Where to Start with Neal Stephenson
- Best entry point → Cryptonomicon
- Best standalone → Seveneves
- Start The Baroque Cycle #1–3 series → Quicksilver
- What readers keep coming back to → Snow Crash
- Highest rated by readers → The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle #6–8 #8)
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The System of the World
The Baroque Cycle #6–8 • Book 8
★ 4.49 BLT Score (24.6K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (24.6K) - 2
The Confusion
The Baroque Cycle #4–5 • Book 4
★ 4.36 BLT Score (25.3K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (25.3K) - 3
Currency (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3, Book 2)
The Baroque Cycle (8 volume) • Book 7
★ 4.26 BLT Score (1.3K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (1.3K) - 4
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Solomon's Gold (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3, Book 1)
The Baroque Cycle (8 volume) • Book 6
★ 4.20 BLT Score (1.2K ratings)★ 4.32 Goodreads (1.2K) - 6
Quicksilver; King Of the Vagabonds; Odalisque (The Baroque Cycle Trilogy)
The Baroque Cycle #1–3 • Book 3
★ 4.12 BLT Score (46.7K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (46.7K) - 7
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The Mongoliad: The Foreworld Saga
Mongoliad • Book 3
by Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo, Nicole Galland, Erik Bear, Joseph Brassey, Cooper Moo
★ 3.82 BLT Score (0 ratings) - 12
Quicksilver
The Baroque Cycle #1–3 • Book 1
★ 3.59 BLT Score (46.7K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (46.7K)
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