Hainish Cycle books in order
Hainish Cycle is a series of 15 books by Ursula K. Le Guin: 1,599 pages in the 8 with a known length, about 29 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 15
- books
- 1,599
- pages in 8 of them
- 29 hours
- to read those 8
- 59 days
- at 30 minutes a day
Rocannon's World 2.6 h 2 
Planet of Exile 2.6 h 
The Left Hand of Darkness 5.6 h 
Winter's King 35 min 
The Dispossessed 6.5 h 
The Day Before the Revolution 1.2 h 
Four Ways to Forgiveness 5.6 h 8 
The Telling 4.8 h Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.
The books
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The Dowry of Angyar 1964 length not known
- 1
Rocannon's World 1966 2.6 h
Earth-scientist Rocannon has been leading an ethnological survey on a remote world populated by three native races: the cavern-dwelling Gdemiar, the elvish Fiia, and the warrior…
- 2
Planet of Exile 1966 2.6 h
The Earth colony of Landin has been stranded on Werel for ten years—& ten of Werel’s years are over 600 terrestrial years.
- 3
City of Illusions 1967 length not known
- 4
The Left Hand of Darkness 1969 5.6 h
Comment by Kim Stanley Robinson, on The Guardian's website: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin (1969) > One of my favorite novels is The Left Hand of Darkness, by…
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Winter's King 1969 35 min
“Winter’s King” is a short story originally published in the collection The Wind’s Twelve Quarters.
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Vaster Than Empires and More Slow 1971 length not known
- 5
The Dispossessed 1974 6.5 h
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action.
- 6
The Word for World Is Forest 1972 length not known
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The Day Before the Revolution 1974 1.2 h
This short story focuses on the bittersweet ruminations of an old woman who began a social movement in her youth, and the culmination of her life as a public figure on the day…
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The Shobies' Story 1990 length not known
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The Matter of Seggri 1994 length not known
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Coming of Age in Karhide 1995 length not known
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Four Ways to Forgiveness 1995 5.6 h
At the far end of our universe, on the twin planets of Werel and Yeowe, all humankind is divided into "assets" and "owners," tradition and liberation are at war, and freedom takes…
- 8
The Telling 2000 4.8 h
Once a culturally rich world, the planet Aka has been utterly transformed by technology.
How much is left
| After The Dowry of Angyar | about 29 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length |
| After book 1, Rocannon's World | about 27 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length |
| After book 2, Planet of Exile | about 24 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length |
| After book 3, City of Illusions | about 24 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length |
| After book 4, The Left Hand of Darkness | about 19 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length |
| After Winter's King | about 18 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length |
| After Vaster Than Empires and More Slow | about 18 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length |
| After book 5, The Dispossessed | about 12 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length |
| After book 6, The Word for World Is Forest | about 12 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length |
| After The Day Before the Revolution | about 10 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length |
| After The Shobies' Story | about 10 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After The Matter of Seggri | about 10 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After Coming of Age in Karhide | about 10 hours left |
| After Four Ways to Forgiveness | about 5 hours left |
Reading the whole series
About 29 hours 19 minutes
8 of 15 books, 1,599 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
59 days (about 9 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.