Best Ursula K. Le Guin Books

The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

The Hainish Cycle • Book 6

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Le Guin constructs two opposing worlds—one anarchist, one capitalist—through the eyes of a physicist seeking truth beyond ideological walls. Her exploration of what utopia actually costs remains devastatingly relevant.

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Le Guin constructs two opposing worlds—one anarchist, one capitalist—through the eyes of a physicist seeking truth beyond ideological walls. Her exploration of what utopia actually costs remains devastatingly relevant.

Worlds of Exile and Illusion: Rocannon’s World, Planet of Exile, City of Illusions

The Hainish Cycle #1-3 • Book 1

by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Lathe of Heaven

by Ursula K. Le Guin

What if your dreams could rewrite reality? George Orr's nocturnal visions reshape the world until a power-hungry psychiatrist decides to control them.

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What if your dreams could rewrite reality? George Orr's nocturnal visions reshape the world until a power-hungry psychiatrist decides to control them.

The Left Hand of Darkness

The Hainish Cycle • Book 4

by Ursula K. Le Guin

An Earth envoy must convince the ambisexual inhabitants of Winter to join a galactic federation—Le Guin's masterpiece of gender politics.

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An Earth envoy must convince the ambisexual inhabitants of Winter to join a galactic federation—Le Guin's masterpiece of gender politics.

The Word for World Is Forest

The Hainish Cycle • Book 5

by Ursula K. Le Guin

John Skelley's thoughtful narration honors Le Guin's meditation on how oppression corrupts both the oppressed and their oppressors.

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John Skelley's thoughtful narration honors Le Guin's meditation on how oppression corrupts both the oppressed and their oppressors.

A Wizard of Earthsea

The Earthsea Quartet • Book 1

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Sparrowhawk's hunger for magical knowledge releases a terrible shadow upon the world, forcing him into exile across the islands of Earthsea. Le Guin crafts a mythic coming-of-age tale about confronting the darkness within ourselves and accepting responsibility for our actions.

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Sparrowhawk's hunger for magical knowledge releases a terrible shadow upon the world, forcing him into exile across the islands of Earthsea. Le Guin crafts a mythic coming-of-age tale about confronting the darkness within ourselves and accepting responsibility for our actions.

The Telling

The Hainish Cycle • Book 8

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Linguist Sutty observes planet Aka, where a totalitarian government boasts of destroying all traces of their cultural past. Deep in inaccessible mountains, she finds persecuted storytellers keeping ancient wisdom alive through oral tradition.

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Linguist Sutty observes planet Aka, where a totalitarian government boasts of destroying all traces of their cultural past. Deep in inaccessible mountains, she finds persecuted storytellers keeping ancient wisdom alive through oral tradition.

The Best of Fantasy 2001

by Robert Silverberg, Greg van Eeckhout, Rosemary Edghill, Lawrence Miles, Poul Anderson, Robert Thurston, Brian A. Hopkins, Jack O'Connell, Ursula K. Le Guin, Lucius Shepard, M.E. Wills

Silverberg curates fantasy that refuses the formulaic, presenting stories that stretch from psychological horror to mythic adventure. Each piece demonstrates the genre's capacity for innovation beyond dragons and quests.

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Silverberg curates fantasy that refuses the formulaic, presenting stories that stretch from psychological horror to mythic adventure. Each piece demonstrates the genre's capacity for innovation beyond dragons and quests.

The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century

by Martin H. Greenberg, Greg Bear, Terry Bisson, David Brin, John W. Campbell Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, Harlan Ellison, Ursula K. Le Guin, Judith Merril, Frederik Pohl, Eric Frank Russell, Terry Farrell, Denise Crosby, Alexander Siddig, Melissa Manchester

Essential 20th-century sci-fi collection spans from Arthur C. Clarke's cosmic mysteries to Harlan Ellison's twisted childhood nightmares in "Jeffty Is Five."

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Essential 20th-century sci-fi collection spans from Arthur C. Clarke's cosmic mysteries to Harlan Ellison's twisted childhood nightmares in "Jeffty Is Five."