Builder’s Library

Aside from an occasional letter or phone call, I never find out whether our readers find any use for the books reviewed in this column. Even more rarely do I get suggestions from builders about the books they like and think we ought to review. So this month I asked a group of readers and past authors as well as our regular library columnist, Paul Hanke, to compile a list of their favorite, most-used construction books. Their choices exhibit great variety and include a couple of surprises as well. Thanks to everyone who participated. I hope you’ll keep telling me about what you’re reading. Design One book that showed up on a couple of lists is The Motion