Book description
Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious tale of identity, resistance, magic and myth.
All is not well in the city that never sleeps. Even though the avatars of New York City have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading—and…
Why read it?
1 author picked The World We Make as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The Great Cities Duology is the best urban fantasy I've read in a long time. Nothing against vampires and werewolves, but Jemisin pushes the genre so far beyond them.
She brings us a diverse cast whose lives are upended as they become avatars for the five boroughs of New York City. And what is a fitting opponent for New York City? Why, another city — this one full of horrors who seek to replace New York itself.
There's so much scathing comment here: gentrification, prejudice, systemic racism, bureaucratic obstacles that threaten to drown the city. The author herself found…
If you love The World We Make...
Aggressor
It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.
The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…
Want books like The World We Make?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 98 books like The World We Make.
Share your top 3 reads of 2025!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,210
readers submitted
so far, will you?
📚 If you like The World We Make, you might also like...
Old Man Country
This book follows the journey of a writer in search of wisdom as he narrates encounters with 12 distinguished American men over 80, including Paul Volcker, the former head of the Federal Reserve, and Denton Cooley, the world’s most famous heart surgeon.
In these and other intimate conversations, the book…
Lane and the Inventor
A grumpy-sunshine, slow-burn, sweet-and-steamy romance set in wild and beautiful small-town Colorado. Lane Gravers is a wanderer, adventurer, yoga instructor, and social butterfly when she meets reserved, quiet, pensive Logan Hickory, a loner inventor with a painful past.
Dive into this small-town, steamy romance between two opposites who find love…
