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Ursula K. Le Guin

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Ursula K. Le Guin

Born October 21, 1929Died January 22, 2018

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was an American author who wrote more than 20 novels and 100 short stories. She's best known for her genre-bending speculative fiction, including the Earthsea fantasy series and the Hainish universe novels. Her early works, A Wizard of Earthsea (1968), The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), and The Dispossessed (1974), established her as a major figure in science fiction.

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Books40

Le Livre de Hain Integrale 1

Le Livre de Hain Integrale 1

2023
Five Ways to Forgiveness

Five Ways to Forgiveness

2017
Winter's King

Winter's King

2017
No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters

No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters

2017
The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin

The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin

2016
Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with A Journal of a Writer's Week

Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with A Journal of a Writer's Week

2016
The Daughter of Odren

The Daughter of Odren

2014
Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way

Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way

2012

with Lao Tzu

Las ninas salvajes

Las ninas salvajes

2011
Lavinia

Lavinia

2008
Powers

Powers

2007
Voices

Voices

2006
Gifts

Gifts

2004
The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination

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

2004
Changing Planes

Changing Planes

2003
The Other Wind

The Other Wind

2001
Tales from Earthsea

Tales from Earthsea

2001
The Telling

The Telling

2000
Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way

Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way

1998

with Lao Tzu

Tom Mouse

Tom Mouse

1998
Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story

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

1998
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea

A Fisherman of the Inland Sea

1994
A Ride on the Red Mare's Back

A Ride on the Red Mare's Back

1992
Tehanu

Tehanu

1990
Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places

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

1989
Catwings

Catwings

1988
Always Coming Home: A Novel

Always Coming Home: A Novel

1985
The Beginning Place

The Beginning Place

1980
The Language Of The Night: Essays On Fantasy And Science Fiction

The Language Of The Night: Essays On Fantasy And Science Fiction

1979
The Day Before the Revolution

The Day Before the Revolution

1974
The Dispossessed

The Dispossessed

1974
The Word for World Is Forest

The Word for World Is Forest

1972
The Farthest Shore

The Farthest Shore

1972
The Lathe of Heaven

The Lathe of Heaven

1971
The Tombs of Atuan

The Tombs of Atuan

1970
The Left Hand of Darkness

The Left Hand of Darkness

1969
A Wizard of Earthsea

A Wizard of Earthsea

1968
City of Illusions

City of Illusions

1967
Planet of Exile

Planet of Exile

1966
Rocannon's World

Rocannon's World

1966

Novellas1

The Eye of the Heron

The Eye of the Heron

1978

Graphic novels1

A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel

A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel

2025

Collections4

The Unreal and the Real: The Selected Short Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin

The Unreal and the Real: The Selected Short Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin

2012
The Birthday of the World and Other Stories

The Birthday of the World and Other Stories

2002
Four Ways to Forgiveness

Four Ways to Forgiveness

1989
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

1973

Box sets & omnibuses1

The Books of Earthsea

The Books of Earthsea

1968