Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Feedback Loop | 2015 | Harmon Cooper | Buy |
| 2 | Steampunk is Dead | 2015 | Harmon Cooper | Buy |
| 3 | High Fantasy | 2015 | Harmon Cooper | Buy |
| 4 | Reapers and Repercussions | 2016 | Harmon Cooper | Buy |
| 5 | The Mechanical Heart | 2017 | Harmon Cooper | Buy |
| 6 | Cyber Noir Redux | 2017 | Harmon Cooper | Buy |
| 7 | Proxima Riven | 2017 | Harmon Cooper | Buy |
| 8 | Apotheosis Boom | 2018 | Harmon Cooper | Buy |
The Feedback Loop was one of Harmon Cooper’s earliest and most genre-defining series. Eight books published between 2015 and 2018 follow a protagonist trapped in a virtual reality loop that changes genre with each installment — from cyberpunk to steampunk to high fantasy. The series helped establish Cooper in the LitRPG space with its playful approach to genre conventions and VR storytelling.
Each book takes on a different flavor while maintaining the central loop mechanic, making the series both a continuous narrative and a showcase of different speculative fiction genres.