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US: Park Row Books\/Harper, 2026;;\u00a0 UK\/AUSTRALIA: Text Publishing<\/p>\n
*A Book of the Month Club Selection (listen to the podcast available on BOTMC<\/a>,\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Apple<\/a>)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n *A Strand Bookstore Pick of the Month\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n *A SheReads Most Anticipated Book of 2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n * A Portalist Most Anticipated Book of 2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Pattern is more than just a dating app\u2014it\u2019s your friendly relationship coach. It will tell you whether you should invest in learning your partner\u2019s love language (quality time!) or pull the escape hatch (red flags galore!). The latest version of Pattern includes Bug, a friendly AI chatbot guaranteed to give you bespoke relationship advice and help revitalize that spark. Take the uncertainty out of love! <\/span><\/p>\n Eve wants to make music that’s fueled by love, passion, and rage (feelings!). She trusts her gut and her friends and in no way wants to rely on technology, let alone AI, to tell her how she feels. Danny is anxious\u2014about his dad, his dating life, his coffee order (why is it twelve dollars?), and about the dating app he helped create, which seems determined to serve him terrible matches.<\/p>\n When Eve and Danny start dating, it feels like the solution to all of Danny\u2019s worries\u2014except when it doesn\u2019t. Is she happy? Should he be doing more? Or less? This becomes the catalyst for a revolutionary new version of Danny\u2019s app that promises to quantify relationship health and potential, helping users understand what’s really <\/span>going on. Problem solved!<\/p>\n As Pattern and Bug, the ever-so-friendly AI assistant, catch fire, users everywhere begin outsourcing major life decisions to Danny\u2019s algorithms. But as Danny reckons with his newfound success, Eve\u2014whose career relies on her ability to write her emotions into song\u2014grows increasingly skeptical of the app\u2019s impact on genuine connection. Their relationship becomes the ultimate modern experiment: How do you fall and stay in love in the digital age?<\/p>\n Joyful, generous and smart\u2014an absolute delight moment-to-moment, full of fun and charm, but also sharp and perceptive about creative work, our dependence on technology, and some of the ways relationships can go awry.\u2019\u00a0 — <\/strong>Holly Gramazio, NY-Times Bestselling author of The Husbands<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cRobson has crafted a compelling love story examining intimacy, vulnerability, and communication in the modern age.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2014Margarita Montimore, bestselling author of\u00a0Oona Out of Order<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u201cSmart, funny, immensely readable, and deeply insightful about how we make art, fall in love, and connect with each other in the age of AI. With its sharp humour and delightful dialogue,\u00a0Love is an Algorithm<\/span> was exactly the book I needed\u2014I tore through it.\u201d \u2014Else Fitzgerald,\u00a0Everything Feels Like the End of the World<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u201cA cutting satire of tech startups, New York City, and dating, this novel is necessary reading for anyone trying to figure out who they are and what they want in the era of social media. In this funny, fast-paced, and intimate tale, there might be A.I. but there’s nothing artificial about emotion.\u201d<\/strong><\/em> \u201cWarm, funny, emotional, propulsive and real\u2014a beautiful love story.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2014Jessica Stanley, author of\u00a0Consider Yourself Kissed<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u2014Kyle Chayka, author of Filterworld<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n