Citizens of London, cyclists, urbanists, and climate activists, look no further to find some of the best books about bike culture, city building, climate action, and more! These are books with facts and stories about the things you love — get to know our library and you’ll get to know us!

How it works

Come visit us! Grab a book and coffee and enjoy the moment. 

The Library works on the honour system. You are free to take the books home if you like. 

Sample Titles

• 150 Best Ebelskiver Recipes (Saulsbury)
• Anarchist Urban Planning & Place Theory (Vester)
• Autonorama (Norton)
• Beyond Mobility (Cervero, Guerra, Al)
• Bike Boom (Reid)
• Bike Snob (Weiss)
• Bike Snob Abroad (Weiss)
• Bike on Bear (Yifan)
• Bowling Alone (Putnam)
• Copenhagenize (Colville-Andersen)
• Cycle City (Farrell)
• Duck on a Bike (Shannon)
• Good Vibrations: Crossing Europe on a Bike Called Reggie (Sykes)
• How Cycling Can Save the World (Walker)
• How to Hygge (Johansen)
• In the City of Bikes (Jordan)
• Lagom (Dunne)
• Little Fires Everywhere (Ng)
• Love Where You Live (Kageyama)
• Movement (Morosini)
• My Cool Bike (Haddon)
• Niksen (Mecking)
• One Less Car (Furness)
• Predictably Irrational (Ariely)
• Protest Kitchen (Messina)
• Päntsdrunk (Rantanen)
• Reconsidering the Bicycle (Vivanco)
• Road to Nowhere (Marx)
• Roads Were Not Built for Cars (Reid)
• Spain to Norway on a Bike Called Reggie (Sykes)
• Suburban Nation (Duany, Plater-Zyberk, Speck)
• Svajerløbet
• Taming Wildflowers (Goldberger)
• The Bicycle Queen (Scillian)
• The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living (Miller)
• The High Cost of Free Parking (Shoup)
• The Little Book of Lykke (Wiking)
• The New Climate War (Mann)
• The Secret of Hygge (Teckentrup)
• The Story of Hygge (Aurell)
• Trains, Buses, People (Spieler)
• Velotopia (Fleming)
• Walkable City (Speck)
• We're All Climate Hypocrites Now (Grover)
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Pirsig)