Written in 2019, ‘Hum’ by Helen Phillips is an accomplished and thought-provoking Dystopian text that follows a family’s day-to-day life and difficulty navigating an unpredictable scenario whilst on the trip of their dreams. If you’ve previously enjoyed Ishiguro’s ‘Never Let Me Go’, McEwan’s ‘Machines Like Me’, and if you’re looking for a novel that provides ethical conundrums, modern relatability and technologically fuelled tensions, this might be one for you. Phillips holds a mirror up to a painful paradox - the more frictionless modern life becomes with embedded technologies, the more resistance and autonomy is craved.