Here’s my suggested reading list. Go to your library. Go to your local second-hand book store. Support local. Support your community. Do crime.
Community and Urban Planning.
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community – Robert Putnam
The Death and Life of Great American Cities – Jane Jacobs
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity – Charles L. Marohn Jr.
Philosophy and Religion
Tusculan Disputations – Cicero
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy – William Braxton Irvine
Hobbit Virtues: Rediscovering J. R. R. Tolkien’s Ethics from The Lord of the Rings – Christopher Snyder
Histories
The Johnstown Flood – David McCullough
Biographies