Book Series Guide

Ursula K. Le Guin · shared-universe

The Hainish Cycle books in order

A shared-universe sequence of novels about the Ekumen and the worlds descended from ancient Hainish colonization.

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Publication order

  1. 1 Cover of Rocannon's World
    Rocannon's World

    Book 1 · novel · 1966

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  2. 2 Cover of Planet of Exile
    Planet of Exile

    Book 2 · novel · 1966

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  3. 3 Cover of City of Illusions
    City of Illusions

    Book 3 · novel · 1967

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  4. 4 Cover of The Left Hand of Darkness
    The Left Hand of Darkness

    Book 4 · novel · 1969

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  5. 5
    The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

    Book 5 · novel · 1974

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  6. 6 Cover of The Word for World Is Forest
    The Word for World Is Forest

    Book 6 · novel · 1976

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  7. 7 Cover of Four Ways to Forgiveness
    Four Ways to Forgiveness

    Book 7 · fiction_collection · 1995

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  8. 8 Cover of The Telling
    The Telling

    Book 8 · novel · 2000

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