The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsWalkable City by Jeff SpeckThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroThe Image of the City by Kevin  LynchHappy City by Charles Montgomery
Top Urban Planning Books of All Time
27th out of 115 books — 158 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenGone Girl by Gillian FlynnBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel JoyceQuiet by Susan Cain
Amazon's Books of the Year: Top 100 Picks for 2012
94th out of 100 books — 276 voters

Crabgrass Frontier by Kenneth T. JacksonPrivatopia by Evan McKenzieThe Geography of Nowhere by James Howard KunstlerA Field Guide to Sprawl by Dolores HaydenFortress America by Edward James Blakely
McMansion Hell Reading List
6th out of 14 books — 3 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThere are No Children Here by Alex KotlowitzGang Leader for a Day by Sudhir VenkateshAmerican Project by VenkateshLiliana by Neva Squires-Rodriguez
Chicago!
19th out of 46 books — 17 voters

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsA Pattern Language by Christopher W. AlexanderCity of Quartz by Mike  DavisTriumph of the City by Edward L. GlaeserThe High Cost of Free Parking by Donald C. Shoup
Urban Planning and City History
57th out of 75 books — 33 voters
Making the Second Ghetto by Arnold R. HirschBlueprint for Disaster by D. Bradford HuntAmerican Project by VenkateshOff the Books by Sudhir VenkateshGang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh
Chicago Housing (nonfiction)
10th out of 17 books — 1 voter

Jacksonville Food Trucks by Nancy WhiteInsiders' Guide to Jacksonville by Sarah Wetzel ReissJacksonville's Architectural Heritage by Jacksonville Historic Landm...Historic Photos of Jacksonville by Carolyn WilliamsSecret Jacksonville by Bill Delaney
Jacksonville & Community Reads
58th out of 66 books — 4 voters
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
18th out of 32 books — 1 voter