Annie Bot: A gripping new story of AI and consent – 'Barbie for girls who like Aphex Twin' – SHEENA PATEL

April 2024 Indie Next Pick Book of the Month Selection Esquire pick for “The Best Books of 2024 (so far)” Amazon Editors’ “Best of March” Pick Audible Best of the Month The Guardian Science Fiction Book of the Month The Times Book of the Month Named One of the “Most Anticipated Novels” of 2024 by Goodreads and Reader’s Digest She's human in every way that matters. Annie is the perfect girlfriend. She has dinner ready for Doug every night, wears the outfits he buys for her, and caters to his every sexual whim. Maybe her cleaning isn’t always good enough, but she’s trying really hard. She was designed that way, after all. Because Annie is a robot. But what happens when she starts to rebel against her stifled existence and imagine the impossible – a life without Doug? ‘Intense, compelling’ GUARDIAN 'Barbie for girls who like Aphex Twin' SHEENA PATEL 'An exquisitely written, empathetic novel that asks what it really means to be human’ RED ‘A smart dive into big questions about identity, autonomy and power… packs an impressive punch’ THE TIMES, Book of the Month ‘Slyly profound… gripping’ NEW YORK TIMES 'A Frankenstein for the digital age' ESQUIRE 'A compelling story of power, consent and control in the age of AI’ GRAZIA Annie, the best of her kind, begins to question her existence and the new feelings that are emerging within her. She starts to explore the concept of autonomy, a top subject in the realm of AI ethics. nan HarperCollins 2024