What to Read After The City in History
Readers who loved The City in History by Lewis Mumford keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The City in History is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after The City in History
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
A Pattern Language
City of Quartz
The Geography of nowhere
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
The Economy of Cities
Suburban Nation
Walkable City
The Works
Cities and the Wealth of Nations
Great Streets
Wrestling with Moses
Dancing in the Streets
Home
Nature's Metropolis
The Rise of the West
City
Edge City
The power broker: Robert Moses and the fall of New York
Cities
Cities of Tomorrow
City
Flesh and Stone
The Urban Villagers