Big Books of 2026
Genres

Planning


Planning Books

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 Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Cities for People
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution
The High Cost of Free Parking
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
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
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Lists

Secure Your Success! by Twanita DozierPlanning and Organizing Local Events by Dean Amory
Organizing Events
2 books — 2 voters
Dancing with Cinderella by Jeff HarlowAdvanced Strategic Planning by Aubrey MalphursSimple Church by Thom S. RainerMission Drift by Peter GreerThe Mission Driven Hospital by Chris Bart
Church Planning and Growth
24 books — 6 voters

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
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

Hattiesburg by William SturkeyKeep Your Head to the Sky by Grey GundakerEarth Democracy by Vandana ShivaThe Business of Architecture by Kathy Denise DixonBuilding Atlanta by Herman J. Russell
Black Architecture, Planning, Urban Design
30 books — 3 voters
Walkable City by Jeff SpeckStraphanger by Taras GrescoeHappy City by Charles MontgomeryWriting About Architecture by Alexandra LangeSmart Cities by Anthony M. Townsend
NextCity.org Book Club (fiction and nonfiction)
27 books — 24 voters

Quotes Tagged “Planning”

John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“ The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. [State of the Union Address January 11 1962] ”
― John F. Kennedy
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Sun Tzu
“ Plan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small. ”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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Videos Tagged “Planning”

Intro to Business is ART - 1 Minute
Intro to Business is ART - 1 Minute
LEADERSHIP - Chapter 4 - Success System
LEADERSHIP - Chapter 4 - Success System
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Groups Tagged "Planning"

For our fellow mods
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ARRG for PIRATESS! A rad group for rad folks reading about radical planning.
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The Urbanist Bookclub A place to share and discuss urbanism books and authors from around the world. The group is ope…more
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From the World Society for Transport and Land Use Research - nonfiction and fiction related to t…more
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