The internet has never been more integral to the way we communicate and consume information. We’re all online all of the time: reading the news, working, finding love, connecting with friends, and more. These novels explore our relationship to the world wide web and how it is constantly evolving.

Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler 

Ending her relationship with a man who she discovers is a popular anonymous internet conspiracy theorist, a woman activist travels from Washington, DC, to Berlin, where she struggles with increasingly manipulative dynamics in her online, business, and social circles.

 

 

 

 

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

Elevated to prominence for her social media posts, a woman begins suffering from existential anxieties while learning the languages, customs and fears of her fans throughout the world, before an urgent text from home transforms her virtual perspectives.

 

 

 

 

Tweet Cute by Emma Lord 

A reimagining of You’ve Got Mail follows the unlikely romance between an overachiever from a successful family and the class clown, who exchange snarky tweets that escalate into a viral Twitter war.

 

 

 

 

The Circle by Dave Eggers

Hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful Internet company, Mae Holland begins to questions her luck as life beyond her job grows distant, a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, and her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. 

 

 

 

 

New Waves by Kevin Nguyen

Fed up with discriminating bosses, an Asian-American customer service representative and a talented African-American programmer conspire to steal their employer’s user database before an unexpected setback exposes a secret double life.

 

 

 

 

 

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