Culpability (Oprah’s Book Club): A Novel

By Bruce Holsinger

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

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Published Jul 8, 2025

380 pages

Average rating: 7.75

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Readers say *Culpability* offers a timely exploration of AI’s impact on family dynamics, prompting reflection on guilt, grief, and responsibility in a...

JimmyHart
May 11, 2026
3/10 stars
A promising premise for a novel that explores the impact of AI on family lives, but the narrative never does much with that potential, save scratch the surfaces and leave the reader wanting depth, dilemma, and real human entanglements with these technologies. And the writing is utterly pedestrian- there isn't an "artistic" or aesthetically pleasing line between the covers. In all, the promise of the narrative and premise is wholly unrealized.
Larry Burns
Mar 24, 2026
7/10 stars
All AI!
BenRowswell
Nov 08, 2025
9/10 stars
A tale that explores AI which in highly readable, whodunit style. Great character development and a plot that is difficult to predict. The best part, though, is the manner in which the author makes ethical distinctions and prioritizations more compelling by embodying them in the emotions of a fatal car crash and the familiar tensions of family dynamics
Elizabeth Richards
Jun 18, 2026
6/10 stars
I'm a bit disappointed...I'll be curious to see what everyone's review's are..
Kjczarnecki
May 14, 2026
8/10 stars
Very thought provoking

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