Reading order · 3 books · 2014 to 2022 · Set in various places
Connected Novels in Order
Emily St. John Mandel’s novels share characters who drift from one book to another across time.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 2014 to 2022
- First book
- Station Eleven
- Latest
- Sea of Tranquility (2022)
- Setting
- Set in various places
The reading order
Every Connected novels book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Set in various places
- 1Station Eleven2014With Kirsten RaymondeA famous actor dies on stage during King Lear in Toronto, on the night a devastating flu begins to spread.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Glass Hotel2020With Vincent SmithVincent, a bartender at a luxury hotel on Vancouver Island, becomes the partner of a wealthy financier, whose fortune turns out to be built on fraud.Buy on Amazon
- 3Sea of Tranquility2022With Gaspery-Jacques RobertsFrom a forest in Canada in 1912 to a colony on the moon centuries later, a detective investigates a strange anomaly in time.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
The books stand alone, but Sea of Tranquility is richer after Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Vincent Smith | Kirsten Raymonde | Gaspery-Jacques Roberts | Miranda Carroll |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Station Eleven | LLead | MMajor | ||
| 2 The Glass Hotel | LLead | ·Minor | ||
| 3 Sea of Tranquility | ·Minor | LLead |
Characters in the Connected novels books
7 characters from Emily St. John Mandel’s chart, with the number of Connected novels books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Vincent SmithBartender who becomes a trophy wife | 2 | The Glass Hotel 2020 |
| Kirsten RaymondeActor in the Travelling Symphony | 1 | Station Eleven 2014 |
| Gaspery-Jacques RobertsTime traveller | 1 | Sea of Tranquility 2022 |
| Miranda CarrollArtist of the Station Eleven comics | 2 | Station Eleven 2014 |
| Arthur LeanderFamous actor | 1 | Station Eleven 2014 |
| Jonathan AlkaitisFinancier running a Ponzi scheme | 1 | The Glass Hotel 2020 |
| Olive LlewellynNovelist on a book tour | 1 | Sea of Tranquility 2022 |