NextCity.org Book Club (fiction and nonfiction)

1.
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time 4.32 avg rating — 8,338 ratings
2.
Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile
Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile 4.10 avg rating — 841 ratings
3.
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design 4.36 avg rating — 8,994 ratings
4.
Writing About Architecture: Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities
Writing About Architecture: Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities 3.98 avg rating — 144 ratings
5.
Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia
Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia 3.60 avg rating — 806 ratings
6.
Detroit City Is the Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis
Detroit City Is the Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis 3.84 avg rating — 2,074 ratings
7.
Fate of the States: The New Geography of American Prosperity
Fate of the States: The New Geography of American Prosperity 3.39 avg rating — 145 ratings
8.
A History of Future Cities
A History of Future Cities 4.04 avg rating — 838 ratings
9.
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie 3.51 avg rating — 40,911 ratings
10.
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin 3.89 avg rating — 215,192 ratings
11.
Hidden Cities: Travels to the Secret Corners of the World's Great Metropolises: a Memoir of Urban Exploration
Hidden Cities: Travels to the Secret Corners of the World's Great Metropolises: a Memoir of Urban Exploration 3.66 avg rating — 482 ratings
12.
The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving
The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving 3.65 avg rating — 757 ratings
13.
101 Things I Learned in Urban Design School
101 Things I Learned in Urban Design School 4.26 avg rating — 295 ratings
13.
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 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 739,855 ratings
13.
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity 4.27 avg rating — 2,701 ratings
16.
101 Things I Learned® in Urban Design School
101 Things I Learned® in Urban Design School 4.26 avg rating — 295 ratings
16.
The Concrete Vineyard
The Concrete Vineyard
by: Cam Lang
4.13 avg rating — 155 ratings
18.
Telegraph Avenue
Telegraph Avenue 3.40 avg rating — 21,578 ratings
19.
NW
NW 3.48 avg rating — 44,469 ratings
20.
Beijing Welcomes You: Unveiling the Capital City of the Future
Beijing Welcomes You: Unveiling the Capital City of the Future 3.16 avg rating — 298 ratings
21.
In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist
In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist 3.79 avg rating — 1,003 ratings
22.
Cities Are Good for You: The Genius of the Metropolis
Cities Are Good for You: The Genius of the Metropolis 3.48 avg rating — 224 ratings
23.
Against the smart city
Against the smart city 3.98 avg rating — 129 ratings
24.
Calcutta: Two Years in the City
Calcutta: Two Years in the City 3.42 avg rating — 387 ratings
25.
Deventer
Deventer 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
26.
Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril among the Black Middle Class
Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril among the Black Middle Class 3.95 avg rating — 294 ratings
27.
Never Built Los Angeles
Never Built Los Angeles 4.24 avg rating — 42 ratings