by Dave Eggers · 2013
Mae Holland lands a coveted job at the Circle, a Silicon Valley tech company that has absorbed nearly every online service into one all-seeing platform. As she rises through the ranks, she embraces the company's ideology that total transparency and constant connection will perfect society, even as cameras spread everywhere and privacy disappears. The novel follows her transformation from eager new hire to true believer, tracing the human costs of a culture built on the slogans that secrets are lies and sharing is caring.