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Books like Farm City
A wry and inspiring memoir that captures the earthy feeling of cultivating a thriving green space amidst the concrete of the city. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Farm City.
- earthy
- gritty
- hopeful
- vibrant
- 01
Recollections of My Nonexistence
Rebecca Solnit
A lyrical, fiercely intelligent exploration of finding your voice and taking up space in a world designed to silence you.
- 02
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver and others · 2007
A warm, dirt-under-the-fingernails memoir that invites you to slow down and taste the seasons.
- 03
Life in code
Ellen Ullman
A deeply humanistic, late-night reflection on the invisible architecture of code and the people who build it.
- 04
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
Rebecca Solnit
A lyrical, associative journey that invites you to surrender to the beauty of not knowing exactly where you are.
- 05
Blockchain Chicken Farm
Xiaowei Wang
A surreal, empathetic journey into the physical places where the digital economy actually lives and breathes.
- 06
Seedfolks
Paul Fleischman · 1999
A mosaic of distinct voices coming together to grow something beautiful out of forgotten ground.
- 07
Uncanny Valley
Anna Wiener
A sharp, anthropological descent into the surreal and toxic optimism of Silicon Valley's boom years.
- 08
Second Nature
Michael Pollan · 1997
A wry, philosophical stroll through the garden that digs deep into the messy, often humorous borders between human cultivation and untamed wilderness.
- 09
Comfort Me with Apples
Ruth Reichl · 2001
A sensory, sun-drenched journey through the messy, delicious intersections of food, love, and finding oneself.
- 10
The cost of living
Deborah Levy
A vibrant, urgent reflection on dismantling the social hierarchies that diminish women, in pursuit of a life lived with meaning, pleasure, and ultimate freedom.
- 11
Jesus Land
Julia Scheeres
A blistering, unputdownable memoir of survival that balances righteous anger with a fiercely tender sibling bond.
- 12
Broad Band
Claire L. Evans
A vibrant, vindicating journey through the hidden history of the digital age, spotlighting the women who wove the web.
