These Days

10 best books like These Days (Jack Cheng): The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories, Keeper of the Lost Cities, Nightfall, Lodestar, Everblaze, Exile, Mistakes Were Made, Neverseen, East of West, Vol. 8, His Last Bow

The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
AuthorIsaac Asimov
ISBN1857989325
Andrew was one of Earth's first house robot domestic servants—smoothly designed and functional. But when Andrew started to develop special talents which exceeded the confines of his allotted positronic pathways, he abandoned his domestic duties in favour of more intellectual pursuits. As time...
Keeper of the Lost Cities
AuthorShannon Messenger
ISBN1442445939
Twelve-year-old Sophie Foster has a secret. She’s a Telepath—someone who hears the thoughts of everyone around her. It’s a talent she’s never known how to explain.

Everything changes the day she meets Fitz, a mysterious boy who appears out of nowhere and also reads minds. She discovers...
Nightfall
AuthorShannon Messenger
ISBN1481497421
Sophie Foster is struggling. Grieving. Scrambling. But she knows one thing: she will not be defeated.

The Neverseen have had their victories—but the battle is far from over. It’s time to change tactics. Make sacrifices. Reexamine everything. Maybe even time for Sophie to trust her enemies.

All...
Lodestar
AuthorShannon Messenger
Dark schemes unfold--and Sophie's loyalty is pushed to the limit--in this thrilling fifth book in the best-selling KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES SERIES.

Sophie Foster is back in the Lost Cities--but the Lost Cities have changed. The threat of war hangs heavy over her glittering world, and the...
Everblaze
AuthorShannon Messenger
ISBN1442445998
Sophie Foster is ready to fight back.

Her talents are getting stronger, and with the elusive Black Swan group ignoring her calls for help, she’s determined to find her kidnappers—before they come after her again.

But a daring mistake leaves her world teetering on the edge of war,...
Exile
AuthorShannon Messenger
ISBN1442445963
Sophie Foster thought she was safe. Settled into her home at Havenfield, surrounded by friends, and using her unique telepathic abilities to train Silveny--the first female alicorn ever seen in the Lost Cities--her life finally seems to be coming together.

But Sophie's kidnappers are still...
Mistakes Were Made
AuthorStephan Pastis
ISBN0763660507
Meet "detective" Timmy Failure, star of the kids’ comedy of the year. Created by New York Times best-selling cartoonist Stephan Pastis.

Take eleven-year-old Timmy Failure — the clueless, comically self-confident CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation. Add...
Neverseen
AuthorShannon Messenger
Sophie Foster is on the run—but at least she's not alone.

Her closest friends from the Lost Cities have gone with her to join the Black Swan. They still have doubts about the shadowy organization, but the only way to find answers is to start working with them. And as they settle into their new...
East of West, Vol. 8
AuthorJonathan Hickman
ISBN1534305564
Holy shit, I was so excited to read this that I forgot to mark it as currently reading!

What’s it about?
Uhh, gosh, so much has happened and this is a very complex story- PASS!

Pros:
The story is building up and remains fascinating.
The art is stunning! I would say that the...
His Last Bow
AuthorArthur Conan Doyle
ISBN0755334434
'We must fall back upon the old axiom that when all other contingencies fail, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.'

Sherlock Holmes's fearless chronicler Dr Watson once again opens his notebooks to bring to light eight further tales of some of the strangest and most fascinating...
The List
AuthorSiobhan Vivian
ISBN0545169178
An intense look at the rules of high school attraction - and the price that's paid for them.

It happens every year. A list is posted, and one girl from each grade is chosen as the prettiest, and another is chosen as the ugliest. Nobody knows who makes the list. It almost doesn't matter. The damage...
Adrift
AuthorRob Boffard
ISBN0316519111
In the far reaches of space, a group of tourists board a small vessel for what will be the trip of a lifetime - in more ways than one...

They are embarking on a tour around Sigma Station - a remote mining facility and luxury hotel with stunning views of the Horsehead Nebula.

During the course...
Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success
AuthorKen Segall
ISBN1591844835
To Steve Jobs, Simplicity was a religion. It was also a weapon.

Simplicity isn’t just a design principle at Apple—it’s a value that permeates every level of the organization. The obsession with Simplicity is what separates Apple from other technology companies. It’s what helped...
It Will Be Exhilarating: Indie Capitalism and Design Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century
AuthorDan Provost
Studio Neat has been in business for two years. We have launched two successful Kickstarter projects, in turn paving the way for a new era of independent hardware manufacturing, and recently entered the software world with our first iPhone app. We have learned a lot in a short period of time, and wanted...
World War II
AuthorTony Robinson
ISBN1447227689
Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about World War II! It’s history, but not as we know it!
Find out everything you need to know in this brilliant, action-packed, fact-filled...
House of Robots
AuthorJames Patterson
ISBN1478955856
In this new highly-illustrated series from James Patterson, an extraordinary robot signs up for an ordinary fifth grade class... and elementary school will never be the same!

It was never easy for Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez to fit in, so he's dreading the day when his genius mom insists he bring...
Fragments of the Lost
AuthorMegan Miranda
ISBN0399556729
From the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and The Perfect Stranger comes a suspenseful psychological mystery about one girl's search to uncover the truth behind her ex-boyfriend's death. Perfect for fans of We Were Liars and 13 Reasons Why .

Jessa...
East of West, Vol. 9
AuthorJonathan Hickman
ISBN1534308636
Holy fucking shit... are you guys reading this series? If not, start reading this. Holy shit.

What’s it about?
Not much I can say without spoilers to previous volumes. Basically this is the volume before the final volume and Death has some serious business with the other 3 horsemen. Not...
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