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Ted Chiang

American author Ted Chiang is best known for his acclaimed short story collections, including *Stories of Your Life and Others*, which inspired the film *Arrival*. His work has won numerous Hugo and Nebula Awards. This page provides Ted Chiang’s books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.

All books · chronological

1990Tower of BabylonPOoSS · 1Buy ↗

1991Understand (in Asimov's)POoSS · 2Buy ↗

1996Year's Best SFPOoYBSAB · 1Buy ↗

1997Year's Best SF 2POoYBSAB · 2Buy ↗

1998Year's Best SF 3POoYBSAB · 3Buy ↗

1998Story of Your Life (in Stories of Your Life and Others)POoSS · 3Buy ↗

1999Year's Best SF 4POoYBSAB · 4Buy ↗

2000Seventy-Two Letters (in Vanishing Acts)POoSS · 4Buy ↗

2000Year's Best SF 5POoYBSAB · 5Buy ↗

2001Hell Is the Absence of GodPOoSS · 5Buy ↗

2001Year's Best SF 6POoYBSAB · 6Buy ↗

2002Stories of Your Life and Others / ArrivalPOoSSC · 1Buy ↗

2002Year's Best SF 7POoYBSAB · 7Buy ↗

2003Year's Best SF 8POoYBSAB · 8Buy ↗

2004Year's Best SF 9POoYBSAB · 9Buy ↗

2005What's Expected of UsPOoSS · 6Buy ↗

2005Year's Best SF 10POoYBSAB · 10Buy ↗

2006Year's Best SF 11POoYBSAB · 11Buy ↗

2007The Merchant and the Alchemist's GatePOoSS · 7Buy ↗

2007Year's Best SF 12POoYBSAB · 12Buy ↗

2008Year's Best SF 13POoYBSAB · 13Buy ↗

2009Year's Best SF 14POoYBSAB · 14Buy ↗

2010The Lifecycle of Software ObjectsPOoSS · 8Buy ↗

2010Year's Best SF 15POoYBSAB · 15Buy ↗

2011Year's Best SF 16POoYBSAB · 16Buy ↗

2012Year's Best SF 17POoYBSAB · 17Buy ↗

2013The Truth of Fact, the Truth of FeelingPOoSS · 9Buy ↗

2013Year's Best SF 18POoYBSAB · 18Buy ↗

2015The Great SilencePOoSS · 10Buy ↗

2019ExhalationPOoSSC · 2Buy ↗

2019OmphalosPOoSS · 11Buy ↗

2019Anxiety Is the Dizziness of FreedomPOoSS · 12Buy ↗

Book series · browse all →

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas12 books · 1990–2019

01Tower of Babylon1990Buy ↗

02Understand (in Asimov's)1991Buy ↗

03Story of Your Life (in Stories of Your Life and Others)1998Buy ↗

04Seventy-Two Letters (in Vanishing Acts)2000Buy ↗

05Hell Is the Absence of God2001Buy ↗

06What's Expected of Us2005Buy ↗

07The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate2007Buy ↗

08The Lifecycle of Software Objects2010Buy ↗

09The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling2013Buy ↗

10The Great Silence2015Buy ↗

11Omphalos2019Buy ↗

12Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom2019Buy ↗

Publication Order of Short Story Collections2 books · 2002–2019

01Stories of Your Life and Others / Arrival2002Buy ↗

02Exhalation2019Buy ↗

Publication Order of Year's Best SF Anthology Books18 books · 1996–2013

01Year's Best SF1996Buy ↗

02Year's Best SF 21997Buy ↗

03Year's Best SF 31998Buy ↗

04Year's Best SF 41999Buy ↗

05Year's Best SF 52000Buy ↗

06Year's Best SF 62001Buy ↗

07Year's Best SF 72002Buy ↗

08Year's Best SF 82003Buy ↗

09Year's Best SF 92004Buy ↗

10Year's Best SF 102005Buy ↗

11Year's Best SF 112006Buy ↗

12Year's Best SF 122007Buy ↗

13Year's Best SF 132008Buy ↗

14Year's Best SF 142009Buy ↗

15Year's Best SF 152010Buy ↗

16Year's Best SF 162011Buy ↗

17Year's Best SF 172012Buy ↗

18Year's Best SF 182013Buy ↗

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