December’s I READ pick is The Dream Hotel by Moroccan-American writer Laila Lalami. The dystopian science fiction novel follows a woman who is detained by an AI risk assessment system while returning from a trip abroad to Los Angeles. After the algorithm determines that she is at imminent risk of harming the person she loves most–her husband– she is kept under observation for twenty-one days.

The Dream Hotel offers a stark vision of the future and asks pertinent questions of surveillance. Dubbed the "maestra of literary fiction" by NPR, Lalami's book is sure to unravel our relationship with privacy and technology.

Led by Lana Shamma, this is not a passive read. Get the book, read it and gather with members to talk about it.

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