Books

If you're looking for good books on co-housing, here's a few that people in the network can recommend. Most of them are talking about US cohousing, but they are nevertheless relevant to the UK. Click on the links for a fuller description.

The UK Network has some of these books for sale - please click here for a list of these, with prices.

For the rest, if you want to buy them and you're feeling virtuous, we recommend you try either the publisher directly, or News from Nowhere, Liverpool's radical bookshop. They should be able to order in anything you'd be able to get from Amazon and post it to you - and the profits will be keeping a fantastic independent bookstore going.

NameAuthor(s)PublishedDescription
Thinking about cohousingMartin Field2005The best guide to cohousing in the UK from a housing policy expert
CohousingKathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett1998Comes highly recommended as a good book for getting a feel of what co-housing is all about.
The Cohousing Handbook: Building a Place for CommunityKelly Scott Hanson2005A very good 'how to' book.
Senior Cohousing: A Community Approach to Independent LivingCharles Durrett2005Good regarding the process of achieving cohousing, as well as the specifics of senior cohousing.
Reinventing Community: Stories from the Walkways of CohousingDavid Wann (Ed)2005Stories covering everything from planning a community to moving in to the joys and challenges of daily life
Diggers and DreamersSarah Bunker, Chris Coates and Jonathan How (Eds)2007The definitive UK guide to communal living