Creepy, Fem, & Dystopian Reads for Spooky Season
Looking for books about artificial intelligence, digital obsession, manufactured perfection, and futures that feel a little too close to home?!?! There’s something fascinating about the intersection of femininity, technology, and dystopia, and the idea that technology may know you or predict your life better than yourself!
This book list captures authors who write about the lines between human and artificial blurring!
Fetal Position by Caro Claire Burke: A darkly dystopian look at motherhood, bodily autonomy, and the unsettling systems that shape women's lives.
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer: An AI companion is designed to be the perfect girlfriend, programmed to satisfy her owner's every desire. But as Annie develops a mind of her own, the fantasy of a perfectly obedient woman begins to unravel.
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke: A tradwife influencer's picture-perfect online world hides a carefully manufactured reality of curated femininity and domestic bliss.
Fallow by Sarah Anderson: In a world where pregnancy becomes a corporate service, one woman signs a contract to become a professional surrogate. What begins as financial security spirals into a chilling exploration of capitalism, bodily autonomy, and the commodification of women.
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro: Klara is an artificial friend designed to keep a lonely child company in a future shaped by advanced technology and genetic engineering. Through her observant perspective, the novel asks whether a machine can understand love.
The Mother Code by Carole Stivers: After a biological catastrophe threatens humanity, scientists entrust genetically engineered children to robots powered by maternal AI. As the machines develop unexpected bonds with their children, the line between artificial intelligence and motherhood begins to blur.
