Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Liked by Starlight. (12 Lists)



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 DesmondDystopia by Archimedes MuzendaThe Urban Mystique by Josh StephensTriumph of the City by Edward L. Glaeser
Urban Studies for Everyone (nonfiction)
65 books — 22 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
115 books — 157 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. GlaeserThe High Cost of Free Parking by Donald C. Shoup
Urban Planning and City History
75 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
251 books — 922 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"
369 books — 187 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky1984 by George OrwellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Philosophical Fiction
318 books — 560 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
161 books — 54 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
1,210 books — 1,244 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
906 books — 1,180 voters


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