Series
The Great Cities
N. K. Jemisin · 2 novels · 1 short story · 2016–2022
N. K. Jemisin's Great Cities duology imagines that great cities can awaken as living, sentient avatars defending themselves against extradimensional threats. It began as her short story 'The City Born Great' before expanding into The City We Became (2020) — her first novel after completing the Broken Earth trilogy — and its sequel, The World We Make.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
The Great Cities at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 2010s1
- 2020s2
Shape
2 novels · 1 short story
1 author
reads like:urban fantasyfound familybig citycontemporaryadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 33% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 3 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The City Born Greatdarkest · most intense
- The City We Becamebrightest · calmest