Ghostly Ruins: America's Forgotten Architecture

10 best books like Ghostly Ruins: America's Forgotten Architecture (Harry Skrdla): The Institute, The Sociopath Next Door, They Called Us Enemy, Inside Out, Imperial Phase, Part II, Mothering Invention, Well Met, Bloody Genius, #IMomSoHard, Is There Still Sex in the City?

The Institute

Author	Stephen King
ISBN	1982110562

In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window....

The Sociopath Next Door

Author	Martha Stout
ISBN	0767915828

Who is the devil you know?

Is it your lying, cheating ex-husband?
Your sadistic high school gym teacher?
Your boss who loves to humiliate people in meetings?
The colleague who stole your idea and passed it off as her own?

In the pages of The Sociopath Next Door, you will...

They Called Us Enemy

Author	George Takei
ISBN	1603094504

A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself.

Long before George Takei braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke...

Inside Out

Author	Demi Moore
ISBN	0062049534

Famed American actress Demi Moore at last tells her own story in a surprisingly intimate and emotionally charged memoir.

For decades, Demi Moore has been synonymous with celebrity. From iconic film roles to high-profile relationships, Moore has never been far from the spotlight—or the...

Imperial Phase, Part II

Author	Kieron Gillen
ISBN	1534304738

3.5ish stars.

I really don't know what to think of this comic anymore and not because I can't understand it, because I finally can, but because I just don't know what they are doing with the story. I guess I had such high expectations for WicDiv at the start and now that its almost over, I guess I feel...

Mothering Invention

Author	Kieron Gillen
ISBN	1534308407

I don't know if the series is actually getting better again or if I'm just excited that WicDiv is ending in just one more volume, but I thought Mothering Invention was pretty good, in fact the best arc since volume 3 of the series. Gillen delves back into ancient history with his divine mythos, which leads...

Well Met

Author

Jen DeLuca

All's faire in love and war for two sworn enemies who indulge in a harmless flirtation in a laugh-out-loud rom-com from debut author, Jen DeLuca.

Emily knew there would be strings attached when she relocated to the small town of Willow Creek, Maryland, for the summer to help her sister recover...

Bloody Genius

Author

John Sandford

Virgil Flowers will have to watch his back--and his mouth--as he investigates a college culture war turned deadly in the latest thriller from #1 New York Times-bestseller John Sandford.

At the local state university, two feuding departments have faced off on the battleground of PC culture....

#IMomSoHard

Author	Kristin Hensley
ISBN	0062859005

In their highly-anticipated first book, the hilarious mom duo with millions of followers explores all the ridiculous shit you’re expected to do to keep multiple humans alive and happy-ish, and celebrates the love for the friends who get you through it.

Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley,...

Is There Still Sex in the City?

Author	Candace Bushnell
ISBN	0802147267

Twenty years after her sharp, seminal first book Sex and the City reshaped the landscape of pop culture and dating with its fly on the wall look at the mating rituals of the Manhattan elite, the trailblazing Candace Bushnell delivers a new book on the wilds and lows of sex and dating after fifty.

Set...

Heroes in Crisis

Author	Tom King
ISBN	1401291422

There's a new kind of crisis threatening the heroes of the DC Universe, ripped from real-world headlines by CIA-operative turned comics writer Tom King: How does a superhero handle PTSD?

Welcome to Sanctuary, an ultra-secret hospital for superheroes who've been traumatized by crime-fighting...

Playing Nice with God’s Bowling Ball

Author

N.K. Jemisin

“What are you saying? That Timmy’s not dead?”

“I’m saying Timmy Johnson may very well live forever.” Mrs. Hanson gave Grace another of those strange, bleak smiles. “You still want to arrest my son for murder?”

this is a free tor short on a technicality - it's a reprint...

Asymmetry

Author

Kendra Fortmeyer

4.0⭐ "I’m just saying,” The Other said, “it’s not so bad now.”
**spoilers**

If you’re following my reviews, thanks for rolling with me. ♡

We’re on the Season 3 LIVE episodes of Stitcher’s LeVar Burton Reads, and we’re gifted with "Asymmetry" by Kendra...

Morning Child and Other Stories

Author	Gardner Dozois
ISBN	0743493184

An alternative cover for this edition is here

A collection of over a half-dozen classic science fiction stories by Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author and editor Gardner Dozois.

Contents
vii • Introduction (Morning Child and Other Stories) • essay by Gardner Dozois
1...