WPD Book Club
Welcome to WPD's Online Book Club!
Hosted on Bookclubs.com, the Women & Planning Division's book club brings planners together to read, reflect, and connect.
How It Works:
- Member-Driven Selection: We read books recommended and voted on by our members.
- Flexible Participation: Join in whenever your schedule and interests align—there's no requirement to participate in every book selection!
- Live Discussions: Participate in bimonthly "live" Zoom conversations with 20–30 fellow readers.
- Asynchronous Message Board: Can't make the live meeting? Chat with 500+ members on your own time via our online discussion board.
- Author Guest Appearances: We are frequently joined by the authors themselves for an inside look into their work.
The best part? WPD's Book Club is completely free and open to everyone. Click the link below to join WPD's Book Club today!
Currently Reading
Invisible Women: Data Bias in A World Designed for Men
Discussion Dates
Part 1: Wednesday Oct 7, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT
Part 2: Wednesday, Oct 28, 2026 7:00 PM EDT
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez exposes how a pervasive "gender data gap" systematically ignores women, treating the male body and experience as the default, and calls for a fundamental shift in how data is collected, mandated, and analyzed, building a safer, more equitable world for all. Join the discussion!
Coming Up Next
The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict
Discussion Dates
Part 1: Wednesday Nov 4, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT
Part 2: Wednesday, Nov 18, 2026 7:00 PM EDT
In "The Art of Fighting," conflict resolution expert Priya Parker argues that healthy, productive conflict is essential for building deep, lasting relationships and strong communities. This book challenges the common belief that confrontation is "abnormal" or "toxic." Instead, Parker suggests that avoiding friction leads to an "unhealthy peace" that fractures groups over time. What do you think? Join the discussion!
Previous Books
- Working with You is Killing Me: Freeing Yourself from Emotional Traps at Work by Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster
- Find Your Unicorn Space: Reclaim Your Creative Life in a Too Busy World by Eve Rodsky
- Women Changing Cities: What Happens When Women Lead Urban Transformation by Melissa Bruntlett
- Something Worth Saving: A Memoir of Secrets, Betrayals, Resilience ... And Love by Mary Means
- When Women Lead: What They Achieve, Why They Succeed, and How We Can Learn from Them by Julia Boorstin
- How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood by P.E. Moskowitz
- Modern Friendship: How to Nurture Our Most Valued Connections by Anna Goldfarb
- Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town by Charles L. Marohn, Jr.
- Shame on You: How to Be A Woman in the Age of Mortification by Melissa Petro
- The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby
- Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law by Leah Rothstein and Richard Rothstein
- True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between by Gretchen Whitmer
- The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Diedre Mask
- Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez
- The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters by Priya Parker
- Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
- Feminist City by Leslie Kern