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Urban Book Summaries

Walkable City Summary
Walkable City
How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
by Jeff Speck 2012 312 pages
4.32
8.2K ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
The Cartel Summary
The Cartel
by Ashley Antoinette 2009 278 pages
4.54
10.8K ratings
Urban
Crime
African American
Smart Cities Summary
Smart Cities
Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia
by Anthony M. Townsend 2013 416 pages
3.60
802 ratings
Urban Planning
Technology
Urbanism
The Smart Enough City Summary
The Smart Enough City
Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future
by Ben Green 2019 223 pages
4.12
204 ratings
Urban Planning
Cities
Technology
The Economy of Cities Summary
The Economy of Cities
by Jane Jacobs 1969 268 pages
4.09
1.2K ratings
Economics
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Triumph of the City Summary
Triumph of the City
How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
by Edward L. Glaeser 2011 352 pages
3.92
6.2K ratings
Economics
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Tactical Urbanism Summary
Tactical Urbanism
Short-term Action for Long-term Change
by Mike Lydon 2014 256 pages
3.99
299 ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
A Moment of Silence Summary
A Moment of Silence
Midnight III
by Sister Souljah 2015 544 pages
4.32
1.8K ratings
Urban
Romance
African American
G-Spot Summary
G-Spot
An Urban Erotic Tale
by Noire 2005 320 pages
4.43
8.2K ratings
Erotica
Urban
African American
Radical Cities Summary
Radical Cities
Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture
by Justin McGuirk 2014 304 pages
4.26
423 ratings
Architecture
Urbanism
Urban Planning
Nervous Summary
Nervous
by Zane 2003 282 pages
4.42
10.4K ratings
Erotica
Romance
African American
Streetfight Summary
Streetfight
Handbook for an Urban Revolution
by Janette Sadik-Khan 2016 368 pages
4.26
2.1K ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
The Edifice Complex Summary
The Edifice Complex
How the Rich and Powerful--and Their Architects--Shape the World
by Deyan Sudjic 2005 403 pages
3.78
345 ratings
Architecture
Politics
Urban Studies
Curbing Traffic Summary
Curbing Traffic
The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives
by Melissa Bruntlett 2021 240 pages
4.41
592 ratings
Urbanism
Urban Planning
Cities
Whore Summary
Whore
by Tanika Lynch 2002 272 pages
4.47
2.2K ratings
Urban
African American
Romance
Zoned in the USA Summary
Zoned in the USA
The Origins and Implications of American Land-Use Regulation
by Sonia A. Hirt 2014 256 pages
4.02
121 ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
History
Finding My Bodyguard Summary
Finding My Bodyguard
by A. Blossom 2024 190 pages
4.37
2.9K ratings
Romance
Urban
African American Romance
Luca Summary
Luca
by Grey Huffington 2022 450 pages
4.33
7.9K ratings
Romance
African American Romance
Contemporary
The Option of Urbanism Summary
The Option of Urbanism
Investing in a New American Dream
by Christopher B. Leinberger 2007 224 pages
3.89
185 ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
Ethic 3 Summary
Ethic 3
by Ashley Antoinette 2018 264 pages
4.55
5.2K ratings
Urban
Romance
Grief
The Secret World of Maggie Grey Summary
The Secret World of Maggie Grey
by Granger 2024 450 pages
4.47
7.4K ratings
Fantasy
Paranormal
Vampires
The Dopefiend Summary
The Dopefiend
by JaQuavis Coleman 2010 230 pages
4.53
2.3K ratings
Urban
Crime
The Maintenance Man Summary
The Maintenance Man
by Michael Baisden 1999 305 pages
4.25
7.0K ratings
African American
Romance
Drama
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