Reading Lists

Novels about being watched, scored and decided about. Every list is hand-picked, with spoiler-free setups and honest notes on tone and content. Where one of my own books fits, I include it and say so.

// Tech & corporate surveillance

Books Like The Circle: 12 Surveillance Thrillers

Novels about tech companies, data and the price of transparency, from The Every and The Warehouse to Zed and The Candy House.

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// Surveillance horror

Surveillance Horror: 12 Books About Being Watched

Unsettling novels about cameras, algorithms and systems that watch back, from HEX and Little Eyes to The Memory Police.

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