Planning


The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Image of the City
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
Cities for People
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
The High Cost of Free Parking
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution
Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyThe Gray Rhino by Michele Wucker
Planning + Insights
29 books — 22 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithAt Home by Bill BrysonThe Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsWhere We Want to Live by Ryan Gravel101 Things I Learned in Urban Design School by Matthew Frederick
Books About Cities
29 books — 7 voters

Hope in the Valley by Penelope BourdillonThe Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean by Ann  RoseThe Love Proposal by Camilla IsleyOne Perfect Day by Rebecca MeadMiss Manners' Guide to a Surprisingly Dignified Wedding by Jacobina Martin
Wedding Books
105 books — 77 voters

How Buildings Learn by Stewart BrandAt Home by Bill BrysonHistoric Preservation by Norman TylerA Field Guide to American Houses by Virginia McAlesterThe Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
Built Heritage
140 books — 7 voters
Where We Want to Live by Ryan GravelMaynard Jackson by Robert A. HolmesStreetfight by Janette Sadik-KhanThe Everyday Practice of Public Art by Cameron CartiereThe Art of Placemaking by Ronald Lee Fleming
ATL City Studio Reads
37 books — 3 voters

Yogi Berra
If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else. ...more
Yogi Berra

Jack Campbell
I need to stop getting into situations where all my options are potentially bad.
Jack Campbell, Dauntless

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ARRG for PIRATESS! A rad group for rad folks reading about radical planning.
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Collaborating Teachers This group is for ELA teachers who love to read the books their students are reading and are loo…more
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DUSP MCPs Book recommendations and discussion for our book club.
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