While there are many courses and tutorials online, learning from a book is still one of the best ways to greatly improve your skills. Below I have selected top Neal Stephenson books.
- Cryptonomicon (2000)
- Reamde: A Novel (2012)
- Anathem (2009)
- Snow Crash (2000)
- Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) (2004)
- The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.: A Novel (2018)
- The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 2) (2005)
- The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book) (2000)
- The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3) (2005)
- Zodiac (2007)
- In the Beginning…was the Command Line (1999)
Cryptonomicon (2000)
With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epoch-making masterpiece, Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that shaped this century.In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse—mathematical genius and young Captain in the U.S. Navy—is assigned to detachment 2702.
Reamde: A Novel (2012)
“Stephenson has a once-in-a-generation gift: he makes complex ideas clear, and he makes them funny, heartbreaking, and thrilling.”—TimeThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Neal Stephenson is continually rocking the literary world with his brazen and brilliant fictional creations—whether he’s reimagining the past (The Baroque Cycle), inventing the future (Snow Crash), or both (Cryptonomicon).
Anathem (2009)
A #1 New York Times Bestseller, Anathem is perhaps the most brilliant literary invention to date from the incomparable Neal Stephenson, who rocked the world with Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, and The Baroque Cycle.
Snow Crash (2000)
Only once in a great while does a writer come along who defies comparison—a writer so original he redefines the way we look at the world. Neal Stephenson is such a writer and Snow Crash is such a novel, weaving virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and just about everything in between with a cool, hip cybersensibility to bring us the gigathriller of the information age.
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) (2004)
Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight.It is a chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of “Half-Cocked Jack” Shaftoe — London stree…
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.: A Novel (2018)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist!B&N Editor’s Pick – Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2017 From bestselling author Neal Stephenson and critically acclaimed novelist Nicole Galland comes a captivating and complex near-future thriller combining history, science, magic, mystery, intrigue, and adventure that questions the very foundations of the modern world.When Melisande Stokes, an expert in linguistics and languages, accidently meets military intelli…
The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 2) (2005)
In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves — including one Jack Shaftoe, aka King of the Vagabonds, aka Half-Cocked Jack — devises a daring plan to win freedom and fortune. A great adventure ensues — a perilous race for an enormous prize of silver nay, gold nay, legendary gold.In Europe, the exquisite and resourceful Eliza, Countess de la Zeur, is stripped of her immense personal fortune by France’s most dashing privateer.
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book) (2000)
Decades into our future, a stone’s throw from the ancient city of Shanghai, a brilliant nanotechnologist named John Percival Hackworth has just broken the rigorous moral code of his tribe, the powerful neo-Victorians.
The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3) (2005)
England, 1714. London has long been home to a secret war between the brilliant, enigmatic Master of the Mint and closet alchemist, Isaac Newton, and his archnemesis, the insidious counterfeiter Jack the Coiner.
Zodiac (2007)
Zodiac, the brilliant second novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the The Baroque Cycle and Snow Crash, is now available from Grove Press. Meet Sangamon Taylor, a New Age Sam Spade who sports a wet suit instead of a trench coat and prefers Jolt from the can to Scotch on the rocks. He knows about chemical sludge the way he knows about evil—all too intimately.
In the Beginning…was the Command Line (1999)
This is “the Word” — one man’s word, certainly — about the art (and artifice) of the state of our computer-centric existence.
Best Neal Stephenson Books You Should Read
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Fall; Or, Dodge in Hell
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
ID: 2395100, Publisher: William Morrow, Year: 2019, Size: 2 Mb, Format: epub
Seveneves
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
ID: 1353015, Publisher: The Borough Press, Year: 2015, Size: 1013 Kb, Format: epub
Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity
Author(s): David Foster Wallace, Neal Stephenson
ID: 1399067, Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Year: 2010, Size: 2 Mb, Format: epub
Please note that this booklist is not absolute. Some books are absolutely chart-busters according to The Wall Street Journal, others are composed by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant resources you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.