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Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) was a celebrated American author recognized for bringing literary depth to science fiction and fantasy, with major works including The Left Hand of Darkness and the Earthsea series. Over a 60-year career, she published over 20 novels, 100 short stories, poetry, and children's books, winning multiple Hugo, Nebula, and National Book Awards. 

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Series

Hainish Cycle


A Science Fiction series (1966 - 2000)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Political sci-fi built on ideology, not conquest
  • Alien societies wrestling with revolution, slavery, and justice
  • Lyrical journeys through cultural collision and personal transformation

The Earthsea Cycle


A Young Adult Fantasy series (1968 - 2014)

The Wind's Twelve Quarters


A Literary Fiction series (1973 - 1973)

Orsinia


A Literary Fiction series (1975 - 2016)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Invented European history with the weight of real revolutions
  • Idealists gambling everything for political change
  • Literary stories about freedom duty and hope under oppression

Catwings


A Children & Middle Grade series (1988 - 2009)

Annals of the Western Shore


A Young Adult Fantasy series (2004 - 2007)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Magic as gift and burden
  • Inherited power with real moral weight
  • Secret learning as quiet resistance

Standalone Fiction

The Lathe Of Heaven

The Wind's Twelve Quarters

Very Far Away from Anywhere Else

The Eye of the Heron

The Beginning Place

Always Coming Home

Always Coming Home

Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand

The Birthday of the World

Wild Girls

Changing Planes: Stories

Lavinia

The Unreal and the Real

So Far So Good

So Far So Good

Novella

Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats

Standalone Non-fiction

The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places

Steering The Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story

The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination

Cheek by Jowl

Words Are My Matter: Writings on Life and Books

No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters

Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations

Works of Poetry

Finding My Elegy: New and Selected Poems

Late in the Day

Ursula K. Le Guin: Collected Poems

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