Books like The Circle

The Circle by Dave Eggers reads as satirical, cautionary. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell

Both explore surveillance

60% genome match

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley · 1932

Both explore dystopia & technology

83% genome match

Válka s mloky

Karel Čapek · 1936

Both explore technology

66% genome match

The millennium

Upton Sinclair · 1924

Both explore dystopia

67% genome match

The Heart Goes Last

Margaret Atwood

Same sci-fi feel

63% genome match

1984 (adaptation)

Michael Dean · 2003

Both explore surveillance

58% genome match

The Bachman Books (Long Walk / Rage / Roadwork / Running Man)

Stephen King · 1985

Both explore dystopia

57% genome match

QualityLand

Marc-Uwe Kling · 2017

Both explore dystopia

60% genome match

The Starchild Trilogy

Frederik Pohl · 1963

Both explore dystopia

60% genome match

Erewhon

Samuel Butler · 1700

Both explore technology

59% genome match

The war in the air

H. G. Wells · 1908

Same sci-fi feel

58% genome match

The Children of Men

P. D. James

Same sci-fi feel

56% genome match