Ursula Le Guin won many awards, including a National Book Award, a Pushcart Prize, the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Newbery Honor and the World Fantasy Award For Life Achievement.
Awards: NBA (2014), Nebula (2008), WFA (2002), PEN (2002) see all
Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy
Series
Wind's Twelve Quarters
April in Paris (1962)
Darkness Box (1963)
The Masters (1963)
Semley's Necklace (1964)
The Rule of Names (1964)
The Word of Unbinding (1964)
Winter's King (1969)
A Trip to the Head (1970)
The Good Trip (1970)
Things (1970)
Vaster than Empires and More Slow (1971)
The Field of Vision (1973)
The Stars Below (1973)
Direction of the Road (1974)
The Day Before the Revolution (1974)
April in Paris (1962)
Darkness Box (1963)
The Masters (1963)
Semley's Necklace (1964)
The Rule of Names (1964)
The Word of Unbinding (1964)
Winter's King (1969)
A Trip to the Head (1970)
The Good Trip (1970)
Things (1970)
Vaster than Empires and More Slow (1971)
The Field of Vision (1973)
The Stars Below (1973)
Direction of the Road (1974)
The Day Before the Revolution (1974)
Hainish Cycle
1. Rocannon's World (1966)
2. Planet of Exile (1966)
3. City of Illusions (1967)
4. The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
5. The Dispossessed (1974)
6. The Word for World Is Forest (1976)
7. Four Ways to Forgiveness (1995)
8. The Telling (2000)
The Hainish Novels and Stories (2017)
1. Rocannon's World (1966)
2. Planet of Exile (1966)
3. City of Illusions (1967)
4. The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
5. The Dispossessed (1974)
6. The Word for World Is Forest (1976)
7. Four Ways to Forgiveness (1995)
8. The Telling (2000)
The Hainish Novels and Stories (2017)
Earthsea
1. A Wizard of Earthsea (1968)
2. The Tombs of Atuan (1970)
3. The Farthest Shore (1972)
4. Tehanu (1990)
Earthsea Revisioned (1993)
5. Tales from Earthsea (2001)
6. The Other Wind (2001)
6.5. The Daughter of Odren (2014)
1. A Wizard of Earthsea (1968)
2. The Tombs of Atuan (1970)
3. The Farthest Shore (1972)
4. Tehanu (1990)
Earthsea Revisioned (1993)
5. Tales from Earthsea (2001)
6. The Other Wind (2001)
6.5. The Daughter of Odren (2014)
Adventures in Kroy
1. The Adventure of Cobbler's Rune (1982)
2. Solomon Leviathan's Nine-Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World (1983)
1. The Adventure of Cobbler's Rune (1982)
2. Solomon Leviathan's Nine-Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World (1983)
Catwings
1. Catwings (1988)
2. Catwings Return (1989)
3. Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings (1994)
4. Jane On Her Own (1992)
Tales of the Catwings (1996)
More Tales of the Catwings (2000)
5. Cat Dreams (2009)
1. Catwings (1988)
2. Catwings Return (1989)
3. Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings (1994)
4. Jane On Her Own (1992)
Tales of the Catwings (1996)
More Tales of the Catwings (2000)
5. Cat Dreams (2009)
Unreal and the Real
1. Where on Earth (2012)
2. Outer Space, Inner Lands (2012)
The Unreal and the Real (2016)
1. Where on Earth (2012)
2. Outer Space, Inner Lands (2012)
The Unreal and the Real (2016)
Novels
The Lathe of Heaven (1971)
Very Far Away from Anywhere Else (1976)
aka A Very Long Way from Anywhere Else
The Eye of the Heron (1978)
The Beginning Place (1980)
aka Threshold
Always Coming Home (1985)
Searoad (1991)
A Ride on the Red Mare's Back (1992)
Lavinia (2008)
Very Far Away from Anywhere Else (1976)
aka A Very Long Way from Anywhere Else
The Eye of the Heron (1978)
The Beginning Place (1980)
aka Threshold
Always Coming Home (1985)
Searoad (1991)
A Ride on the Red Mare's Back (1992)
Lavinia (2008)
Collections
Wild Angels (poems) (1975)
The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975)
Walking in Cornwall (poems) (1976)
Hard Words (poems) (1981)
The Compass Rose (1982)
In the Red Zone (poems) (1983)
Wild Oats and Fireweed (poems) (1988)
Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences (1988)
The Visionary, Wonders Hidden (1988) (with Scott Russell Sanders)
The Earthsea Quartet (1993)
Blue Moon over Thurman Street (poems) (1993)
Science Fiction Stories (1994)
Going Out With Peacocks (poems) (1994)
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (1994)
Unlocking the Air (1996)
Sixty Odd (poems) (1999)
The Birthday of the World (2002)
Incredible Good Fortune (poems) (2006)
Out Here (poems) (2010)
Finding My Elegy (poems) (2012)
Changing Planes (2014)
The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose (2015)
Late in the Day: Poems 2010 - 2014 (poems) (2015)
Poems from the Book of Hours (poems) (2016) (with Babette Deutsch and Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Found and the Lost (2016)
The Selected Short Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin (2016)
Five Ways to Forgiveness (2017)
So Far, So Good (poems) (2018)
Collected Poems (poems) (2023)
The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975)
Walking in Cornwall (poems) (1976)
Hard Words (poems) (1981)
The Compass Rose (1982)
In the Red Zone (poems) (1983)
Wild Oats and Fireweed (poems) (1988)
Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences (1988)
The Visionary, Wonders Hidden (1988) (with Scott Russell Sanders)
The Earthsea Quartet (1993)
Blue Moon over Thurman Street (poems) (1993)
Science Fiction Stories (1994)
Going Out With Peacocks (poems) (1994)
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (1994)
Unlocking the Air (1996)
Sixty Odd (poems) (1999)
The Birthday of the World (2002)
Incredible Good Fortune (poems) (2006)
Out Here (poems) (2010)
Finding My Elegy (poems) (2012)
Changing Planes (2014)
The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose (2015)
Late in the Day: Poems 2010 - 2014 (poems) (2015)
Poems from the Book of Hours (poems) (2016) (with Babette Deutsch and Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Found and the Lost (2016)
The Selected Short Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin (2016)
Five Ways to Forgiveness (2017)
So Far, So Good (poems) (2018)
Collected Poems (poems) (2023)
Novellas and Short Stories
The Water Is Wide (1976)
Leese Webster (1979)
Gwilan's Harp (1981)
Solomon Leviathan's 931st Trip Around the World (1983)
The Visionary (1984)
Nine Lives (1992)
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (1992)
Buffalo Gals (1994)
The Shobies' Story (1998)
Dangerous People (2019)
Leese Webster (1979)
Gwilan's Harp (1981)
Solomon Leviathan's 931st Trip Around the World (1983)
The Visionary (1984)
Nine Lives (1992)
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (1992)
Buffalo Gals (1994)
The Shobies' Story (1998)
Dangerous People (2019)
Anthologies edited
The Altered I (1978) (with Lee Harding)
Edges (1980) (with Virginia Kidd)
Interfaces (1980) (with Virginia Kidd)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993) (with Brian Attebery)
Edges (1980) (with Virginia Kidd)
Interfaces (1980) (with Virginia Kidd)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993) (with Brian Attebery)
Series contributed to
Picture Books show
Non fiction show
Omnibus editions show
Books containing stories by Ursula K Le Guin
More books
Awards
Award nominations
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