City of Glass by Doug Coupland, or Building The West by Donald Luxton.

Probably the Man Game by Lee Henderson. Old timey Vancouver!

I’ll have to agree with the guys above me and say any coupland book (which includes a reference to our lovely city) is my favourite. I would also include however, the moleskin city travel book, which is a notebook including maps and sections for recording/remembering anything and everything about Vancouver.
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Paper Shadows by Wayson Choy because it takes place in my neighbourhood of Chinatown/Strathcona.

Jeannette, I’m reading that book RIGHT NOW! Just finished Not Yet, and the Jade Peony is one of my favourite books ever.

I remember driving through van as a kid from a small town (Prince Rupert) and being awed by the tall buildings downtown and the bridges.
Vancouver’s been home for 6+ years now, and I’m still awed riding over the Georgia Viaduct into the heart of downtown to get home. Vancouver In Focus: The City’s Built Form (Mike Chadwick) depicts this.

Best hikes and walks of southwestern British Columbia – my handy dandy guide to get me out into the mountains.

and yea, Hey Nostradamus is a good read too

I’ve enjoyed The Historical Atlas of Vancouver by Derek Hayes. Great maps and history not just of the City but the Lower Mainland too.

Timothy Taylor’s Stanley Park is my favourite Vancouver book. Taylor uses the foodie scene of ths city to explore how Vancouver is trying to emerge between tradition and transnationalism, culture versus commerce, local versus worldy. It also tangentially touches upon the undeniable presence of homelessness/mental health issues in our city, and Taylor handles this topic with respect and grace.

A different genre– Jason Turner’s comics and graphic novels. He got nominated for a One Book One Vancouver award for True Loves. I was stunned to find out that Jason Turner’s my neighbour! It’s just so interesting to “see” Vancouver in Turner’s 2D version. You can identify the place markers, but it feels alien at the same time.

City of Glass has already been mentioned, but Coupland’s Life After God has some insightful short stories where characters interact with Vancouver landscape. Admittedly more North Shore than actual Vancouver though. There’s a scene set in Capilano dam that made me revisit the place just to see what he was talking about.

Favourite book FEATURING Vancouver would hafta be Spook Country by William Gibson, I love his description of the “usual” places we’ve all been to and taken for granted.

100 mile diet by Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon!

City of Glass by Douglas Coupland

Not about Vancouver exactly, but I love the references to Lionsgate City in Kenneth Oppel’s Airborn trilogy.

Stanley Park by Timothy Taylor was wonderful. An interesting (fictional) look into the restaurant trade and the hidden side of our famous park.

Hope in Shadows by Brad Cran and Gillian Jerome for highlighting some of the amazing and creative people that live in Vancouver

Definitely ‘Vancouver Cooks 2′ by Chef’s Table Society of British Columbia!

Definitely “Vancouver: A Visual History” or “The Great Vancouver Book” — I’m a pushover for anything that helps me better understand how this awesome city has come to be!

Vancouver Nightmare by Erik Wilson

I have to keep on the Coupland train and say City of Glass… and though it’s not really -about- Vancouver, I love the North/West Van tidbits in most of his other books, especially Eleanor Rigby.

how cute are those city walk playing cards?

“why i love Vancouver”

City Walks. I like the playing cards.

I love those little playing cards!! How awesome would that be for a ‘coffee table’ book!

Dream City: Vancouver and the Global Imagination
Great book about urban planning and Vancouver history.

I have to agree with #13 City of Glass by Douglas Coupland was great!

City of Glass. No other book as great in my humble opinion.

Douglas Coupland’s City of Glass

Is it kind of silly that I already own the City Walks cards AND a Lonely Planet book about Vancouver? My favourite Vancouver book is definitely City of Glass.

I’ll always love the children’s book “Putting up with Mitchell” by Sarah Ellis. Somehow it manages to encapsulate everything I loved about growing up here.

Hmm… I should probably name most Coupland books, and I just got City of Glass from my boyfriends father over the holidays in preparation for my move to the city a few weeks ago from the Eastern Time Zone… but I haven’t read it yet…

So I’ll have to go with Vancouver Matters. Great book… Really beautiful…

City of Glass by Douglas Coupland.

I dont really know.. thats why I want ‘em books
but the closest that includes Vancouver I think is Jade Peony by Wayson Choy..

I like the book
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Mayor Louis Taylor and the Rise of Vancouver, by Daniel Francis

The Jade Peony was one of the only books compulsory in high school that I ever re-read again as an adult. Beautiful book!