Each book stands alone, although all books in the cycle are set in the same universe.
Works are not numbered as author says: "People write me nice letters asking what order they ought to read my science fiction books in — the ones that are called the Hainish or Ekumen cycle or saga or something. The thing is, they aren't a cycle or a saga. They do n…
Beginning in the 1960s and 70s, Ursula K. Le Guin …
Shelve Hainish Novels & Stories, Vol. 1: Rocannon’s World / Planet of Exile / City of Illusions / The Left Hand of Darkness / The Dispossessed / Stories