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 | (1984) | |
| Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight | (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) | |
| A Fisherman of the Inland Sea | (1994) | |
| Blue Moon Over Thurman Street | (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 | (2008) | |
Publication Order of Nebula Awards Books
(with Connie Willis, Kim Stanley Robinson, Mercedes Lackey, Isaac Asimov, Theodore Sturgeon, Lloyd Biggle Jr., Brian W. Aldiss, Ben Bova, Roger Zelazny, Ruth Berman, Jane Yolen, Damon Knight, George Zebrowski, Karen Anderson, Jerry Oltion, Craig Kee Strete, Nancy Kress, James Gunn, Vonda N. McIntyre, Marta Randall, Kij Johnson, Ellen Datlow)
| Nebula Awards 1 | (1966) | |
| Nebula Awards 2 | (1966) | |
| Nebula Awards 3 | (1968) | |
| Nebula Awards 4 | (1968) | |
| Nebula Awards 5 | (1969) | |
| Nebula Awards 6 | (1971) | |
| Nebula Awards 7 | (1972) | |
| Nebula Awards 8 | (1973) | |
| Nebula Awards 9 | (1974) | |
| Nebula Awards 10 | (1975) | |
| Nebula Awards 11 | (1976) | |
| Nebula Awards 12 | (1978) | |
| Nebula Awards 14 | (1980) | |
| Nebula Awards 15 | (1981) | |
| Nebula Awards 16 | (1982) | |
| Nebula Awards 17 | (1983) | |
| Nebula Awards 19 | (1984) | |
| Nebula Awards 20 | (1985) | |
| Nebula Awards 21 | (1985) | |
| Nebula Awards 22 | (1988) | |
| Nebula Awards 23 | (1989) | |
| Nebula Awards 24 | (1990) | |
| Nebula Awards 25 | (1991) | |
| Nebula Awards 26 | (1992) | |
| Nebula Awards 27 | (1993) | |
| Nebula Awards 28 | (1994) | |
| Nebula Awards 29 | (1995) | |
| Nebula Awards 30 | (1996) | |
| Nebula Awards31 | (1997) | |
| Nebula Awards 33 | (1999) | |
| Nebula Awards 34 (2000) | (2000) | |
| Nebula Awards 36 (2002) | (2002) | |
| Nebula Awards 37 (2003) | (2003) | |
| Nebula Awards 38 (2004) | (2004) | |
| Nebula Awards 39 (2005) | (2005) | |
| Nebula Awards 40 (2006) | (2006) | |
| Nebula Awards 41 (2007) | (2007) | |
| Nebula Awards 42 (2008) | (2008) | |
| Nebula Awards 43 (2009) | (2009) | |
| Nebula Awards 44 (2010) | (2010) | |
| Nebula Awards 46 (2012) | (2012) | |
| Nebula Awards 47 (2013) | (2013) | |
| Nebula Awards 48 (2014) | (2014) | |
| Nebula Awards 49 (2015) | (2015) | |
| Nebula Awards 50 (2016) | (2016) | |
| Nebula Awards 51 (2017) | (2017) | |
| Nebula Awards 52 (2018) | (2018) | |
| Nebula Awards 53 (2019) | (2019) | |
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) | |
| Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1 | (1988) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection | (1988) | |
| The Norton Book of Science Fiction | (1993) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction | (1996) | |
| Modern Classics of Fantasy | (1997) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction | (1999) | |
| The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology | (1999) | |
| In Lands That Never Were: Tales of Swords and Sorcery from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | (2004) | |
| Dragon Lords and Warrior Women | (2010) | |
| The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women | (2014) | |
| The World Split Open | (2014) | |
| 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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