Robot Overlords

A selection of books that fit each month's Robot Overlords theme.

Updated September 12, 2023
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Soulless
Carriger, Gail.
Paper Book
Buffy meets Jane Austen in the first book of this wickedly funny NYT bestselling series about a young woman whose brush with the supernatural leads to a deadly investigation of London's high society. Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations....
Leviathan
Westerfeld, Scott.
Paper Book
It is the cusp of World War I, and all the European powers are arming up. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ fabricated animals as their weaponry. Their Leviathan is a whale airship,...
Clockwork angel
Clare, Cassandra.
Paper Book
Magic is dangerous--but love is more dangerous still. Discover the "compulsively readable" (Booklist) first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy, prequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series! Clockwork Angel is a...
The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures
Selznick, Brian.
Paper Book
Don't miss Selznick's other novels in words and pictures, Wonderstruck and The Marvels, which together with The Invention of Hugo Cabret, form an extraordinary thematic trilogy!2008 Caldecott Medal winnerThe groundbreaking debut novel from bookmaking pioneer, Brian Selznick!<...
Fever Crumb
Reeve, Philip.
Paper Book
A stunning, new novel by master storyteller Philip Reeve. Fever Crumb is a girl who has been adopted and raised by Dr. Crumb, a member of the order of Engineers, where she serves as apprentice. In a time and place where women are not seen as reasonable creatures, Fever is an...
The Rithmatist
Sanderson, Brandon.
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson: his debut novel for the young adult audience More than anything, Joel wants to be a Rithmatist. Chosen by the Master in a mysterious inception ceremony, Rithmatists have the power to infuse life into two-dimensional...
The map of time : a novel
Palma, Félix J.
Paper Book
Published to massive acclaim in Spain, FÉlix J. Palma’s rollicking page-turner boasts a cast of real and imagined literary characters and cunning intertwined plots, as a skeptical H.G. Wells becomes a time-traveling investigator in Victorian London. Jack the Ripper, Allan Quartermain...
Steampunk
VanderMeer, Ann.
Paper Book
What is Steampunk? Steampunk is Victorian elegance and modern technology: steam-driven robots and space-faring zeppelins fueled by gaslight romance and mad scientists. Steampunk is trim corsets and brass goggles; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Wizard of Oz, and The Golden Compass....
The bone season
Shannon, Samantha, 1991- author.
Paper Book
TheNew York Times bestselling first novel in the Bone Season series, an epic fantasy about a young woman fighting to use her powers and stay alive in an England entirely different from our own. In 2059, Scion has taken over most of the world's cities, promising safety...
Clockwork lives
Anderson, Kevin J., 1962- author.
Paper Book
In Clockwork Angels, Kevin J. Anderson and Rush drummer Neil Peart created a steampunk world to accompany the Rush album of the same name. Now they return to the world they created. Marinda Peake leads a quiet life; she gave up on her ambitions to take care of her ailing alchemist father. When he...
The dark volume
Dahlquist, Gordon.
Paper Book
Gordon Dahlquist transfixed readers across the world with his dazzling literary debut, the epic Victorian taleThe Glass Books of the Dream Eaters.Now the internationally bestselling author continues an adventure like no other, featuring three heroes you will never forget. Awakening from a fevered...
A master of djinn
Clark, P. Djèlí
Paper Book
Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark goes full-length for the first time in his dazzling debut novel, A Master of Djinn. Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha'arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural...
The lost future of Pepperharrow
Pulley, Natasha
Paper Book
Natasha Pulley's Watchmaker of Filigree Street captivated readers with its charming blend of historical fiction, fantasy, and steampunk. Now, Pulley revisits her beloved characters in a sequel that sweeps readers off to Japan in the 1880s, where nationalism is on the rise and ghosts...
Lotus Blue
Sparks, Cat
Paper Book
"Imaginative and richly rendered . . . Sparks frames all of this in haunting, near-poetic detail, such that the readers can smell the toxic red sand and perhaps taste the blood. Recommended for people who crave fresh post-apocalypse chaos--because Sparks's post-apocalyptic chaos is pretty fresh,...
The bones of ruin
Raughley, Sarah
Paper Book
An African tightrope walker who can't die gets embroiled in a secret society's deadly gladiatorial tournament in this "bloodily spectacular" (Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights) historical fantasy set in an alternate 1880s London, perfect for...
The invisible library
Cogman, Genevieve
Paper Book
Collecting books can be a dangerous prospect in this fun, time-traveling, fantasy adventure--the first in the Invisible Library series!   One thing any Librarian will tell you: the truth is much stranger than fiction...   Irene is a professional...
Cinder
Meyer, Marissa.
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times Bestselling Series! Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . ....
The watchmaker of Filigree Street
Pulley, Natasha
Paper Book
For readers of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an enchanting, bestselling novel that sweeps readers into a magical Victorian London inhabited by a clockwork octopus and a mysterious watchmaker who is not at all what he first appears. 1883. Thaniel...
Ink and bone
Caine, Rachel
Paper Book
In this exhilarating series, New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine rewrites history, creating a dangerous world where the Great Library of Alexandria has survived the test of time....   Ruthless and supremely powerful, the Great Library is now a presence in...
The Bedlam stacks
Pulley, Natasha
Paper Book
An Indie Next Pick The eagerly anticipated new novel from the author of THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET--a treacherous quest in the magical landscape of nineteenth-century Peru. In 1859, ex-East India Company smuggler Merrick Tremayne is trapped at home...

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