A Paradise of Small Houses: The Evolution, Devolution, and Potential Rebirth of Urban Housing
By: Max Podemski
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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1. Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do
By: Tom Vanderbilt
3.81
Format: 234 pages,
Would you be surprised that road rage can be good for society? Or that most crashes happen on sunny… read more
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2. Guns of the Dawn
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
3.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Shortlisted for the 2016 British Fantasy Society Award for Best Novel Guns of the Dawnis a pacey,… read more
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3. Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
By: Jeff Speck
4.43
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it d… read more
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4. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
By: David Graeber
4.03
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfi… read more
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"Economies around the world have, increasingly, become vast engines for producing nonsense."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"Bullshit jobs regularly induce feelings of hopelessness, depression, and self-loathing. They are forms of spiritual violence directed at the essence of what it means to be a human being."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"What we are witnessing is the rise of those forms of popular culture that office workers can produce and consume during the scattered, furtive shards of time they have at their disposal in workplaces…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"A fact-finding commission is a way of telling the public that the government is doing something it is not. But a large corporations will behave exactly the same way, if, say, there are revealed to be…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
5. If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
By: Vincent Bevins
4.28
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
The story of the recent uprisings that sought to change the world - and what comes next From 20… read more
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- history
- audiobook
"In the history of revolutions, a couple of truisms had already emerged. One is that they are only successful when security forces defect or are defeated in violent conflict. Even if Moa Zedong was be…"-Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
6. Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement
By: Ashley Shew
4.30
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are … read more
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- nonfiction
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7. Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
By: Henry Grabar
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
An entertaining, enlightening, and utterly original investigation into one of the most quietly infl… read more
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8. Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity
By: Charles L. Marohn Jr.
4.26
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-… read more
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- urbanism
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- audiobook
9. A Letter to the Luminous Deep
By: Sylvie Cathrall
3.69
Format: 432 pages, ebook
Dive into the curious correspondence of Sylvie Cathrall’s delightful debut novel, A Letter to the L… read more
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10. Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America's Suburbs
By: Benjamin Herold
3.89
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Through the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, hist… read more
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- audiobook
11. Puerto Rico: A National History
By: Jorell Meléndez-Badillo
4.27
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A panoramic history of Puerto Rico from pre-Columbian times to today Puerto Rico is a Spanish-sp… read more
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- history
12. Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives
By: Melissa Bruntlett
4.41
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In 2019, mobility experts Melissa and Chris Bruntlett began a new adventure in Delft in the Netherl… read more
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- architecture
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- nonfiction
- urbanism
- cities
13. Moonbound
By: Robin Sloan
4.09
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Robin Sloan expands the Penumbraverse to new reaches of time and space in a rollicking far-future a… read more
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14. Here for the Wrong Reasons
By: Annabel Paulsen
3.73
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In this swoon-filled lesbian romcom, two dating show contestants vying for the affection of the lea… read more
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15. City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways
By: Megan Kimble
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An eye-opening investigation into how our ever-expanding urban highways accelerated inequality and … read more
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- nonfiction
- urbanism
- cities
- audiobook
16. Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual
By: Luvvie Ajayi Jones
4.10
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of I'm Judging You, a hilarious and transformational boo… read more
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- audiobook
17. Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
By: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
4.65
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The future of Black, queer, and trans liberation explored by a legendary transgender elder and acti… read more
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- history
"I would hope that someone would step away from this book recognising that "transgender" does not encompass just one type of person."-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
"If self-hatred was hammered into you when you were young, Major wants you to know that you're important - that being an outsider helps you develop skin that's both tough and pliable in social situati…"-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
"The Powers That Be: the corporate, government, and nonprofit actors who work to preserve the status quo, and the forces in the world who want us all to fit into our proper places in an established so…"-Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
18. The Wilderness of Girls
By: Madeline Claire Franklin
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An unflinching YA debut about a troubled teen who discovers a pack of feral girls in the woods and … read more
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19. Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities
By: Veronica O. Davis
4.41
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
Transportation planners, engineers, and policymakers in the US face the monumental task of righting… read more
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- urbanism
- cities
20. Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sports-Industrial Complex at Its Own Game
By: Craig Calcaterra
3.99
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
A fundamental reevaluation of how to be a sports fan by an acclaimed baseball writer. Sports fan… read more
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- history
- audiobook
21. Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis
By: Charles L. Marohn Jr.
4.49
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Explore the past, present, and future of housing in America, as well as solutions to its most press… read more
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- urbanism
- cities
- audiobook
22. The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry (Sunderworld, #1)
By: Ransom Riggs
4.19
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The much-anticipated new fantasy series from Ransom Riggs, his first since introducing the #1 globa… read more
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23. The New Tourist: Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel
By: Paige McClanahan
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A brilliantly evocative, surprising, and page-turning exploration of how tourism has shaped the wor… read more
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- audiobook
24. Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation
By: Emily Van Duyne
4.26
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A nuanced, intelligent, and passionate exploration of the life and work of one of the most misunder… read more
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- history
"What follows is my best effort to shed as much light as possible on events that have not simply been forgotten or left in the dark, but relegated to the attic, or the ash can, or the metaphorical dar…"-Emily Van Duyne, Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation
25. Haunt Sweet Home
By: Sarah Pinsker
3.47
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
On the set of a kitschy reality TV show, staged scares transform into unnerving reality in this spo… read more
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26. A Paradise of Small Houses: The Evolution, Devolution, and Potential Rebirth of Urban Housing
By: Max Podemski
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the Haitian-style “shotgun” houses of the 19th century to the lavish high-rises of the 21st ce… read more
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- nonfiction
- urbanism
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27. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.68
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision … read more
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28. Killed by a Traffic Engineer: Shattering the Delusion that Science Underlies our Transportation System
By: Wes Marshall
4.54
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
In the US we are nearing four million road deaths since we began counting them in 1899. The numbers… read more
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29. The City in Glass
By: Nghi Vo
4.08
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this new standalone, Hugo Award-winning author Nghi Vo introduces a beguiling fantasy city in th… read more
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30. Don't Let It Break Your Heart
By: Maggie Horne
4.33
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
You only get one soulmate, and I'm not throwing mine away. Alana and Gray have been the perfect… read more
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31. Forest of Noise: Poems
By: Mosab Abu Toha
4.73
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
A candid, horrific, and deeply touching new collection of poems about life in Gaza by an award-winn… read more
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