Reading Order
3 series · 36 booksTed Chiang Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tower of Babylon (Short Story) | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Understand (in Asimov's) (Short Story) | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Story of Your Life (in Stories of Your Life and Others) (Short Story) | 1998 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Seventy-Two Letters (in Vanishing Acts) (Short Story) | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Hell Is the Absence of God | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate (Short Story) | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | The Lifecycle of Software Objects | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling (Short Story) | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | The Great Silence (Short Story) | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Omphalos (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy from Amazon |
Ted Chiang Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stories of Your Life and Others / Arrival | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Exhalation | 2019 | Buy from Amazon |
Ted Chiang Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1991 | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Starlight 2 | 1998 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Year's Best SF 4 | 1999 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Vanishing Acts | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Nebula Awards 35 (2001) | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Starlight 3 | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Supermen | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | I premi Hugo 2002 | 2003 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | The Hard SF Renaissance | 2003 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Year's Best SF 11 | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Feeling Very Strange | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 1 | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21 | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | Twenty-First Annual Collection | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | Year's Best SF 14 | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities | 2011 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | Lightspeed Magazine, December 2012 | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2016 | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | Lightspeed Magazine, July 2016 | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 22 | Edited By | 2020 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 23 | Nebula Awards Showcase 55 | 2021 | Buy from Amazon |
Ted Chiang is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Born in Port Jefferson, New York, in 1967, he received his B.S. at Brown University in computer science. Chiang's writing career began in the mid-1990s with short stories such as "Tower of Babylon" and "Story of Your Life," which won the Nebula and Sturgeon Awards, respectively. His debut collection of short stories, "Stories of Your Life and Others," was published in 2002 and was met with widespread critical acclaim, winning the Nebula, Locus, and Hugo Awards for Best Collection. Chiang's works are known for their depth, philosophical exploration, and skillful blend of science and human emotion. He has been praised by critics for his innovative ideas and elegant prose.