The City We Became
core novel 2020 The Great Cities Duology
Record
| First published | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.83 (80,651 ratings, collected 2026-08-15) |
| Page count | 437 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316509848 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Where it sits
- Universe: The Great Cities Duology
- Series: The Great Cities core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: N.K. Jemisin
Awards (verified)
- BSFA Award (Best Novel), 2020: won
- Locus Award (Fantasy Novel), 2021: won
- Hugo Award (Best Novel), 2021: finalist
- Nebula Award (Best Novel), 2021: finalist
Notes
- From the series record (The Great Cities): Complete 2-book duology; sfadb's own bibliography lists no further entries in this series.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Great Cities: position 1 of 2: next The World We Make (2022)
Sources
- sfadb: N. K. Jemisin Titles
- BSFA, official past award winners
- sfadb: Locus Awards 2021
- The Hugo Awards: 2021 Hugo Awards history
- The Nebula Awards: The City We Became
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