Order of Ursula K. Le Guin Books

Ursula K. Le Guin is an American author of science fiction, fantasy and children’s books, as well as a poet. Her trademarks involving imagining new worlds with unique politics, environments, genders, religions, sexualities and cultures. Ursula is best known for her Hainish and Earthsea series. Her influences include Philip K. Dick, J.R.R. Tolkien, Leo Tolstoy, Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling and Norse mythology. She has influenced authors like Neil Gaiman, Iain Banks and Christopher Paolini.

Ursula became a published author in 1959 with the poem Folksong from the Montayna Province. Her first novel was the beginning of her Hainish Cycle, Rocannon’s World – quickly followed by Planet of Exile. Both novels were published in 1966. Below is a list of Ursula K. Le Guin’s books in order of when they were first released:

Publication Order of Earthsea Cycle Books

A Wizard of Earthsea	(1968)
The Tombs of Atuan	(1970)
The Farthest Shore	(1972)
Tehanu	(1990)
The Other Wind	(2001)

Publication Order of Earthsea Collections

Tales from Earthsea

(2001)

Publication Order of Earthsea Non-Fiction Books

Earthsea Revisioned

(1993)

Publication Order of Catwings Books

Catwings	(1988)
Catwings Return	(1989)
Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings	(1994)
Jane on Her Own	(1999)
Cat Dreams	(2009)

Publication Order of Catwings Collections

Tales of the Catwings	(1996)
More Tales of the Catwings	(2000)

Publication Order of Hainish Cycle Books

Rocannon's World	(1966)
Planet of Exile	(1966)
City of Illusions	(1967)
The Left Hand of Darkness	(1969)
The Word for World is Forest	(1972)
The Dispossessed	(1974)
Four Ways to Forgiveness	(1994)
The Telling	(2000)

Publication Order of Adventures In Kroy Books

The Adventure of Cobbler's Rune	(1982)
Solomon Leviathan's Nine-Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World	(1983)

Publication Order of Annals Of The Western Shore Books

Gifts	(2004)
Voices	(2006)
Powers	(2007)

Publication Order of Orsinia Books

Orsinian Tales	(1976)
Malafrena	(1979)

Publication Order of Unreal and The Real Books

The Unreal and the Real, Vol. 1: Where on Earth	(2012)
The Unreal and the Real, Vol. 2: Outer Space, Inner Lands	(2012)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Lathe of Heaven	(1971)
Very Far Away from Anywhere Else / A Very Long Way from Anywhere Else	(1976)
The Eye of the Heron	(1978)
The Beginning Place / Threshold	(1980)
Always Coming Home	(1985)
Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand	(1991)
Changing Planes	(2003)
Lavinia	(2008)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Nine Lives	(1968)
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas	(1973)
The Water is Wide	(1976)
Leese Webster	(1979)
Gwilan's Harp	(1981)
Solomon Leviathan's 931st Trip Around the World	(1983)
The Visionary: The Life Story of Flicker of the Serpentine of Telina-Na (With: )	(1984)
Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight (With: )	(1987)
The Wild Girls	(2011)
Dangerous People	(2019)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Volume 1	(1975)
Wild Angels	(1975)
The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Volume 2	(1978)
Hard Words and Other Poems	(1981)
The Compass Rose	(1982)
In the Red Zone	(1983)
Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences	(1987)
Wild Oats and Fireweed	(1988)
Blue Moon Over Thurman Street (With: )	(1994)
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea	(1994)
Going Out with Peacocks and Other Poems	(1994)
Unlocking the Air and Other Stories	(1996)
Sixty Odd	(1999)
The Birthday of the World and Other Stories	(2002)
Science Fiction Stories	(2002)
Incredible Good Fortune	(2006)
Walking in Cornwall	(2008)
Finding My Elegy	(2012)
Late in the Day: Poems, 2010-2014	(2015)
The Found and the Lost	(2016)
Five Ways to Forgiveness	(2017)
So Far, So Good	(2018)

Publication Order of Picture Books

A Visit from Dr. Katz	(1988)
Fire and Stone	(1989)
Fish Soup	(1992)
A Ride on the Red Mare's Back	(1992)
Tom Mouse	(1998)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

From Elfland to Poughkeepsie	(1973)
Dreams Must Explain Themselves	(1975)
The Language of the Night	(1979)
Way of the Water's Going	(1989)
Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching	(2009)
Cheek by Jowl	(2009)
Words Are My Matter	(2016)
No Time to Spare	(2017)

Publication Order of About Writing Non-Fiction Books

Dancing at the Edge of the World	(1989)
Steering the Craft	(1998)
The Wave in the Mind	(2004)
Conversations with Ursula K. Le Guin (By: )	(2008)

Publication Order of The O. Henry Prize Anthology Books

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003 (By: ,,Jennifer Egan,David Guterson)	(2003)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2005 (By: ,Richard Russo,Ann Patchett)	(2005)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2006 (By: Colm Tóibín)	(2006)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2007 (With: ,,Lily Tuck)	(2007)
O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 (By: ,,Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)	(2008)
O. Henry Prize Stories: Volume 2 (By: Various)	(2008)
The O. Henry Prize Stories: Volume 1 (By: Various)	(2008)
The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009 (By: )	(2009)
PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010 (By: )	(2010)
The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2011 (By: ,,,Brian Evenson,,,,,,,,,,Lily Tuck)	(2011)
The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories: 2012 (By: Alice Munro,Wendell Berry,KevinWilson,,Anthony Doerr,,,,Lauren Groff)	(2012)
The PEN /O. Henry Prize Stories: 2012 (By: )	(2012)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013 (By: ,Alice Munro,,,,,,,Lily Tuck)	(2013)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2014 (By: )	(2013)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2015 (By: )	(2015)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2016 (By: Wendell Berry,Ottessa Moshfegh)	(2016)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2017 (By: )	(2017)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2018 (By: )	(2018)

Publication Order of Uplift Saga Books

Sundiver	(1980)
Startide Rising	(1983)
The Uplift War	(1987)
Brightness Reef	(1995)
Infinity's Shore	(1996)
Heaven's Reach	(1998)
The Space Opera Renaissance	(2006)
Gorilla, My Dreams	(2011)
The Space Opera Renaissance is an anthology.

Publication Order of The Year's Best Science Fiction Anthology Books

(with Robert Silverberg, , Arthur Clarke, Brian W. Aldiss, , Pat Cadigan, Gardner R. Dozois, , Lucius Shepard, Tananarive Due, , , , Chris Roberson, , , ChristopherRowe)

The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: Robert Silverberg)	(1986)
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection	(1988)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: Lucius Shepard)	(1991)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: )	(1992)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: )	(1992)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: Arthur Clarke)	(1993)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: Pat Cadigan)	(1993)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: Brian W. Aldiss)	(1994)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: )	(1995)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: )	(1995)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: )	(1997)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: )	(1999)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: )	(2000)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: Tananarive Due)	(2001)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: )	(2002)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: ChristopherRowe)	(2005)
The Best of the Best (By: )	(2005)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: )	(2006)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: )	(2007)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: Chris Roberson)	(2008)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: )	(2008)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: )	(2010)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: Gardner R. Dozois)	(2013)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: )	(2013)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: )	(2014)
The Year's Best Science Fiction (By: )	(2015)

Publication Order of Nebula Awards Books

Nebula Awards 1 (By: Damon Knight)	(1966)
Nebula Awards 2 (By: Brian W. Aldiss)	(1966)
Nebula Awards 3 (By: Roger Zelazny)	(1968)
Nebula Awards 4 (By: Karen Anderson)	(1968)
Nebula Awards 5 (By: Alexei Panshin)	(1969)
Nebula Awards 6 (By: Thomas D. Clareson)	(1971)
Nebula Awards 7 (By: Theodore Sturgeon,Lloyd Biggle Jr.)	(1972)
Nebula Awards 8 (By: Isaac Asimov)	(1973)
Nebula Awards 9 (By: Kate Wilhelm)	(1974)
Nebula Awards 10 (By: James Gunn)	(1975)
Nebula Awards 11 (With: Craig Kee Strete)	(1976)
Nebula Awards 14 (By: Robin Malkin)	(1980)
Nebula Awards 15 (By: Frank Herbert)	(1981)
Nebula Awards 16 (By: Kim Stanley Robinson)	(1982)
Nebula Awards 17 (By: Joe Haldeman)	(1983)
Nebula Awards 19 (By: Marta Randall)	(1984)
Nebula Awards 20 (By: George Zebrowski)	(1985)
Nebula Awards 21 (By: George Zebrowski)	(1985)
Nebula Awards 22 (By: George Zebrowski)	(1988)
Nebula Awards 23 (By: Michael Bishop)	(1989)
Nebula Awards 24 (By: Michael Bishop)	(1990)
Nebula Awards 25 (By: Michael Bishop)	(1991)
Nebula Awards 26 (By: James K. Morrow)	(1992)
Nebula Awards 27 (By: James K. Morrow)	(1993)
Nebula Awards 28 (By: James K. Morrow)	(1994)
Nebula Awards 29 (By: Pamela Sargent)	(1995)
Nebula Awards 30 (By: Pamela Sargent)	(1996)
Nebula Awards31 (By: Pamela Sargent)	(1997)
Nebula Awards 33 (By: Connie Willis,Jane Yolen,Jerry Oltion,Nancy Kress)	(1999)
Nebula Awards 34 (2000) (By: Gregory Benford)	(2000)
Nebula Awards 36 (2002) (By: Kim Stanley Robinson)	(2002)
Nebula Awards 37 (2003) (By: Nancy Kress)	(2003)
Nebula Awards 38 (2004) (By: Vonda N. McIntyre)	(2004)
Nebula Awards 39 (2005) (By: Ruth Berman)	(2005)
Nebula Awards 40 (2006) (By: ChristopherRowe)	(2006)
Nebula Awards 41 (2007) (By: Mike Resnick)	(2007)
Nebula Awards 42 (2008) (By: Ben Bova,Ruth Berman)	(2008)
Nebula Awards 43 (2009) (By: Ellen Datlow)	(2009)
Nebula Awards 44 (2010) (By: Bill Fawcett)	(2010)
Nebula Awards 45 (2011) (By: Kevin J. Anderson)	(2011)
Nebula Awards 46 (2012) (By: John Kessel)	(2012)
Nebula Awards 47 (2013) (By: Catherine Asaro)	(2013)
Nebula Awards 48 (2014) (By: Kij Johnson)	(2014)
Nebula Awards 50 (2016) (By: Mercedes Lackey)	(2016)
Nebula Awards 51 (2017) (By: Julie E. Czerneda)	(2017)
Nebula Awards 52 (2018) (By: Jane Yolen)	(2018)
Nebula Awards 53 (2019) (By: Kim Stanley Robinson)	(2019)
Anthology series.

Publication Order of The WisCon Chronicles Books

The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 1	(2007)
The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2: Provocative essays on feminism, race, revolution, and the future	(2008)
The Wiscon Chronicles, Vol.3: Carnival of Feminist SF	(2009)
The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 4	(2010)
The Wiscon Chronicles Volume 5	(2011)
The WisCon Chronicles Vol. 6: Futures of Feminism and Fandom	(2012)
The Wiscon Chronicles Vol 7: Shattering Ableist Narratives	(2013)
The WisCon Chronicles Vol. 8: Re-Generating WisCon	(2014)
The WisCon Chronicles, Vol.9	(2015)
Trials by Whiteness	(2017)

Publication Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books

Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own (With: Connie Willis,Pat Cadigan,Joan D. Vinge,Tanith Lee,Pamela Sargent,,Mary Gentle)	(1983)
Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders (By: Isaac Asimov,,Larry Niven,,Garry Douglas Kilworth,Jack C. Haldeman II,Barry N. Malzberg,William F. Wu,Steve Perry,Bob Shaw,Kate Wilhelm,,,,Madeleine E. Robins)	(1983)
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! (By: )	(1985)
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! (By: Connie Willis,George R.R. Martin,Ron Goulart,John Kessel,,Robert Thurston,Tanith Lee,Lucius Shepard)	(1989)
Isaac Asimov's Aliens (By: Isaac Asimov)	(1991)
Isaac Asimov's Robots (By: Isaac Asimov)	(1991)
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite (By: Isaac Asimov)	(1993)
Isaac Asimov's War (By: Isaac Asimov)	(1993)
Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams (By: Isaac Asimov)	(1994)
Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep (By: Isaac Asimov)	(1995)
Isaac Asimov's Ghosts (By: Isaac Asimov)	(1995)
Isaac Asimov's Christmas (By: Isaac Asimov)	(1997)
Isaac Asimov's Camelot (By: Isaac Asimov)	(1998)
Isaac Asimov's Detectives (By: Isaac Asimov)	(1998)
Isaac Asimov's Valentines (By: Isaac Asimov)	(1999)
Isaac Asimov's Werewolves (By: Isaac Asimov)	(1999)
Isaac Asimov's Solar System (By: Gardner R. Dozois)	(1999)
Isaac Asimov's Utopias (By: Isaac Asimov)	(2000)
Isaac Asimov's Father Day (By: Isaac Asimov)	(2001)
Isaac Asimov's Halloween (By: Isaac Asimov)	(2001)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader	(1973)
Wondermakers 2	(1974)
Beyond Tomorrow	(1976)
The Altered I	(1978)
Edges	(1980)
Interfaces	(1980)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12	(1983)
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection	(1985)
The Sixth Omni Book of Science Fiction	(1985)
Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr	(1987)
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection	(1988)
The Year's Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection	(1988)
Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1	(1988)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction	(1993)
The Year's Best Science Fiction, Thirteenth Annual Collection	(1996)
Modern Classics of Fantasy	(1997)
The Year's Best Science Fiction : Sixteenth Annual Collection	(1999)
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology	(1999)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection	(2002)
In Lands That Never Were: Tales of Swords and Sorcery from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction	(2004)
The Space Opera Renaissance	(2006)
The Best of the Best, Vol 2	(2007)
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction	(2010)
Dragon Lords and Warrior Women	(2010)
Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology	(2013)
The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women	(2014)
The World Split Open	(2014)
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology	(2015)
Women of Futures Past	(2016)

Notes: Very Far Away from Anywhere Else was also published as A Very Long Way from Anywhere Else. The Beginning Place is also titled Threshold. The Visionary, Wonders Hidden was co-authored with Scott Russell Sanders. Dragon Lords and Warrior Women was co-authored with Katharine Kerr, Vonda N. McIntyre and Sherwood Smith. The World Split Open also includes contributions by Edward P. Jones, Margaret Atwood, Marilynne Robinson and Wallace Stegner.

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