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Culpability: A Novel

Culpability: A Novel

Author:
Bruce Holsinger
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53
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20
Release Date
July 8, 2025
Duration
10 hours 21 minutes
Summary
Oprah’s Book Club Pick * New Yorker Best Books of 2025 * 2026 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist * Kirkus Best Books of 2025 * Real Simple Best Books of 2025 * Washington Post Noteable Fiction 2025 * NPR's 2025 'Books We Love' * Minnesota Star Tribune 20 Best of 2025 *


“I was riveted until the very last shocking sentence!”—Oprah Winfrey


Set at a summer rental on the Chesapeake Bay, a riveting family drama about moral responsibility in the age of artificial intelligence.


When the Cassidy-Shaws’ autonomous minivan collides with an oncoming car, seventeen-year-old Charlie is in the driver’s seat, with his father, Noah, riding shotgun. In the back seat, tweens Alice and Izzy are on their phones, while their mother, Lorelei, a world leader in the field of artificial intelligence, is absorbed in her work. Yet each family member harbors a secret that implicates them in the accident.


During a weeklong recuperation on the Chesapeake Bay, the family confronts the excruciating moral dilemmas triggered by the crash. Noah tries to hold the family together as a seemingly routine police investigation jeopardizes Charlie’s future. Alice and Izzy turn strangely furtive. And Lorelei’s odd behavior tugs at Noah’s suspicions that there is a darker truth behind the incident—suspicions heightened by the sudden intrusion of Daniel Monet, a tech mogul whose mysterious history with Lorelei hints at betrayal. When Charlie falls for Monet’s teenaged daughter, the stakes are raised even higher in this propulsive family drama that is also a fascinating exploration of the moral responsibility and ethical consequences of AI.


Culpability explores a world newly shaped by chatbots, autonomous cars, drones, and other nonhuman forces in ways that are thrilling, challenging, and unimaginably provocative.
Reviews
Profile Avatar Anonymous Oct 2025

Compelling topic!

Profile Avatar Alliea Jan 2026

I was engaged until the end. This book had the rare quality of keeping me compelled with the story while really making me think about important ethical questions. Very on point with AI questions.

Profile Avatar Abera A. Sep 2025

Excellent

Profile Avatar Anonymous Sep 2025

Fantastic!

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