The Circle is a novel by Dave Eggers that follows Mae Holland as she is hired by the powerful tech company The Circle. The Circle links all of users' personal information into a single online identity and operating system. Mae is thrilled by the modern campus and perks of the job. However, as her role at The Circle grows more public, she has a strange encounter with a colleague that shakes her. The novel becomes a suspenseful tale raising questions about privacy, democracy, and the limits of knowledge as life outside the campus grows distant for Mae.