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Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanCannery Row by John Steinbeck
Novels Set in California
920 books — 369 voters
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonCradle to Cradle by William McDonoughThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThe Urban Homestead by Kelly CoyneThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Being "Green"
388 books — 237 voters

Architecture by Francis D.K. ChingNeufert Architects' Data, Third Edition by Ernst NeufertA Visual Dictionary of Architecture by Francis D.K. ChingThe Architecture of the City by Aldo RossiThe Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard
Must-Read Architecture Books (fiction and nonfiction)
249 books — 176 voters
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMarch by John LewisEinstein by Walter Isaacson
Non-Fiction read in 2017
476 books — 83 voters

The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. MilneSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingBleak House by Charles Dickens
Our house in the middle of our street
346 books — 60 voters
Paul & Kiki's Guide to Vacationing in Italy by Paul StuartA Thousand Days in Tuscany by Marlena de BlasiThe Tuscan Secret by Angela PetchNow and Then in Tuscany by Angela PetchUnder the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
Tuscany
50 books — 36 voters

The Book of Kells by Bernard MeehanEarly Medieval Art by John BeckwithArt Through the Ages by Fred S. KleinerArt and Beauty in the Middle Ages by Umberto EcoThe Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial by Rupert Bruce-Mitford
Medieval Art (nonfiction)
133 books — 32 voters
Upstairs at the White House by J.B. WestThe Residence by Kate Andersen BrowerSpeaking for Myself by Sarah Huckabee SandersAll the Presidents' Pastries by Roland MesnierInside the White House by Ronald Kessler
The Executive Mansion: Life and Work Inside the White House (nonfiction)
90 books — 25 voters

The Ravenmaster by Christopher SkaifeMudlark by Lara MaiklemLondon Under by Peter AckroydThe Five by Hallie RubenholdA Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen
London: History, culture, people and buildings (nonfiction)
293 books — 23 voters
The Saturdays by Elizabeth EnrightThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonBrown Girl, Brownstones by Paule MarshallRed at the Bone by Jacqueline WoodsonSize 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
NYC Brownstones
85 books — 18 voters

Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingThe Great Bridge by David McCulloughCluny by Edwin MullinsAround the World in 1890s, Vol 1 by Merrily HomePalazzo Te in Mantua by Gian Maria Erbesato
Historical Architecture (nonfiction)
68 books — 17 voters
Architecture by Francis D. K. ChingBuilding Construction Illustrated by Francis D.K. ChingA Pattern Language by Christopher W. AlexanderThe Image of the City by Kevin LynchThe Timeless Way of Building by Christopher W. Alexander
An Introduction to Architecture (nonfiction)
38 books — 16 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryA Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'EngleThe House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Wall by William SutcliffeThe Beach Hut Next Door by Veronica Henry
Doors, Windows, Walls, etc.
292 books — 16 voters
The Urban Mystique by Josh StephensCities for People by Jan GehlGroundswell by Peter ReedRadical Cities by Justin McGuirkThe Geography of Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler
Urban/Urban Landscape (nonfiction)
94 books — 15 voters

Vincent Van Gogh by Ingo F. WaltherLeonardo. The Complete Drawings by Frank ZöllnerMichelangelo by Frank ZöllnerLeonardo Da Vinci The Complete Paintings by Frank ZöllnerMichelangelo. The Graphic Work by Thomas Ppper
Taschen Bibliotheca Universalis
110 books — 8 voters
The Child Whisperer by Carol TuttleThe Ultimate Beauty Guide - Head to Toe Homemade Beauty Tips ... by Adi AtarPositive Personality Profiles by Robert A. RohmIt's Just My Nature! by Carol TuttleThe Color Connection by Joan Callaway
DYT-RELATED 4 TYPE BOOKS
40 books — 7 voters

Space Settlements by Richard D. JohnsonCosmopolis by Howard MansfieldYour Flying Car Awaits by Paul MiloThe Usborne Book of the Future by Kenneth W. Gatland2010 by Geoffrey Hoyle
Retrofuturism (nonfiction)
29 books — 6 voters
The Western Canon by Harold BloomNotes Towards The Definition Of Culture by T.S. EliotPhaedrus by PlatoThe intimate philosophy of art by John ArmstrongCulture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold
Roger Scruton's Bibliographies
100 books — 6 voters

Young Frank, Architect by Frank VivaVernacular Architecture by Henry GlassieCalifornia Crazy and Beyond by Jim HeimannThe Architecture of Fear by Kathryn CramerJ. Neel Reid, Architect, Of Hentz, Reid & Adler And The Georg... by William R. Mitchell
Steam In The "Architecture" Of Some Sugar Factories
253 books — 6 voters
A History of Japanese Art by Noritake TsudaRyukyu - Okinawa Impressionism by Rob KajiwaraWave and Ripple Design Book by Satoshi NakamotoNeon Spectacular by Kody Shafer77 Dances by Stephen Addiss
Japanese Visual Arts
54 books — 5 voters

On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-ReedAn Examination of African American Genius by Calvin BakerBEACH BOYS vs Beatlemania by G.A. De ForestThe Beach Boys Handbook for Iconoclasts by G.A. De ForestSoul Culture by Remica Bingham-Risher
Black American Culture Published by African-Americans in Decade: 2020s
15 books — 4 voters
Home Improvement by JacobinHousing a divided community by Charles Edward Bainbridge B...Deck Rebellion by Sean McAleerHousing as Intervention by Karen KubeyGround Control by Anna Minton
On Housing
20 books — 3 voters

The Pope's Soldiers by David AlvarezMerchants in the Temple by Gianluigi NuzziAmerican Hope by Christopher LambSpies in the Vatican by David AlvarezInside the Vatican by Thomas J. Reese
Vatican City
61 books — 3 voters
A New Theory of Urban Design by Christopher W. AlexanderThe Phenomenon of Life by Christopher W. AlexanderA Vision of a Living World by Christopher W. AlexanderHassan Fathy by Salma Samar DamlujiArchitect's Handbook of Construction Detailing by David Kent Ballast
architect reads - part 2
100 books — 2 voters

Sublime Spaces and Visionary Worlds by Leslie UmbergerTorching the Fink Books and Other Essays on Vernacular Culture by Archie GreenSouls Grown Deep Vol. 1 by William Arnett...i listen to the wind that obliterates my traces by Steve RodenHarry Smith by Andrew Perchuk
"Vernacular"
79 books — 2 voters
The Great Architects of Mars by George J. HaasHeavenly History by Eleanor FollansbeeArchitectonic Thought Forms by Paul LaffoleyPortals by Robert WiesenbergerAncient Architecture by Chester H. Jones
Archidolia Understruction
112 books — 2 voters

Domain-Driven Design by Eric EvansSoftware Architecture for Developers by Simon BrownSoftware Architecture for Developers by Simon BrownPattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 1 by Frank BuschmannPattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 4 by Frank Buschmann
iSAQB - Books on Software Architecture
36 books — 1 voter
Landmarks On The Move by K.P. GeorgeThe Most Famous Landmarks in the World by Samuel JohnNational Monuments of the U.S.A. by Cameron WalkerAmazing Landmarks by Rekha S. RajanWhere Were the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? by Yona Z. McDonough
Children's Guides and Picture Books About International Monuments and Landmarks
21 books — 1 voter

The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de BottonA Pattern Language by Christopher W. AlexanderThe Image of the City by Kevin LynchDelirious New York by Rem KoolhaasThe Architecture of the City by Aldo Rossi
Architecture Books
8 books — 1 voter
The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie GilmoreFake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher LeeBloom by Kevin PanettaInside Out by Suzanne Francis
Downtown Adventure Fiction
4 books — 1 voter

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