The Big Books of Fall

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How Buildings Learn by Stewart BrandAt Home by Bill BrysonHistoric Preservation by Norman TylerA Field Guide to American Houses by Virginia McAlesterThe Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton
Built Heritage
140 books — 7 voters
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsEvicted by Matthew DesmondUrban Forests by Jill JonnesDystopia by Archimedes MuzendaThe Urban Mystique by Josh Stephens
Urban Studies for Everyone (nonfiction)
66 books — 25 voters

African Cities and Towns before the European Conquest by Richard W. HullAfrican Metropolitan Architecture by David AdjayeModern Architecture In Africa by Antoni FolkersAfrican Interiors by Frédéric CoudercSpirit of African Design by Sharne Algotsson
Afritecture!
8 books — 3 voters
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
118 books — 165 voters

The Fountainhead by Ayn RandOrnament and Crime by Adolf LoosStuff Matters by Mark Miodownik101 Things I Learned in Urban Design School by Matthew FrederickThe Image of the City by Kevin Lynch
Place, Space and Design Bookclub Berlin
27 books — 4 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. GlaeserWalkable City by Jeff Speck
Urban Planning and City History
74 books — 33 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Most influential books under 100 pages
291 books — 985 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Books That Make You Go "Hmm"
375 books — 195 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde1984 by George OrwellThe Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskySophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
Best Philosophical Fiction
354 books — 721 voters
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenRonia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid LindgrenThe Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian AndersenMoominsummer Madness by Tove JanssonMoominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson
Scandinavian Children's Books
162 books — 55 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonHunger by Knut Hamsun
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,231 books — 1,254 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVZen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu SuzukiWhen Things Fall Apart by Pema ChödrönPeace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
A Buddhist Reading List
934 books — 1,217 voters


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