If you loved Gully Foyle's fierce, single-minded pursuit of revenge and transformation in The Stars My Destination, you'll be captivated by Takeshi Kovacs in Altered Carbon. Like Gully, Kovacs is propelled by a burning mission—solving a murder in a society where death is no longer permanent—driving the narrative forward with relentless pacing and high stakes.

If Gully Foyle's unpredictable ethics and willingness to do whatever it takes fascinated you, Use of Weapons will keep you riveted. Cheradenine Zakalwe is as complex and morally gray as they come, and his actions—and the revelations about his past—are both shocking and thought-provoking.

If you enjoyed watching Gully's transformation from a vengeful everyman to something more, you'll be drawn to Case in Neuromancer. Case starts as a down-and-out hacker, but his journey through cyberspace and physical peril leads to profound personal change, echoing the intense character development that made The Stars My Destination unforgettable.

If it was the whirlwind pacing and frequent, shocking turns in The Stars My Destination that hooked you, Bester's own The Demolished Man is a perfect next read. The story leaps from one twist to the next as Ben Reich attempts the perfect crime in a society where telepaths can detect murder, keeping you guessing and breathless to the last page.

If you were enthralled by the dazzling, unpredictable revelations in The Stars My Destination, A Scanner Darkly will appeal to your love of narrative surprises. Bob Arctor's shifting identity and the book's wild story turns create that same sense of never knowing what's around the corner.