Willful Machines

One may need to be 18 to vote in the United States, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t lots of ways for minors to get involved in politics. Whether they’re diving into that complicated world of their own volition, or thrust into it by parents with political ambitions, the teens in these books are all in the […]

At this point in humanity’s evolution, the notion of artificial intelligence becoming part of our daily lives is not a question of if, but when. The Singularity—in which said machines unite to overthrow their human overlords—is a “hopefully not,” but fiction already has us well prepared for that contingency. These books, taking place on futuristic […]

You know those pictures of people reading quietly at a coffeehouse or in a cute reading nook? The reader looks so serene, enjoying a nice story, maybe with a mug of tea or coffee to the side. Lies, all lies! While to the public’s eye, we readers may be the image of peaceful, every reader […]

I happen to love all subgenres of contemporary, but there’s a special place in my heart for the stuff that gets your blood pumping, head spinning, and your fingers turning pages so fast, you’d feel the sting of a hundred paper cuts if you weren’t so focused on needing to know what comes next and […]