2026 Reading Challenge
Genres

Community Development


Community Development Books

When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself
Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It)
Walking With the Poor: Principles and Practices of Transformational Development
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Community: The Structure of Belonging
The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Community development: A critical approach (BASW/Policy Press titles)
With Justice for All: A Strategy for Community Development
Restoring At-Risk Communities: Doing It Together and Doing It Right
Beyond Charity: The Call to Christian Community Development
Making Neighborhoods Whole: A Handbook for Christian Community Development
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (Emergent Strategy, #0)
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
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Building Optimism by Coby LefkowitzMessy Cities by Dylan ReidOrder without Design by Alain BertaudWorld of Malls by Unknown AuthorRetrofitting Sprawl by Emily Talen
Urban Planning and Planning Adjacent
32 books — 1 voter
The Abundant Community by John McKnightThe Great Good Place by Ray OldenburgThe Great Neighborhood Book by Jay WalljasperBetter Together by Robert D. PutnamThe Careless Society by John McKnight
Best Community Building Books
126 books — 6 voters

Quotes Tagged “Community Development”

Dean Foley
“ Results speak louder than promises - community empowerment thrives on evidence. ”
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Videos Tagged “Community Development”

Book Trailer Inspired to Live an Extraordinary Life
Book Trailer Inspired to Live an Extraordinary Life
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Groups Tagged "Community Development"

This is an unofficial GR group where everyone is invited to make this group better. We will have…more
29 members, last active 6 years ago
The Global Grid Reads Reading group of The Global Grid. Here we will share the books we review on The Global Grid, the…more
38 members, last active 7 years ago
BOOK CITY ★ ROANOKE Roanoke, Virginia's literary hub pulls together people committed to reading, writing, and buildi…more
48 members, last active 5 years ago
Eugene Book Club We will be reading books with the following topics: Veganism, Environmentalism, Racism, Religiou…more
1 member, last active 7 years ago