The Recurring Cast
Reading order · 2 books · 2020 to 2022 · Set in New York

Great Cities Books in Order

The Great Cities books imagine that great cities come alive, with human avatars, and New York is being born.

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Series facts

Books
2
Published
2020 to 2022
First book
The City We Became
Latest
The World We Make (2022)
Setting
Set in New York

The reading order

Every Great Cities book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.

2 books · Set in New York
  1. 1The City We Became2020With MannyNew York City is being born as a living being, and a young man who arrives at Penn Station finds he has become the human avatar of Manhattan.Buy on Amazon
  2. 2The World We Make2022With MannyThe avatars of New York face an enemy that wants to destroy the city, and a mayoral race that threatens everything.Buy on Amazon

Do you need to read them in order?

Read The City We Became first, then The World We Make.

Who appears in which book

The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.

Who appears in each Great Cities book
BookManny
1 The City We BecameLLead
2 The World We MakeLLead

Characters in the Great Cities books

1 character from N. K. Jemisin’s chart, with the number of Great Cities books each appears in.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
MannyAvatar of Manhattan2The City We Became 2020