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The Death and Life of Great American Cities The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Hardcover)
by (shelved 266 times as cities)
avg rating 4.29 — 20,539 ratings — published 1961
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Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 128 times as cities)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,688 ratings — published 2012
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Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 126 times as cities)
avg rating 4.31 — 8,985 ratings — published 2012
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Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 115 times as cities)
avg rating 3.91 — 6,472 ratings — published 2011
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as cities)
avg rating 4.53 — 30,712 ratings — published 1974
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Invisible Cities Invisible Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as cities)
avg rating 4.09 — 100,432 ratings — published 1972
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The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as cities)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,490 ratings — published 1961
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as cities)
avg rating 4.47 — 116,945 ratings — published 2016
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The Works: Anatomy of a City The Works: Anatomy of a City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as cities)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,579 ratings — published 2005
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Cities for People Cities for People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as cities)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,489 ratings — published 2010
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The Image of the City The Image of the City (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as cities)
avg rating 4.05 — 4,259 ratings — published 1960
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as cities)
avg rating 4.43 — 47,725 ratings — published 2017
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The Economy of Cities The Economy of Cities (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as cities)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,308 ratings — published 1969
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City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (Vintage) City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (Vintage)
by (shelved 54 times as cities)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,010 ratings — published 1990
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London: The Biography London: The Biography (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as cities)
avg rating 3.96 — 6,098 ratings — published 2000
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The High Cost of Free Parking The High Cost of Free Parking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as cities)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,115 ratings — published 2004
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Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as cities)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,251 ratings — published 2016
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The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as cities)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,641 ratings — published 1993
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
by (shelved 47 times as cities)
avg rating 4.42 — 5,513 ratings — published 1977
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How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as cities)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,931 ratings — published 2017
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as cities)
avg rating 4.00 — 774,487 ratings — published 2003
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A History of Future Cities A History of Future Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as cities)
avg rating 4.04 — 850 ratings — published 2013
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Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as cities)
avg rating 4.39 — 594 ratings — published 2018
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Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as cities)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,650 ratings — published 1991
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Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as cities)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,138 ratings — published 2012
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Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as cities)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,685 ratings — published 2000
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The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as cities)
avg rating 4.03 — 7,827 ratings — published 2020
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The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as cities)
avg rating 3.92 — 35,757 ratings — published 2016
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Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as cities)
avg rating 4.37 — 900 ratings — published 2011
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Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as cities)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,892 ratings — published 1998
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Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as cities)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,098 ratings — published 1985
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The City & the City The City & the City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as cities)
avg rating 3.90 — 81,221 ratings — published 2009
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The Ghost Map The Ghost Map (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as cities)
avg rating 3.89 — 57,222 ratings — published 2006
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Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as cities)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,809 ratings — published 2020
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as cities)
avg rating 3.98 — 118,556 ratings — published 2012
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Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as cities)
avg rating 3.78 — 7,524 ratings — published 2021
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The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as cities)
avg rating 4.33 — 937 ratings — published 1980
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Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as cities)
avg rating 4.11 — 678 ratings — published 1984
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Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as cities)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,698 ratings — published 2019
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Here Is New York Here Is New York (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as cities)
avg rating 4.30 — 10,691 ratings — published 1948
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Planet of Slums Planet of Slums (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as cities)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,433 ratings — published 2006
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Istanbul: Memories and the City Istanbul: Memories and the City (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as cities)
avg rating 3.82 — 22,748 ratings — published 2003
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Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found (Vintage) Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found (Vintage)
by (shelved 27 times as cities)
avg rating 3.95 — 11,342 ratings — published 2004
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The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as cities)
avg rating 3.84 — 80,029 ratings — published 2020
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Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as cities)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,028 ratings — published 2013
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Feminist City: A Field Guide Feminist City: A Field Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as cities)
avg rating 3.88 — 4,424 ratings — published 2019
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Detroit: An American Autopsy Detroit: An American Autopsy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as cities)
avg rating 3.93 — 16,021 ratings — published 2013
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Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City (Inside Technology) Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City (Inside Technology)
by (shelved 25 times as cities)
avg rating 4.15 — 201 ratings — published 2008
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Terry Pratchett
“The city's full of people who you just see around.”
Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms

John Steinbeck
“American cities are like badger holes, ringed with trash--all of them--surrounded by piles of wrecked and rusting automobiles, and almost smothered in rubbish. Everything we use comes in boxes, cartons, bins, the so-called packaging we love so much. The mountain of things we throw away are much greater than the things we use.”
John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

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