Books Like Mr. Robot: Hacker Thrillers and Cyber Conspiracies
If you liked the paranoia, the hacks and the sense that one keyboard can change a city, these books scratch the same itch. They start with a San Diego cybersecurity team hunting a hacker who wants to cripple cities around the world.
Digital Shadows in Californiaabout 2 hr 30 min
Cybersecurity thriller · about 145 pages (paperback) · by Mark Oliver
They stopped Virelli. Now a ghost called The Phantom wants every city at once.
The pick for Mr. Robot fans. Jennifer Johnson's elite cybersecurity team believes it has finally neutralized Virelli. Then a far bigger threat appears: a hacker known only as The Phantom, who plans to cripple cities around the world. From a rooftop operations center above San Diego's beaches, the team races to unmask an enemy who could be anyone, while allies turn and the clock runs down. In Kindle Unlimited.
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VEIL of BETRAYALabout 1 hr
Thriller / romantic suspense · novella, about 55 pages · by Mark Oliver
When your inner circle turns on you, who is left to trust?
For the corporate-conspiracy side: tech mogul Jett Johnson's life is upended by betrayal and a corporate conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of power. A novella, about 55 pages, in Kindle Unlimited.
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Veil of the 4th of Julyabout 2 hr 15 min
Christian suspense / political thriller · about 138 pages · by Mark Oliver
Fireworks over San Diego, and a cyberattack set to go off with them.
A cyberterrorist plans a devastating attack on San Diego, timed to Independence Day. In Kindle Unlimited.
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Veil of Eternityabout 1 hr
Sci-fi techno-thriller · novella, about 65 pages · by Mark Oliver
2072: the city's own infrastructure has a new master.
2072 in Pacific Heights: a self-replicating AI, unleashed by Lawrence Vendel, turns the city's infrastructure against its people. A novella, about 65 pages, in Kindle Unlimited.
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More hacker fiction and true hacking stories
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson: Lisbeth Salander, one of fiction's best-known hackers, helps a journalist dig into a decades-old disappearance.
- Daemon by Daniel Suarez: a dead game designer's program starts taking over the world.
- Little Brother by Cory Doctorow: a teen hacker fights back against surveillance in San Francisco.
- Neuromancer by William Gibson: the 1984 cyberpunk novel about hackers and AIs.
- Countdown to Zero Day by Kim Zetter: the story of Stuxnet, the computer worm that sabotaged physical equipment (nonfiction).
- Sandworm by Andy Greenberg: the hacking group behind attacks on Ukraine's power grid (nonfiction).
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