Ted Chiang Books in Order
Ted Chiang is an American speculative fiction writer, known professionally as Chiang Feng-nan in Chinese. A computer science graduate of Brown University, he balances his writing career with work as a technical writer in the software industry. Based in Bellevue, near Seattle, Washington, Chiang has established himself as a critically acclaimed author through his involvement in the esteemed Clarion Writers Workshop (1989). Despite his relatively modest output, having published only a handful of short stories, Chiang's works have garnered widespread recognition and numerous prestigious awards. Notable wins include the Nebula Award for "Tower of Babylon" (1990), the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1992, and multiple Hugo Awards for "Hell Is the Absence of God" (2002), "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" (2007), and "Exhalation" (2009).
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Ted Chiang
- #1AmazonTower of Babylon(1990)
- #2AmazonUnderstand (in Asimov's)(1991)
- #3AmazonStory of Your Life (in Stories of Your Life and Others)(1998)
- #4AmazonSeventy-Two Letters (in Vanishing Acts)(2000)
- #5AmazonHell Is the Absence of God(2001)
- #6AmazonThe Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate(2007)
- #7AmazonThe Lifecycle of Software Objects(2010)
- #8AmazonThe Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling(2013)
- #9AmazonThe Great Silence(2015)
- #10AmazonOmphalos(2019)
- #11AmazonAnxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom(2019)
- #12AmazonStories of Your Life and Others / Arrival(2002)
- #13AmazonExhalation(2019)
- #1AmazonYear's Best SF(1996)
- #2AmazonYear's Best SF 2(1997)
- #3AmazonYear's Best SF 3(1998)
- #4AmazonYear's Best SF 4(1999)
- #5AmazonYear's Best SF 5(2000)
- #6AmazonYear's Best SF 6(2001)
- #7AmazonYear's Best SF 7(2002)
- #8AmazonYear's Best SF 8(2003)
- #9AmazonYear's Best SF 9(2004)
- #10AmazonYear's Best SF 10(2005)
- #11AmazonYear's Best SF 11(2006)
- #12AmazonYear's Best SF 12(2007)
- #13AmazonYear's Best SF 13(2008)
- #14AmazonYear's Best SF 14(2009)
- #15AmazonYear's Best SF 15(2010)
- #16AmazonYear's Best SF 16(2011)
- #17AmazonYear's Best SF 17(2012)
- #18AmazonYear's Best SF 18(2013)
- #19AmazonIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1991(1991)
- #20AmazonStarlight 2(1998)
- #21AmazonVanishing Acts(2000)
- #22AmazonNebula Awards 35 (2001)(2001)
- #23AmazonStarlight 3(2001)
- #24AmazonSupermen(2002)
- #25AmazonI premi Hugo 2002(2003)
- #26AmazonThe Hard SF Renaissance(2003)
- #27AmazonThe Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels(2005)
- #28AmazonFeeling Very Strange(2006)
- #29AmazonThe WisCon Chronicles, Volume 1(2007)
- #30AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy(2008)
- #31AmazonThe Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21(2008)
- #32AmazonTwenty-First Annual Collection(2008)
- #33AmazonThe Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities(2011)
- #34AmazonLightspeed Magazine, December 2012(2012)
- #35AmazonThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2016(2016)
- #36AmazonLightspeed Magazine, July 2016(2016)
- #37AmazonEdited By(2020)
- #38AmazonNebula Awards Showcase 55(2021)
About Ted Chiang
Ted Chiang is an American speculative fiction writer, known professionally as Chiang Feng-nan in Chinese. A computer science graduate of Brown University, he balances his writing career with work as a technical writer in the software industry. Based in Bellevue, near Seattle, Washington, Chiang has established himself as a critically acclaimed author through his involvement in the esteemed Clarion Writers Workshop (1989). Despite his relatively modest output, having published only a handful of short stories, Chiang's works have garnered widespread recognition and numerous prestigious awards. Notable wins include the Nebula Award for "Tower of Babylon" (1990), the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1992, and multiple Hugo Awards for "Hell Is the Absence of God" (2002), "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" (2007), and "Exhalation" (2009).
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