’s characters so compelling.

If you appreciated how The Diamond Age uses technology to interrogate class, gender, and culture, you’ll be swept up by The Left Hand of Darkness. Genly Ai’s journey to the planet Gethen forces him to navigate a society with radically different norms of gender and relationships, blending speculative technology with subtle, far-reaching social commentary.