33 Books like The Circle

The Warehouse

by Rob Hart • 2019

A failed entrepreneur and a spy enter a company town where wristbands track every heartbeat.

3.84

15k+

🏢 Corporate Dystopia ⏳ Near-Future Thriller 🕵️ Corporate Espionage 📡 Surveillance Society ✊ Resistance Movement

The Warehouse 94%

A failed entrepreneur and a spy enter a company town where wristbands track every heartbeat.

by Rob Hart 2019

3.84

15k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Dystopia ⏳ Near-Future Thriller 🕵️ Corporate Espionage 📡 Surveillance Society ✊ Resistance Movement

Little Eyes

by Samanta Schweblin • 2020

A plush robot pet moves in, and a stranger somewhere is watching through its eyes.

3.58

26k+

🖥️ Near-Future Tech 🧩 Mosaic Narrative 👁️ Surveillance Society 📹 Digital Voyeurism 💻 Digital Intimacy

Little Eyes 93%

A plush robot pet moves in, and a stranger somewhere is watching through its eyes.

by Samanta Schweblin 2020

3.58

26k+ ratings

🖥️ Near-Future Tech 🧩 Mosaic Narrative 👁️ Surveillance Society 📹 Digital Voyeurism 💻 Digital Intimacy

A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan • 2010

A punk turned producer and his kleptomaniac assistant reckon with the thief that is time.

3.70

252k+

🕸️ Interconnected Stories 🔀 Nonlinear Narrative ⏳ Passage Of Time 🎸 Music Industry 🎶 Music And Memory

A Visit from the Goon Squad 93%

A punk turned producer and his kleptomaniac assistant reckon with the thief that is time.

by Jennifer Egan 2010

3.70

252k+ ratings

🕸️ Interconnected Stories 🔀 Nonlinear Narrative ⏳ Passage Of Time 🎸 Music Industry 🎶 Music And Memory

The Marriage Act

by John Marrs • 2023

The government rewards marriage with privilege. An AI decides who deserves to keep it.

3.79

50k+

👁️ Surveillance State 🇬🇧 Near Future Britain 🎭 Manufactured Reality 🏛️ Government Overreach 🔗 Interwoven Storylines

The Marriage Act 92%

The government rewards marriage with privilege. An AI decides who deserves to keep it.

by John Marrs 2023

3.79

50k+ ratings

👁️ Surveillance State 🇬🇧 Near Future Britain 🎭 Manufactured Reality 🏛️ Government Overreach 🔗 Interwoven Storylines

Hum

by Helen Phillips • 2024

A mother sells her face to AI for cash. Her children vanish into a watching city.

3.50

13k+

🤖 Near-Future Dystopia 👁️ Surveillance Society 🤱 Maternal Anxiety 😰 Child In Peril 📱 Viral Shaming

Hum 92%

A mother sells her face to AI for cash. Her children vanish into a watching city.

by Helen Phillips 2024

3.50

13k+ ratings

🤖 Near-Future Dystopia 👁️ Surveillance Society 🤱 Maternal Anxiety 😰 Child In Peril 📱 Viral Shaming

The Future

by Naomi Alderman • 2023

Three tech billionaires trust an AI to outrun the apocalypse. Their private island becomes a cage.

3.84

25k+

🤑 Tech Billionaire Satire 🏙️ Near Future Dystopia 📖 Literary Science Fiction 🏕️ Survivalist Enclave 🖤 Dark Satire

The Future 91%

Three tech billionaires trust an AI to outrun the apocalypse. Their private island becomes a cage.

by Naomi Alderman 2023

3.84

25k+ ratings

🤑 Tech Billionaire Satire 🏙️ Near Future Dystopia 📖 Literary Science Fiction 🏕️ Survivalist Enclave 🖤 Dark Satire

Void Star

by Zachary Mason • 2017

A translator's perfect memory makes her a target in a near-future city of favelas and rogue AI.

3.67

3k+

🌃 Literary Cyberpunk 🌆 Near-Future Dystopia 💾 Commodified Memory 🤖 AI Consciousness 👾 Rogue AI

Void Star 91%

A translator's perfect memory makes her a target in a near-future city of favelas and rogue AI.

by Zachary Mason 2017

3.67

3k+ ratings

🌃 Literary Cyberpunk 🌆 Near-Future Dystopia 💾 Commodified Memory 🤖 AI Consciousness 👾 Rogue AI

The Passengers

by John Marrs • 2019

Eight driverless cars are hijacked. A jury must vote on who lives while the world watches.

4.06

72k+

⚙️ Techno Thriller 💀 Death Game 🎭 Hidden Identities 📊 Social Ranking 💔 Deceptive Love Interest

The Passengers 91%

Eight driverless cars are hijacked. A jury must vote on who lives while the world watches.

by John Marrs 2019

4.06

72k+ ratings

⚙️ Techno Thriller 💀 Death Game 🎭 Hidden Identities 📊 Social Ranking 💔 Deceptive Love Interest

Artificial Wisdom

by Thomas R. Weaver • 2023

His wife was murdered and the AI running for world dictator knows who did it.

3.91

8k+

🌪️ Climate Thriller 🔮 Near-Future Dystopia 📰 Investigative Journalist 🎭 Manipulated Protagonist 🤖 Rogue AI

Artificial Wisdom 91%

His wife was murdered and the AI running for world dictator knows who did it.

by Thomas R. Weaver 2023

3.91

8k+ ratings

🌪️ Climate Thriller 🔮 Near-Future Dystopia 📰 Investigative Journalist 🎭 Manipulated Protagonist 🤖 Rogue AI

Ripe

by Sarah Rose Etter • 2023

Her only constant is a black hole. At a Silicon Valley startup, it begins to feed.

3.58

34k+

🖥️ Tech Dystopia 🏢 Corporate Alienation 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Trauma 🩺 Bodily Autonomy 💼 Toxic Workplace

Ripe 91%

Her only constant is a black hole. At a Silicon Valley startup, it begins to feed.

by Sarah Rose Etter 2023

3.58

34k+ ratings

🖥️ Tech Dystopia 🏢 Corporate Alienation 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Trauma 🩺 Bodily Autonomy 💼 Toxic Workplace

The Mandibles

by Lionel Shriver • 2016

The Mandibles waited decades for an inheritance that disappears the night America defaults.

3.71

12k+

🏚️ Economic Collapse 💸 Failed Inheritance 👁️ Surveillance State 📉 Generational Decline 🐌 Slow Apocalypse

The Mandibles 91%

The Mandibles waited decades for an inheritance that disappears the night America defaults.

by Lionel Shriver 2016

3.71

12k+ ratings

🏚️ Economic Collapse 💸 Failed Inheritance 👁️ Surveillance State 📉 Generational Decline 🐌 Slow Apocalypse

Radicalized

by Cory Doctorow • 2019

When her smart toaster bricks itself, a refugee discovers the whole building is a corporate jail.

4.03

8k+

🏙️ Near Future Dystopia 💻 Hacktivism 🧳 Refugee Resilience ✊ Youth-Led Resistance 🏢 Corporate Overreach

Radicalized 91%

When her smart toaster bricks itself, a refugee discovers the whole building is a corporate jail.

by Cory Doctorow 2019

4.03

8k+ ratings

🏙️ Near Future Dystopia 💻 Hacktivism 🧳 Refugee Resilience ✊ Youth-Led Resistance 🏢 Corporate Overreach

The Heart Goes Last

by Margaret Atwood • 2015

Homeless, they joined a town of monthly jail turns. An affair made them each other's inmates.

3.39

75k+

🎭 Dystopian Satire 🏚️ Near-Future Collapse 📹 Surveillance State 👥 Double Life 💋 Forbidden Desire

The Heart Goes Last 91%

Homeless, they joined a town of monthly jail turns. An affair made them each other's inmates.

by Margaret Atwood 2015

3.39

75k+ ratings

🎭 Dystopian Satire 🏚️ Near-Future Collapse 📹 Surveillance State 👥 Double Life 💋 Forbidden Desire

Feed

by M.T. Anderson • 2002

In a world where ads stream directly into minds, a boy meets a girl who resists.

3.55

68k+

🛒 Consumerist Dystopia 🏢 Corporate Satire 🧠 Brain Implants 💔 Tragic Romance 🏥 Terminal Illness

Feed 91%

In a world where ads stream directly into minds, a boy meets a girl who resists.

by M.T. Anderson 2002

3.55

68k+ ratings

🛒 Consumerist Dystopia 🏢 Corporate Satire 🧠 Brain Implants 💔 Tragic Romance 🏥 Terminal Illness

The Ferryman

by Justin Cronin • 2023

A ferryman of rebirth discovers paradise is a simulation. His dying father left the exit code.

3.92

42k+

🖥️ Simulated Reality 🏙️ Utopian Dystopia ⚔️ Rebellion Against System 🏝️ Isolated Archipelago 🚀 Space Colonization

The Ferryman 90%

A ferryman of rebirth discovers paradise is a simulation. His dying father left the exit code.

by Justin Cronin 2023

3.92

42k+ ratings

🖥️ Simulated Reality 🏙️ Utopian Dystopia ⚔️ Rebellion Against System 🏝️ Isolated Archipelago 🚀 Space Colonization

Company

by Max Barry • 2006

His new company has no clients and no product. Asking why is a firing offense.

3.76

7k+

🏢 Corporate Satire 🏭 Office Dystopia 🖤 Dark Comedy 🪴 Cubicle Life 📋 Kafkaesque Bureaucracy

Company 90%

His new company has no clients and no product. Asking why is a firing offense.

by Max Barry 2006

3.76

7k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Satire 🏭 Office Dystopia 🖤 Dark Comedy 🪴 Cubicle Life 📋 Kafkaesque Bureaucracy

Waste Tide

by Chen Qiufan • 2013

On an island of Chinese e-waste, a virus turns a migrant worker into a living network.

3.32

3k+

♻️ Eco-Cyberpunk 🧠 Networked Consciousness ✊ Class Uprising 🦠 Viral Transformation 🌃 Dark Near-Future

Waste Tide 90%

On an island of Chinese e-waste, a virus turns a migrant worker into a living network.

by Chen Qiufan 2013

3.32

3k+ ratings

♻️ Eco-Cyberpunk 🧠 Networked Consciousness ✊ Class Uprising 🦠 Viral Transformation 🌃 Dark Near-Future

Super-Cannes by J. G. Ballard

by J.G. Ballard • 2000

Above Cannes, a corporate paradise hides its last doctor's killing spree behind a wall of silence.

3.72

5k+

🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🏘️ Gated Community Horror 🔪 Sanctioned Violence 🩺 Clinical Horror 🌊 French Riviera

Super-Cannes by J. G. Ballard 90%

Above Cannes, a corporate paradise hides its last doctor's killing spree behind a wall of silence.

by J.G. Ballard 2000

3.72

5k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🏘️ Gated Community Horror 🔪 Sanctioned Violence 🩺 Clinical Horror 🌊 French Riviera

Freedom™

by Daniel Suarez • 2010

A rogue AI is dismantling global finance. One detective must prove humanity deserves to survive.

4.26

31k+

💻 Techno-Thriller 🤖 Rogue AI 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy ✊ Resistance Movement 💰 Economic Warfare

Freedom™ 90%

A rogue AI is dismantling global finance. One detective must prove humanity deserves to survive.

by Daniel Suarez 2010

4.26

31k+ ratings

💻 Techno-Thriller 🤖 Rogue AI 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy ✊ Resistance Movement 💰 Economic Warfare

The Family Experiment

by John Marrs • 2024

Eleven contestants raise AI children on a show where the losers watch their kids erased live.

4.03

63k+

🔮 Near-Future Thriller 📺 Deadly Reality Show 👶 Virtual Parenthood 🕵️ Conspiracy Revenge 💔 Parental Grief

The Family Experiment 90%

Eleven contestants raise AI children on a show where the losers watch their kids erased live.

by John Marrs 2024

4.03

63k+ ratings

🔮 Near-Future Thriller 📺 Deadly Reality Show 👶 Virtual Parenthood 🕵️ Conspiracy Revenge 💔 Parental Grief

The School for Good Mothers

by Jessamine Chan • 2022

Frida Liu's custody depends on convincing a doll and the cameras that she's a fit mother.

3.53

128k+

🤖 Dystopian Motherhood 📹 Surveillance State 🏫 Institutional Setting ⚖️ Motherhood On Trial 👩‍👩‍👧 Solidarity Among Women

The School for Good Mothers 90%

Frida Liu's custody depends on convincing a doll and the cameras that she's a fit mother.

by Jessamine Chan 2022

3.53

128k+ ratings

🤖 Dystopian Motherhood 📹 Surveillance State 🏫 Institutional Setting ⚖️ Motherhood On Trial 👩‍👩‍👧 Solidarity Among Women

Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits

by David Wong • 2015

A barista inherits a crime empire and becomes the star of a live murder show.

3.98

24k+

🤖 Cyberpunk Satire 🌆 Near-Future Dystopia 👑 Reluctant Heir 🤝 Found Family 😈 Dark Humor

Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits Summary

Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits 90%

A barista inherits a crime empire and becomes the star of a live murder show.

by David Wong 2015

3.98

24k+ ratings

🤖 Cyberpunk Satire 🌆 Near-Future Dystopia 👑 Reluctant Heir 🤝 Found Family 😈 Dark Humor

Cyberpunk 2077

by Rafał Kosik • 2023

In a city of corporate lies, a crew of outcasts steals a secret worth killing for.

3.51

5k+

🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 💻 High-Tech Heist 🫂 Found Family Crew 🧠 Questioned Memories 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy

Cyberpunk 2077 90%

In a city of corporate lies, a crew of outcasts steals a secret worth killing for.

by Rafał Kosik 2023

3.51

5k+ ratings

🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 💻 High-Tech Heist 🫂 Found Family Crew 🧠 Questioned Memories 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy

Gliff

by Ali Smith • 2024

Branded disposable, two siblings hide in an abandoned school where a horse becomes their rebellion.

3.89

10k+

🏚️ Literary Dystopia 👫 Sibling Bond 🫂 Found Family 📡 Surveillance State 🐴 Horse Companion

Gliff 89%

Branded disposable, two siblings hide in an abandoned school where a horse becomes their rebellion.

by Ali Smith 2024

3.89

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Literary Dystopia 👫 Sibling Bond 🫂 Found Family 📡 Surveillance State 🐴 Horse Companion

Pattern Recognition

by William Gibson • 2003

Allergic to logos, a consultant is hired to trace eerie film fragments, then the break-ins begin.

3.88

53k+

🖥️ Internet Mystery 🕵️ Corporate Espionage 🏙️ Post-9/11 Grief 😶 Reluctant Investigator 👁️ Paranoid Thriller

Pattern Recognition 89%

Allergic to logos, a consultant is hired to trace eerie film fragments, then the break-ins begin.

by William Gibson 2003

3.88

53k+ ratings

🖥️ Internet Mystery 🕵️ Corporate Espionage 🏙️ Post-9/11 Grief 😶 Reluctant Investigator 👁️ Paranoid Thriller

The Sudden Appearance of Hope

by Claire North • 2016

Forgotten by all, Hope steals a diamond. Her real target: the empire that killed her friend.

3.64

12k+

🫥 Invisible Woman 🤖 Algorithmic Control 💎 Heist Thriller 😶 Existential Loneliness 🏙️ Near Future Thriller

The Sudden Appearance of Hope 89%

Forgotten by all, Hope steals a diamond. Her real target: the empire that killed her friend.

by Claire North 2016

3.64

12k+ ratings

🫥 Invisible Woman 🤖 Algorithmic Control 💎 Heist Thriller 😶 Existential Loneliness 🏙️ Near Future Thriller

The Merge

by Grace Walker • 2025

To save her mother, a skeptic fuses their minds. The clinic's healing is a slow vanishing.

3.69

7k+

📖 Literary Dystopia 🏥 Medical Dystopia 🧩 Memory Manipulation 🫥 Identity Erasure 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

The Merge 89%

To save her mother, a skeptic fuses their minds. The clinic's healing is a slow vanishing.

by Grace Walker 2025

3.69

7k+ ratings

📖 Literary Dystopia 🏥 Medical Dystopia 🧩 Memory Manipulation 🫥 Identity Erasure 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

Neuromancer

by William Gibson • 1984

A broken hacker is hired to crack an AI, only to learn the AI hired him.

3.89

369k+

💻 Cyberpunk 🦾 Cybernetic Enhancements 🤖 Ai Manipulation 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🌃 Noir Atmosphere

Neuromancer 89%

A broken hacker is hired to crack an AI, only to learn the AI hired him.

by William Gibson 1984

3.89

369k+ ratings

💻 Cyberpunk 🦾 Cybernetic Enhancements 🤖 Ai Manipulation 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🌃 Noir Atmosphere

Acide sulfurique

by Amélie Nothomb • 2005

A student is dragged into a reality-TV death camp where the audience decides who is killed.

3.57

13k+

📺 Dystopian Reality Tv 🏷️ Power Of Names 🔄 Villain Redemption 🤝 Prisoner Solidarity 🖤 Bleak Satire

Acide sulfurique 89%

A student is dragged into a reality-TV death camp where the audience decides who is killed.

by Amélie Nothomb 2005

3.57

13k+ ratings

📺 Dystopian Reality Tv 🏷️ Power Of Names 🔄 Villain Redemption 🤝 Prisoner Solidarity 🖤 Bleak Satire

2054

by Elliot Ackerman • 2024

An impossible wound in a dead president's heart pushes a fractured America toward civil war.

3.43

3k+

⏳ Near-Future Thriller 🧠 Uploaded Consciousness 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🤖 Sentient AI 🇺🇸 Fractured America

2054 89%

An impossible wound in a dead president's heart pushes a fractured America toward civil war.

by Elliot Ackerman 2024

3.43

3k+ ratings

⏳ Near-Future Thriller 🧠 Uploaded Consciousness 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🤖 Sentient AI 🇺🇸 Fractured America

Snow Crash

by Neal Stephenson • 1992

In a franchise-run America, a hacker discovers a brain-melting virus born from an ancient language.

4.01

300k+

🖥️ Cyberpunk 🦠 Language As Virus 🌐 Virtual Reality 🏢 Corporate Dystopia ⚡ High-Octane Action

Snow Crash 89%

In a franchise-run America, a hacker discovers a brain-melting virus born from an ancient language.

by Neal Stephenson 1992

4.01

300k+ ratings

🖥️ Cyberpunk 🦠 Language As Virus 🌐 Virtual Reality 🏢 Corporate Dystopia ⚡ High-Octane Action

All That We See or Seem

by Ken Liu • 2025

A reclusive hacker hunts for a missing dream artist and uncovers an empire of stolen identity.

3.53

3k+

🖤 Tech Noir 💻 Hacker Protagonist 🫂 Found Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔍 Missing Person Case

All That We See or Seem 89%

A reclusive hacker hunts for a missing dream artist and uncovers an empire of stolen identity.

by Ken Liu 2025

3.53

3k+ ratings

🖤 Tech Noir 💻 Hacker Protagonist 🫂 Found Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔍 Missing Person Case

Change Agent

by Daniel Suarez • 2017

An Interpol analyst wakes as the cartel boss he's chasing. His colleagues now hunt him.

3.98

8k+

🧪 Biopunk Thriller 🪞 Identity Erasure 🏃 Framed And Hunted 👁️ Surveillance State 🐍 Cartel Conspiracy

Change Agent 89%

An Interpol analyst wakes as the cartel boss he's chasing. His colleagues now hunt him.

by Daniel Suarez 2017

3.98

8k+ ratings

🧪 Biopunk Thriller 🪞 Identity Erasure 🏃 Framed And Hunted 👁️ Surveillance State 🐍 Cartel Conspiracy

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