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Ursula K. Le Guin, author portrait
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Ursula K. Le Guin

American
1929 – 2018
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including the science fiction set in her Hainish universe and the Earthsea fantasy series, which includes A Wizard of Earthsea. Her work was first published in 1959, and her literary career spanned nearly sixty years, producing more than twenty novels and more than a hundred short stories, in addition to poetry, literary criticism, translations, and children's books.
Frequently described as an author of science fiction, Le Guin has also been called a "major voice in American Letters." Le Guin said that she would prefer to be known as an "American novelist," a choice consistent with a body of work that ran from the Hainish and Earthsea books to poetry, literary criticism, translations, and children's books rather than any single genre.
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Ursula K. Le Guin books in order

48 books, 2 series. Dates and covers from Amazon.

Catwings2 books

  1. Catwings cover
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    Catwings
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  2. Jane on Her Own cover
    #42008
    Jane on Her Own
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Earthsea Cycle3 books

  1. The Tombs of Atuan cover
    #21994
    The Tombs of Atuan
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  2. The Farthest Shore cover
    #31994
    The Farthest Shore
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  3. Tehanu cover
    #42001
    Tehanu
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Standalones and other books

  1. The Lathe Of Heaven cover
    1971
    The Lathe Of Heaven
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  2. The Earthsea Trilogy cover
    1972
    The Earthsea Trilogy
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  3. The Wind's Twelve Quarters cover
    1975
    The Wind's Twelve Quarters
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  4. Very Far Away from Anywhere Else cover
    1976
    Very Far Away from Anywhere Else
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  5. The Word for World Is Forest cover
    1977
    The Word for World Is Forest
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  6. The Beginning Place cover
    1980
    The Beginning Place
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  7. The Eye of the Heron cover
    1982
    The Eye of the Heron
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  8. The Language of the Night cover
    1982
    The Language of the Night
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  9. Always Coming Home cover
    1986
    Always Coming Home
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  10. The Left Hand of Darkness: 50th Anniversary Edition cover
    1987
    The Left Hand of Darkness: 50th Anniversary Edition
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  11. Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences cover
    1987
    Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences
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  12. Dancing at the Edge of the World cover
    1989
    Dancing at the Edge of the World
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  13. Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand cover
    1991
    Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand
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  14. A Ride on the Red Mare's Back cover
    1992
    A Ride on the Red Mare's Back
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  15. The Norton Book of Science Fiction cover
    1993
    The Norton Book of Science Fiction
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  16. A Fisherman of the Inland Sea: Science Fiction Stories cover
    1994
    A Fisherman of the Inland Sea: Science Fiction Stories
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  17. Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight cover
    1994
    Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight
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  18. Steering the Craft cover
    1998
    Steering the Craft
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  19. The Telling cover
    2000
    The Telling
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  20. The Birthday of the World: And Other Stories cover
    2002
    The Birthday of the World: And Other Stories
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  21. Changing Planes: Stories cover
    2003
    Changing Planes: Stories
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  22. The Wave in the Mind cover
    2004
    The Wave in the Mind
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  23. Gifts cover
    2004
    Gifts
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  24. Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings cover
    2008
    Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings
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  25. Lavinia cover
    2008
    Lavinia
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A Wizard of Earthsea

4.3/5

reader rating · 16,492 ratings

A Wizard of Earthsea is the first book in Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle, following Ged — a gifted young mage from the island of Gont — whose pride triggers a catastrophic magical duel that unleashes a shadow creature he must then hunt across a vast archipelago. Regarded as a classic of both children's literature and fantasy, it won the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in 1969 and drew Margaret Atwood's praise as one of the "wellsprings" of the genre.

Reviewed Oct 12, 2026

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