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Earthsea Cycle Series

6 primary works • 20 total works
"The Word of Unbinding" and "The Rule of Names" are Earthsea short stories that can be found in Le Guin's collection, The Wind's Twelve Quarters . Later Earthsea stories were collected in Tales from Earthsea, which is listed here.

Also known as:
- Historias de Terramar (Spanish)
- La saga di Terramare (Italian)
- Terremer (French)
- Erdsee (German)
- …

Book 0.1

The Word of Unbinding
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3.81 · 887 Ratings · 63 Reviews · published 1964 · 3 editions
The recipient of numerous literary prizes, includi…

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    Book 0.4

    The Rule of Names
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    3.94     · 921 Ratings · 82 Reviews · published 1964 · 4 editions

    The recipient of numerous literary prizes, includi…

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    Book 1

    A Wizard of Earthsea
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    4.01     · 360244 Ratings · 20216 Reviews · published 1968 · 22 editions
    Ged, the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, was ca…

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    Book 2

    The Tombs of Atuan
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    4.14     · 135004 Ratings · 7070 Reviews · published 1971 · 7 editions
    In this second novel in the Earthsea series, Tenar…

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    Book 3

    The Farthest Shore
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    4.13     · 126240 Ratings · 4923 Reviews · published 1972 · 2 editions

    DARKNESS THREATENS to overtake Earthsea. As the wo…

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    Book 4

    Tehanu
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    4.06     · 59240 Ratings · 4101 Reviews · published 1990 · 4 editions
    Years ago, they had escaped together from the sini…

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    Book 5

    Tales from Earthsea
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    4.09     · 32582 Ratings · 1892 Reviews · published 2001 · 2 editions
    Five stories of Ursula K. Le Guin's world-renowned…

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    Book 6

    The Other Wind
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    4.20     · 32798 Ratings · 2275 Reviews · published 2001 · 111 editions
    The sorcerer Alder fears sleep. He dreams of the l…

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    Book 6.4

    The Daughter of Odren
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    3.89     · 2433 Ratings · 147 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition
    For fourteen years, Weed, as she is called, the da…

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    Book 1-2

    Historias de Terramar I: Un mago en Terramar / Las Tumbas de Atuan
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    4.03     · 1136 Ratings · 117 Reviews · published 1968 · 4 editions
    En el archipiélago de Terramar hay dragones, magos…

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    Book 1-3

    The Earthsea Trilogy
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    4.28     · 21852 Ratings · 567 Reviews · published 1968 · 1 edition
    As long ago as forever and as far away as Selidor,…

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    Book 1-4

    The Earthsea Quartet
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    4.30     · 12857 Ratings · 1013 Reviews · published 1993 · 43 editions
    A superb four-part fantasy, comparable with the wo…

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    Book 1-5, short stories

    Crónicas de Terramar
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    4.44     · 16 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 1 edition
    En el archipiélago de Terramar hay dragones, magos…

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    Book 1-4, 6

    Historias de Terramar
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    4.18     · 815 Ratings · 65 Reviews · published 1968 · 3 editions
    En el archipiélago de Terramar hay dragones, magos…

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    Book 1-6

    The Books of Earthsea
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    4.46     · 5673 Ratings · 621 Reviews · published 2018 · 8 editions
    Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the timeless a…

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    Book 3-4

    La costa más lejana / Tehanu
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    4.13     · 539 Ratings · 44 Reviews · published 2001 · 9 editions
    Third and fourth novels of the Earthsea saga, in S…

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    Book 4, 6

    I draghi di Earthsea
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    3.91     · 77 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2001 · 2 editions
    Earthsea, il mondo dei grandi arcipelaghi e degli …

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    Book 4-6

    Erdsee: Die zweite Trilogie
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    4.35     · 89 Ratings · 8 Reviews · 2 editions
    Tenar, die geflohene Priesterin aus den Gräbern vo…

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    Book 5-6

    Tales From Earthsea & The Other Wind
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    4.33     · 555 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2001 · 14 editions
    Tales from Earthsea features the novella, "The Fin…

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    Book Short stories

    The Wind's Twelve Quarters
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    4.06     · 7878 Ratings · 844 Reviews · published 1975 · 62 editions
    Wizardry, transforming its master into a cloud of …

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