It is difficult to recommend specific plan books for our visitors because everyone has different needs and wants that should be incorporated into their new home design. However, the following collection of plan books contains examples of homes in just about every size, type, style, and price range. If you are getting ready to build your own home, one of the first steps in the homebuilding process is to look through books and magazines in order to find ideas that you will be able to use as you plan the design and construction of your new house.

You may also want to visit our House Plan Center, which contains a searchable database of over 10,000 house plans, including large and small houses, duplexes, vacation homes, log cabins, as well as, plans for garages, sheds, playhouses, arbors and other backyard projects. Should you wish to design your own home and draw your own blueprints, you may want to look through our list of links to various home design software companies and computer aided drafting and design (CADD) programs.

• Blueprint Reading for Construction
  - by James A. S. Fatzinger
  Introduction book to blueprint reading covers all types of blueprints including civil, architectural, structural, mechanical (plumbing and HVAC), and electrical — with a focus on present-day construction materials and logical sequencing of construction procedures and methods.

• House Beautiful the Designs of William E. Poole: 70 Classic House Plans in the Southern Tradition - by William E. Poole

• The Backroad Home: Simple Country Designs of Cottages, Cabins, Barns, Stables, Garages and Garden Sheds, with sources for blueprints, Kits, Building Accessories, Catalogs and Guide Books - by Donald J. Berg

• Country Houses: 208 Unique Home Plans With Country Style - by Paulette Mulvin (Editor: Home Planners)

• More Small Houses: Fine Homebuilding Great Houses
  - by Fine Homebuilding Magazine
  The plans as well as a description of primary concerns in design are often included. Best of all, many of these homes were designed on a budget of about $100,000, which makes these houses seem much more inspiring and realistic to the potential home builder.

• Small House Designs: Elegant, Architect-Designed Homes - 33 Award-Winning Plans 1,250 Square Feet or Less
  - by Kenneth R. Tremblay, Lawrence Von Bamford, Lawrence Von Bamford
  Contains 34 individual designs, including traditionally styled homes that would fit nicely in older, established neighborhoods, unusual homes built into hillsides, a visually stunning urban row house, small homes for the backwoods that appear to float in the air like tree houses, and many more.

• 100 Turn-Of-The-Century Brick Bungalows With Floor Plans
  - by Rogers, Manson
  Features all the winning entries from a major nationwide competition for bungalow designs - from a tile-roofed hacienda to an elaborate thatch-roofed English cottage.

• Bungalow Plans
  - by Christian Gladu
  Contains house plans that may be modest in size by today's standards, but integrate the style and timeless charm of the past with a modern point of view.

• 117 House Designs of the Twenties - by Gordon-Van Tine Co.

• American Log Homes - by Arthur Thiede, Cindy Teipner

• Log House Plans - by B. Allan MacKie

• The Log Home Plan Book
  - by Heather Mehra-Pederson, Cindy Teipner Thiede
  Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Cabins, Bungalows & Humble Abodes Family Homes, Cottages & Moderate Residences Havens, Retreats & Grand Estates Resources.

• Adobe Houses for Today: Flexible Plans for Your Adobe Home - by Laura Sanchez, Alex Sanchez

• LA Casa Adobe - by William Lumpkins

• Pueblo Architecture and Modern Adobes: The Residential Designs of William Lumpkins - by Joseph Traugott, William T. Lumpkins

• Martha's Vineyard Plan Book: Designs for Houses, Porches, Additions, Guesthouses, Sheds, Garages, Barns, Outdoor Showers, and Garden Structures
  - by James S. Weisman
  Proven, easy to understand, extraordinary construction plans you can't get anywhere else. Our plans describe homes that have been designed and built here on Martha's Vineyard Island. These plans were designed for real projects and, because of this, they are better than 'generic plans' you may find available in most plan books.

• Southwest Home Plans: 138 Sun-Loving Designs for Building Anywhere - by Home Planners Inc

• Luxury Dream Homes: 154 Luxury Home Plans from Eleven Leading Designers - published by Home Planners, Inc.

• Classic Home Plans: 230 New Designs in Traditional Styles - published by Home Planners, Inc.

• Encyclopedia of Home Designs: 500 House Plans from Award-Winning Blue Ribbon Designers - published by Home Planners, Inc.

• 200 Move-Up Home Plans: Designs from 1800 to 3800 Square Feet to Meet Your Growing Needs (Blue Ribbon Designer Series) - by Home Planners, Inc.
  
  

  Understanding Construction Drawings Instruction on locating and crossreferencing information in different parts of a construction drawing.

  Martha's Vineyard Plan Book: Designs for Houses, Porches, Additions, Guesthouses, Sheds, Garages, Barns, Outdoor Showers, and Garden Structures

  Dream Cottages: 25 Plans for Retreats, Cabins, and Beach Houses

  
  

• Homes Filled With Natural Light: 223 Sunny Home Plans for All Regions - published by Home Planners, Inc.

• Contemporary Home Plans: 220 Sleek Designs for Modern Lifestyles - by Home Planners, Inc.

• Estate Dream Homes: 150 Plans of Unsurpassed Luxury - by Home Planners, Inc.

• Distinctive Home Plans: 200 Designs from 3,400 to 7,700 Sq. Ft - by Creative Homeowner Press

• Vacation Retirement & Leisure Home Plans: Exclusive Design Network - "250 designs for relaxing getaways, "smaller is better" lifestyles, and easy maintenance homes for those physically challenged or enjoying their golden years." - published by The Garlinghouse Co.

• Victorian Domestic Architectural Plans and Details: 734 Scale Drawings of Doorways, Windows, Staircases, Moldings, Cornices and Other Elements
  - by William T. Comstock (Photographer)
  Rare treasury of floor plans, elevations, perspective drawings for houses and cottages in Queen Anne, Eastlake, Elizabethan, Colonial, other styles. Large engraved plates also contain scaled drawings of nearly 700 architectural details.

• Bicknell's Victorian Buildings: Floor Plans and Elevations for 45 Houses and Other Structures - by A. J. Bicknell

• Victorian Dream Homes - by Home Planners

• Victorian City and Country Houses: Plans and Designs - by George E. Woodward

• Victorian Cottage Residences - by Andrew Jackson Downing

• American-Victorian Cottage Homes - by Palliser Co

• Late Victorian Houses and Cottages: Floor Plans and Illustrations for 40 House Designs - by Century Architectual Company

• Cottage Architecture of Victorian America - by E. C. Hussey

• 500 Best Vacation Home Plans - by Sunset Books

• 408 Vacation & Second Home Plans - Creative Homeowner Press

• Vacation Home Plans - by Sunset Publishing Company

• Vacation and Second Homes: 345 Designs for Recreation, Retirement and Leisure Living: 480 to 4136 Square Feet - by Home Planners, Inc.

• Waterfront Homes: 200 Plans for River, Lake or Sea - by Home Planners, Inc.

• Over 400 different home plan books - a huge list of home plan books.