Shade
The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource
August 2026
Our reading group meets once/month at Beveridge Place Pub to discuss books on urbanism, transportation, the built environment, and community development. Below is our reading list so far. For more meeting details, please join us on Discord.
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The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts
July 2026
A Natural History of Empty Lots
Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places
June 2026
Decolonizing Wealth, Second Edition
Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance
May 2026
How to Kill a City
Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood (Revised)
April 2026
The Inside Story of Seattle's First Green, Mixed-income Neighborhood
March 2026
Prosocial
Using Evolutionary Science to Build Productive, Equitable, and Collaborative Groups
February 2026
Streetfight
Handbook for an Urban Revolution
January 2026
Crossings
How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
December 2025
Deciding to See
The View from Nathan's Bus
November 2025
Abundance
October 2025
Stuck
How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity
September 2025
| # | Title | Subtitle | Author(s) | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shade | The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource | Sam Bloch | 2025 | August 2026 |
| 2 | The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts | Kim Fu | 2026 | July 2026 | |
| 3 | A Natural History of Empty Lots | Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places | Christopher Brown | 2024 | June 2026 |
| 4 | Decolonizing Wealth, Second Edition | Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance | Edgar Villanueva | 2021 | May 2026 |
| 5 | How to Kill a City | Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood (Revised) | Pe Moskowitz | 2025 | April 2026 |
| 6 | The Inside Story of Seattle's First Green, Mixed-income Neighborhood | Tom J Phillips | 2020 | March 2026 | |
| 7 | Prosocial | Using Evolutionary Science to Build Productive, Equitable, and Collaborative Groups | Paul W B Atkins, David Sloan Wilson, and Steven C Hayes | 2019 | February 2026 |
| 8 | Streetfight | Handbook for an Urban Revolution | Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow | 2017 | January 2026 |
| 9 | Crossings | How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet | Ben Goldfarb | 2024 | December 2025 |
| 10 | Deciding to See | The View from Nathan's Bus | Nathan Vass | 2025 | November 2025 |
| 11 | Abundance | Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson | 2025 | October 2025 | |
| 12 | Stuck | How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity | Yoni Appelbaum | 2025 | September 2025 |