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The Algorithm Told Me So: A Comedy of Prophecies, Pets, and Panic
Paperback
Series: One Dog, Two People, Infinite Chaos
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 5 2025
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.23 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
What if your phone really was sending you signs?
When a perfectly ordinary man decides the news, his notifications, and his dog's tail wags are coded messages from the universe, life turns gloriously unhinged. Mia-equal parts girlfriend and reality-check-calls it delusion. Frosty (the Westie) calls it dinner time.
From spreadsheet prophecies and Wi-Fi sabbaths to a neighborhood apocalypse involving one broken streetlight, our narrator tries to read fate into everything. He starts a newsletter, launches a sermon, and accidentally goes viral when the dog ruins his big moment. Somewhere between panic and punchlines, he discovers that maybe meaning isn't hidden in the noise-it's right there in the ordinary.
Smart, warm, and painfully relatable, The Algorithm Told Me So skewers modern self-help and our obsession with signs, while sneaking in a love story and a very good dog.
Perfect for fans of Jenny Offill, Matt Haig, and anyone who's ever tried to optimize their soul with an app.
You'll love this book if you enjoy:
Satire with heart (think: therapy meets sitcom)
Relationship comedy (deadpan partner; chaotic narrator)
Dogs who quietly derail human enlightenment
Short, cinematic chapters you can devour in one sitting
Hilarious and sneakily wise... a modern comedy of errors about believing everything your feed tells you.
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