Must read books for local politics?

I've searched both on Reddit and externally (Google, GPT, various book review sites, Archive, etc...) for must read or canonical books regarding local politics. I've also searched adjacent terms and have found little that seems to be what I'm interested in. Are there any books which specifically bring an outsider up to speed with the functioning of a local government, such as a city council or its analogs?

While I wish for a book covering the topic wholly, such a book might include various aspects of a city council or analog such as its administration, etiquette, governance structure, the power it has over local policy, etc. This is not a demand and rather a description of the type of book I'm after since the question is possibly vague without further details. It should be an overview or introductory text that is not narrow in its subject -- most searches online return books that specify a certain aspect of local politics but not a broad overview.

Thank you in advance.