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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

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?

‘A compelling story of power, consent and control’ GRAZIA

‘A smart dive into big questions about identity, autonomy and power… packs an impressive punch’ THE TIMES, Book of the Month

Publisher Review

‘Witty, wicked, and weirdly addictive’ LIONEL SHRIVER

‘Such a compelling read. Memorable, emotive, weird-in-a-good way’ NIAMH HARGAN

‘A brilliant and enraging exploration of ownership and love, and the way our creations have of growing far beyond us. Sierra Greer raises questions as current and pressing as our present-day anxieties about AI, and as ageless and enormous as the territory of Mary Shelley, about what constitutes humanity and what we owe to each other. Annie is a glorious creation – and self-creation – and I will never forget her, or this sharp and astonishing book’ CLARE BEAMS, author of The Illness Lesson

‘What is love without autonomy? Honesty when one partner’s sole desire is to please? Sierra Greer’s riveting debut sketches an intimate and unsettling portrait of relationship power dynamics in a near-future when humans own conscious AI companions. A timely and provocative exploration of power and romantic relationships that will stay with you long after you finish the last page, Annie Bot probes the depths of identity and intimacy and asks what it means to recognize the humanity in others and in ourselves. Sierra Greer is a fierce new voice in speculative fiction’ LAUREN NOSSETT, award-winning author of The Resemblance

‘Haunting and achingly luminous, Annie Bot is a powerful manifesto for the radical discomfort and necessity of pleasing and living for yourself. Greer brilliantly shows us the futility of relationships when one person is deemed inferior, examines the ways men and women socialize one another, and raises questions about whether the contours of love and womanhood are actually captivity. I fell in love with Annie Bot, one of the realest women I have ever encountered’ LING LING HUANG, author of Natural Beauty

‘Reminiscent of Gone Girl in places and Barbie in others… so clever, nuanced and layered that one reading doesn’t do it justice’ ROSIE HANNIGAN