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Best "City as a Character" Books

40 books where I felt that the city or town was as much of a character as the protagonists. 🌀*you want to read City of Stairs so bad*🌀
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We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
1
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
2
Ralph Ellison
It (Stephen King)
It
3
Stephen King
Uzumaki (Junji Ito)
Uzumaki
4
Junji Ito
City of Stairs (Robert Jackson Bennett)
City of Stairs
5
Robert Jackson Bennett
City of Blades (Robert Jackson Bennett)
City of Blades
6
Robert Jackson Bennett
City of Miracles (Robert Jackson Bennett)
City of Miracles
7
Robert Jackson Bennett
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
8
Sandra Cisneros
The Gutter Prayer (Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan)
The Gutter Prayer
9
Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
Three Parts Dead (Max Gladstone)
Three Parts Dead
10
Max Gladstone
Two Serpents Rise (Max Gladstone)
Two Serpents Rise
11
Max Gladstone
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
12
Marjane Satrapi
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
13
George Orwell
Mortal Engines (Philip Reeve)
Mortal Engines
14
Philip Reeve
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
15
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Perdido Street Station (China Mieville)
Perdido Street Station
16
China Mieville
Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo)
Six of Crows
17
Leigh Bardugo
Crooked Kingdom (Leigh Bardugo)
Crooked Kingdom
18
Leigh Bardugo
Mistborn (Brandon Sanderson)
Mistborn
19
Brandon Sanderson
The Well of Ascension
The Well of Ascension
20
The Hero of Ages
The Hero of Ages
21
Elantris (Brandon Sanderson)
Elantris
22
Brandon Sanderson
A Darker Shade of Magic (V.E. Schwab)
A Darker Shade of Magic
23
V.E. Schwab
Twelve Kings in Sharakhai (Bradley P. Beaulieu)
Twelve Kings in Sharakhai
24
Bradley P. Beaulieu
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Michael Chabon)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
25
Michael Chabon
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
26
Lois Lowry
The City and the Stars (Arthur C Clarke)
The City and the Stars
27
Arthur C Clarke
Foundryside (Robert Jackson Bennett)
Foundryside
28
Robert Jackson Bennett
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation
29
Iaac Asimov
The Dresden Files Series (Jim Butcher)
The Dresden Files Series
30
Jim Butcher
Guards! Guards! (Terry Pratchett)
Guards! Guards!
31
Terry Pratchett
Night Watch (Terry Pratchett)
Night Watch
32
Terry Pratchett
Chasm City (Alastair Reynolds)
Chasm City
33
Alastair Reynolds
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
34
Harper Lee
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
35
Suzanne Collins
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Suzanne Collins)
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
36
Suzanne Collins
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
37
The City of Brass (S.A.Chakraborty)
The City of Brass
38
S.A.Chakraborty
The Black God's Drums (P. Djèli Clark)
The Black God's Drums
39
P. Djèli Clark
The House of the Scorpion (Nancy Farmer)
The House of the Scorpion
40
Nancy Farmer
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