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100 Books About Where and How We Live - Page 2

Perhaps more than at any other time in American history, where we live determines much about what we know. As people who write about cities, we realized this presented a remarkable opportunity. We wanted to find examples of how reading stories about where people live could change the way we think about the world.
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Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas (Rebecca Solnit)
Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas
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Rebecca Solnit
Los Angeles an Archetecture in Four Ecologies (Reyner Banham)
Los Angeles an Archetecture in Four Ecologies
42
Reyner Banham
Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris (A.J. Liebling)
Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris
43
A.J. Liebling
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (Mike Davis)
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
44
Mike Davis
A History of New York in 101 Objects (Sam Roberts)
A History of New York in 101 Objects
45
Sam Roberts
Meanwhile in San Francisco: The City in Its Own Words (Wendy Macnaughton)
Meanwhile in San Francisco: The City in Its Own Words
46
Wendy Macnaughton
Berlin Childhood Around 1900 (Walter Benjamin)
Berlin Childhood Around 1900
47
Walter Benjamin
Letters From New Orleans (Rob Walker)
Letters From New Orleans
48
Rob Walker
Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice
49
Playground of My Mind (Julia Jacquette)
Playground of My Mind
50
Julia Jacquette
Detroit: The Dream Is Now (Michel Arnaud)
Detroit: The Dream Is Now
51
Michel Arnaud
Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City (Gordon Young)
Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City
52
Gordon Young
The Bronx Is Burning (Jonathan Mahler)
The Bronx Is Burning
53
Jonathan Mahler
The Future of the Suburban City: Lessons From Sustaining Phoenix (Grady Gammage Jr.)
The Future of the Suburban City: Lessons From Sustaining Phoenix
54
Grady Gammage Jr.
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Famil
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Famil
55
The Levittowners: Ways of Life and Politics in a New Suburban Community (Herbert Gans)
The Levittowners: Ways of Life and Politics in a New Suburban Community
56
Herbert Gans
Where I Was From (Joan Didion)
Where I Was From
57
Joan Didion
Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York (James T. Murphy and Karla L. Murphy)
Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York
58
James T. Murphy and Karla L. Murphy
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair Th
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair Th
59
The Human City: Urbanism for the Rest of Us (Joel Kotkin)
The Human City: Urbanism for the Rest of Us
60
Joel Kotkin
Magnetic City (Justin Davidson)
Magnetic City
61
Justin Davidson
Walkable City (Jeff Speck)
Walkable City
62
Jeff Speck
Never Built New York (Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell)
Never Built New York
63
Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell
Never Built Los Angeles (Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell)
Never Built Los Angeles
64
Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell
Cities for People (Jan Gehl)
Cities for People
65
Jan Gehl
Scatter, Adapt and Remember (Annalee Newitz)
Scatter, Adapt and Remember
66
Annalee Newitz
Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution (Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow)
Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution
67
Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow
Cities That Think Like Planets: Complexity, Resilience, and Innovation in Hybrid Ecosystems (Marina Alberti)
Cities That Think Like Planets: Complexity, Resilience, and Innovation in Hybrid Ecosystems
68
Marina Alberti
Cadillac Desert (Marc Reisner)
Cadillac Desert
69
Marc Reisner
Unseen City: The Majesty of Pigeons, the Discreet Charm of Snails & Other Wonders of the Urban Wilde (Nathanael Johnson)
Unseen City: The Majesty of Pigeons, the Discreet Charm of Snails & Other Wonders of the Urban Wilde
70
Nathanael Johnson
Local Code: 3,659 Proposals About Data, Design & the Nature of Cities (Nicholas De Monchaux)
Local Code: 3,659 Proposals About Data, Design & the Nature of Cities
71
Nicholas De Monchaux
Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities (Ryan Gravel)
Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities
72
Ryan Gravel
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (Tom Vanderbilt)
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do
73
Tom Vanderbilt
No Small Plans (Chicago Architecture Foundation)
No Small Plans
74
Chicago Architecture Foundation
On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City
On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City
75
Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America (Beryl Satter)
Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America
76
Beryl Satter
The Extra Woman (Joanna Scutts)
The Extra Woman
77
Joanna Scutts
Material World: A Global Family Portrait (Edited by Peter Menzel)
Material World: A Global Family Portrait
78
Edited by Peter Menzel
Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone (Eric Klinenberg)
Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone
79
Eric Klinenberg
Years of Red Dust: Stories of Shanghai (Qiu Xiaolong)
Years of Red Dust: Stories of Shanghai
80
Qiu Xiaolong
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