2023 DCL Reading Challenge: Book Featuring a Robot/AI

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All-new challenge items to inspire you to read more and have fun! Read any of the titles on this list to get a step closer to finishing our 2023 challenge and winning a prize. All-new challenge items to inspire you to read more and have fun! Read any of the titles on this list to get a step closer to finishing our 2023 challenge and winning a prize. Show less

I, Robot

by Asimov, Isaac

Book - 2004

Whether it’s the book itself or the movie based on the book, "I, Robot" defines the changing relationship between man and robot, as the intelligence of the created begins to surpass that of the creator. Whether it’s the book itself or the movie based on the book, "I, Robot" defines the changing relationship between man and robot, as the intelligence of the created begins to surpass that of the creator. Show less

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All Systems Red

by Wells, Martha

Book - 2017

The first of the Murderbot Diaries focuses on a security droid who has hacked its own governor module and developed a personality all its own. The first of the Murderbot Diaries focuses on a security droid who has hacked its own governor module and developed a personality all its own. Show less

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

by Dick, Philip K.

Book - 1996

Philip K. Dick’s award-winning vision of a post-apocalyptic world served as the basis for the film "Blade Runner." Philip K. Dick’s award-winning vision of a post-apocalyptic world served as the basis for the film "Blade Runner." Show less

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Sleeping Giants

by Neuvel, Sylvain

Book - 2016

The first installment of the Themis Files begins with a young girl riding her bike and falling into a hole near her house in South Dakota, coming to rest in the palm of a giant metal hand. The first installment of the Themis Files begins with a young girl riding her bike and falling into a hole near her house in South Dakota, coming to rest in the palm of a giant metal hand. Show less

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Set My Heart to Five

A Novel

by Stephenson, Simon

Book - 2020

A delightfully entertaining, deceptively poignant debut novel about a humanlike bot named Jared whose emotional awakening leads him on an unforgettable quest for connection, belonging, and possibly even true love. A delightfully entertaining, deceptively poignant debut novel about a humanlike bot named Jared whose emotional awakening leads him on an unforgettable quest for connection, belonging, and possibly even true love. Show less

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Klara and the Sun

by Ishiguro, Kazuo

Book - 2021

Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly changing modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: What does it mean to love? Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly changing modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: What does it mean to love? Show less

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Robopocalypse

by Wilson, Daniel H.

eBook - 2011

A brilliantly conceived action-filled epic. A terrifying story with heart-stopping implications for the real technology all around us, and an entertaining and engaging thriller unlike anything else written in years. A brilliantly conceived action-filled epic. A terrifying story with heart-stopping implications for the real technology all around us, and an entertaining and engaging thriller unlike anything else written in years. Show less

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Westworld

DVD - 2010

Both the 1973 movie (written and directed by Michael Crichton) and the more recent HBO series are based on the premise of a robotic theme park gone awry, but the two approaches, and conclusions, are very different. Both the 1973 movie (written and directed by Michael Crichton) and the more recent HBO series are based on the premise of a robotic theme park gone awry, but the two approaches, and conclusions, are very different. Show less

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Day Zero

A Novel

by Cargill, C. Robert

Book - 2021

In this apocalyptic adventure, C. Robert Cargill explores the fight for purpose and agency between humans and robots in a crumbling world. In this apocalyptic adventure, C. Robert Cargill explores the fight for purpose and agency between humans and robots in a crumbling world. Show less

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The Infinity Courts

by Bowman, Akemi Dawn

Book - 2021

The first book in a young adult trilogy about a teen girl navigating an afterlife in which she must defeat an AI entity intent on destroying humanity. The first book in a young adult trilogy about a teen girl navigating an afterlife in which she must defeat an AI entity intent on destroying humanity. Show less

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