Ken Liu

Ken Liu

Ken Liu was born in 1976, Ken Liu has written at least 209 books. Their most popular book is The Three-Body Problem with 3588 saves with an average rating of 3.94⭐.

Author Bio

Ken Liu was born in 1976 in Lanzhou, China, before emigrating to the United States at the age of eleven. Holder of a doctorate in law (Harvard University), programmer, translator from Chinese, he has been dynamiting American genre literature, science fiction as well as fantasy, for ten years, collecting distinctions and literary prizes, including the Hugo, the Nebula and the World Fantasy for "Paper Menagerie" alone, which remains unique to this day. This collection, developed within a considerable corpus, and without equivalent in English, celebrates the emergence of the most brilliant of talents, protean and singular - the advent of a phenomenon.

The Three-Body Problem

#1 of 6 in Remembrance of Earth's Past

The Three-Body Problem
ByCixin Liu,Ken Liu(Translator)

2006 • 3,588 Readers • 400 pages 3.9

Death's End

#3 of 4 in The Three-Body Problem

Death's End
ByCixin Liu,Ken Liu(Translator)

2010 • 1,050 Readers • 604 pages 4.4

The Grace of Kings

#1 of 4 in The Dandelion Dynasty

2015 • 848 Readers • 640 pages 3.7

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

2001 • 544 Readers • 437 pages 4.4

The Wall of Storms

#2 of 4 in The Dandelion Dynasty

2016 • 198 Readers • 852 pages 4.3

The Hidden Girl and Other Stories

2020 • 185 Readers • 432 pages 4.1

The Redemption of Time

#4 of 6 in Remembrance of Earth's Past

The Redemption of Time
ByBaoshu,Ken Liu(Translator)

2011 • 169 Readers • 400 pages 3.2

The Veiled Throne

#3 of 4 in The Dandelion Dynasty

2021 • 145 Readers • 656 pages 4

Speaking Bones

#4 of 4 in The Dandelion Dynasty

2022 • 123 Readers • 1,072 pages 4.6

Invisible Planets

Invisible Planets
ByChen Qiufan,Xia Jia,+5 more

2016 • 93 Readers • 400 pages 4

Broken Stars

#2 of 1 in Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation

Broken Stars
ByKen Liu(Editor, Translator),Xia Jia(Contributor)

2019 • 65 Readers • 480 pages 4.1

The Book of Swords

#7 in Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz

The Book of Swords
ByGarth Nix(Contributor),Scott Lynch(Contributor)

2017 • 45 Readers • 544 pages 3.2

The Cleaners

Planned book #4 of 5 in Faraway Collection

The Cleaners
ByKen Liu

40 Readers 3.5

The Passing of the Dragon

2023 • 38 Readers 4.3

Jumpnauts: A Novel

#1 of 1 in Folding Universe

Jumpnauts: A Novel
ByHao Jingfang

2021 • 29 Readers • 368 pages 3

Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi The Legends of Luke Skywalker

14 Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017 • 26 Readers • 432 pages 3.3

The Future is Japanese

The Future is Japanese
ByMasumi Washington(Editor),Bruce Sterling(Contributor)

2012 • 22 Readers • 365 pages 3.3

The Weight of Memories

The Weight of Memories
ByKen Liu(Translator),Cixin Liu

2010 • 18 Readers • 32 pages 3.6

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2011 • 15 Readers • 55 pages 4.5

Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History

Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History
ByDaniel José Older(Editor),Meghna Jayanth(Contributor)

2014 • 14 Readers • 363 pages 4

Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction

Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction
ByIrene Gallo(Editor),Charlie Jane Anders(Contributor)

2018 • 12 Readers • 569 pages 3

Drowned Worlds

Drowned Worlds
ByNalo Hopkinson,Ken Liu,+7 more

2016 • 10 Readers • 400 pages 3.6

Uncanny Magazine Issue 2: January/February 2015

#2 of 18 in Uncanny Magazine

2008 • 10 Readers • 161 pages 4.3

Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2014 edition

#4 of 10 in Some of the Best from Tor.com

Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2014 edition
ByCharlie Jane Anders,Dale Bailey,+24 more

2015 • 10 Readers • 940 pages 4.5

Twelve Tomorrows

#5 of 1 in Twelve Tomorrows

Twelve Tomorrows
ByCixin Liu(Contributor),Wade Roush(Editor)

2018 • 9 Readers • 248 pages 3.5

The Best of Uncanny

18 Uncanny Magazine

The Best of Uncanny
ByKen Liu(Translator)

2018 • 9 Readers • 680 pages 4

La gracia de los reyes

#1 of 4 in The Dandelion Dynasty

La gracia de los reyes
ByFrancisco Muñoz de Bustillo(Translator),Ken Liu

2015 • 8 Readers • 648 pages 3

Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories

#0.5 of 2 in Cookie Cutter Superhero-Verse

Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories
ByTansy Rayner Roberts(Contributor),Alisa Krasnostein(Editor)

2014 • 8 Readers • 450 pages 3.4

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#0 of 8 in The Universe of Xuya

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 100, January 2015
ByJohn Chu(Translator),Carmen Yiling Yan(Translator),+1 more

2015 • 8 Readers 2.3

The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One

#1 of 2 in The Best Science Fiction of the Year

The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One
ByAliette de Bodard,David Brin,+29 more

2016 • 8 Readers • 616 pages 3

Diverse energies

Diverse energies
ByPaolo Bacigalupi,Ursula K. Le Guin,+9 more

2012 • 8 Readers • 314 pages 4

Star Wars: The Legends of Luke Skywalker - The Manga

2020 • 8 Readers • 208 pages 3

Upgraded

Upgraded
ByElizabeth Bear(Contributor),Neil Clarke(Editor)

2014 • 7 Readers • 368 pages 4.5

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2016 • 7 Readers 3.7

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021

#7 of 10 in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021
ByJohn Joseph Adams(Editor / Foreword),Veronica Roth(Editor / Introduction)

2021 • 7 Readers • 432 pages 3.8

Jumpnauts

#1 of 1 in Folding Universe

Jumpnauts
ByHao Jingfang,Ken Liu(Translator)

2021 • 6 Readers • 368 pages

How to Live on Other Planets: A Handbook for Aspiring Aliens

How to Live on Other Planets: A Handbook for Aspiring Aliens
ByDean Francis Alfar,Celia Lisset Alvarez,+33 more

2015 • 6 Readers • 384 pages

Uncanny Magazine #1: November/December 2014

#1 of 18 in Uncanny Magazine

Uncanny Magazine #1: November/December 2014
ByKat Howard(Contributor),Ken Liu(Contributor)

2014 • 5 Readers • 149 pages 4

Estrellas rotas: II antología de ciencia ficción china contemporánea

2019 • 5 Readers • 480 pages 3.8

Isolation: The horror anthology

Isolation: The horror anthology
ByM.R. Carey,Paul Tremblay,+2 more

2022 • 5 Readers • 423 pages 1

Bridging Infinity

Bridging Infinity
ByCharlie Jane Anders,Ken Liu,+2 more

2016 • 5 Readers • 418 pages 3

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2021 • 5 Readers • 2 pages 3

Escape Pod

Escape Pod
ByN.K. Jemisin,Cory Doctorow,+3 more

2020 • 5 Readers • 336 pages

Love, Death and Robots: The Official Anthology: Volume One

#1 of 1 in Love, Death + Robots

Love, Death and Robots: The Official Anthology: Volume One
ByAlberto Mielgo,Claudine Griggs,+13 more

2021 • 5 Readers • 312 pages 3

Multiverses: An Anthology of Alternate Realities

Multiverses: An Anthology of Alternate Realities
ByAlix E. Harrow,Alastair Reynolds,+15 more

2023 • 4 Readers • 320 pages 3

Planetas invisibles

Planetas invisibles
ByChen Qiufan,Xia Jia,+5 more

2016 • 4 Readers • 382 pages

Twenty-First Century Science Fiction

#3 of 2 in Mars

Twenty-First Century Science Fiction
ByCharles Stross,Vandana Singh,+32 more

2013 • 4 Readers • 576 pages 3

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection

#34 of 10 in The Year's Best Science Fiction

2017 • 4 Readers • 703 pages 3

The Other Half of the Sky

#1 of 2 in Feral Astrogators

The Other Half of the Sky
ByAthena Andreadis(Editor),Kay T. Holt(Editor)

2013 • 4 Readers • 445 pages 3

After The Fall

9 Eclipse Phase

After The Fall
ByTiffany Trent,Jack Graham,+12 more

2016 • 4 Readers • 274 pages 3

Lightspeed Magazine, August 2013

Lightspeed Magazine, August 2013
ByJohn Joseph Adams(Editor),Alastair Reynolds(Contributor)

2013 • 4 Readers • 304 pages 3

Futures & Fantasies

Futures & Fantasies
ByJohn Joseph Adams,Hugh Howey,+10 more

2018 • 4 Readers • 482 pages 3

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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2015
ByPaula Guran,A.C. Wise,+28 more

4 Readers

Unidentified Funny Objects

#1 of 6 in UFO

Unidentified Funny Objects
BySergei Lukyanenko,Lavie Tidhar,+8 more

2012 • 4 Readers • 320 pages 3.5

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 9

2014 • 3 Readers 4.5

African Myths & Tales

African Myths & Tales
ByKwadwo Osei-Nyame Jr.(foreword),Barton Aikman(Contributor)

3 Readers

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 88, January 2014

#0 of 8 in The Universe of Xuya

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 88, January 2014
ByCheng Jingbo,Yoon Ha Lee,+5 more

2014 • 3 Readers • 125 pages

War Stories: New Military Science Fiction

War Stories: New Military Science Fiction
ByGregory Drobny,Joe Haldeman,+22 more

2014 • 3 Readers • 294 pages 3.5

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Lightspeed Magazine, February 2011
ByJohn Joseph Adams,Cat Rambo,+2 more

2011 • 3 Readers • 83 pages 4

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The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 5
ByAllan Kaster,Nancy Kress,+8 more

3 Readers 4

Arterial Bloom

Arterial Bloom
ByMercedes M. Yardley,Linda D. Addison,+8 more

2020 • 3 Readers • 232 pages

Made to Order

Made to Order
ByJohn Chu(Contributor),Peter F. Hamilton(Contributor)

2020 • 3 Readers • 349 pages

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War Stories from the Future
ByAugust Cole(Editor, Contributor),Martin Dempsey(Foreword)

2015 • 3 Readers 2.5

Relics, Wrecks, & Ruins

Relics, Wrecks, & Ruins
ByRobert Silverberg,David Farland,+5 more

2021 • 3 Readers • 382 pages

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 73, June 2016: People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction!

2016 • 3 Readers • 464 pages 4

La chica oculta y otros relatos

La chica oculta y otros relatos
ByMaría Pilar San Román(Translator),Ken Liu

2020 • 3 Readers • 560 pages

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7 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume One
ByPaula Guran(Editor),G.V. Anderson(Contributor)

2020 • 2 Readers 3

La Grâce des rois

#1 of 4 in The Dandelion Dynasty

2015 • 2 Readers • 840 pages

The Mammoth Book of Steampunk Adventures

The Mammoth Book of Steampunk Adventures
BySean Wallace(Editor),Jonathan Wood(Contributor)

2014 • 2 Readers

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#2 of 6 in UFO

Unidentified Funny Objects 2
ByRobert Silverberg,Mike Resnick,+5 more

2013 • 2 Readers 4

Lightspeed Magazine, February 2014

#0 in The Aetherian Revolution

Lightspeed Magazine, February 2014
ByJeff VanderMeer,Doug Dorst

2014 • 2 Readers

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Lightspeed Magazine, December 2012
ByJohn Joseph Adams(Editor),Ted Chiang(Contributor)

2012 • 2 Readers

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 101, February 2015

6 Daniel Blackland

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 101, February 2015
ByNeil Clarke(Editor),Kristine Kathryn Rusch(Contributor)

2015 • 2 Readers • 126 pages 3

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6 UFO

Funny Science Fiction
ByMike Resnick,Ken Liu,+6 more

2015 • 2 Readers

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Zerbrochene Sterne: Erzählungen
ByKarin Betz(Translator),Marc Hermann(Translator),+4 more

2019 • 2 Readers 3

Sunspot Jungle, Vol. 2

#2 of 2 in Sunspot Jungle

Sunspot Jungle, Vol. 2
ByTananarive Due,Max Gladstone,+8 more

2019 • 2 Readers • 532 pages

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Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2013
ByMatthew Hughes,Michelle West,+8 more

2013 • 2 Readers 2

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 37, June 2013

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 37, June 2013
ByJohn Joseph Adams(Editor),L. Timmel Duchamp(Contributor)

2013 • 2 Readers

Lightspeed Magazine, August 2012

#21 of 20 in Lightspeed Magazine

Lightspeed Magazine, August 2012
ByJohn Joseph Adams(Editor),Caroline M. Yoachim(Contributor)

2012 • 2 Readers • 229 pages

Made to Order: Robots and Revolution

Made to Order: Robots and Revolution
ByJonathan Strahan,John Chu,+15 more

2020 • 2 Readers • 280 pages

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Saboteur
ByKen Liu

2 Readers 2.5

Laozi's Dao De Jing: A New Interpretation for a Transformative Time

2024 • 2 Readers • 176 pages

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Planned book #3 of 3 in The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories

The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 3
ByAllan Kaster,Greg Egan,+8 more

2 Readers

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 79, April 2013

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 79, April 2013
ByNeil Clarke(Editor),Benjanun Sriduangkaew(Contributor)

2013 • 2 Readers 4

Steampunk World

Steampunk World
ByJay Lake,Ken Liu,+14 more

2014 • 2 Readers • 374 pages 3

Best of Apex Magazine: Volume 1

Best of Apex Magazine: Volume 1
ByAlethea Kontis,Amal El-Mohtar,+17 more

2016 • 2 Readers • 237 pages 4

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2 Readers • 4,000 pages

Terra Nova. Antología de ciencia ficción contemporánea

#1 of 1 in Terra Nova

2012 • 2 Readers • 351 pages

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Uncanny Magazine Issue 50, January-February 2023
ByCaroline M. Yoachim,Mary Robinette Kowal,+9 more

2 Readers • 363 pages 4

Królowie Dary

#1 of 4 in The Dandelion Dynasty

Królowie Dary
ByAgnieszka Brodzik(Translator),Ken Liu

2015 • 2 Readers 3

The Plague

The Plague
ByKen Liu

2013 • 2 Readers • 32 pages 3

Year's Best SF 17

#17 of 3 in Year's Best SF

Year's Best SF 17
ByKathryn Cramer(Editor, Contributor),Ken MacLeod(Contributor)

2012 • 2 Readers • 504 pages

The Fish of Lijiang

The Fish of Lijiang
ByKen Liu(Translator),Chen Qiufan

2006 • 2 Readers 5

Solaris Rising 3

#0 of 8 in The Universe of Xuya

Solaris Rising 3
ByBenjanun Sriduangkaew,Ken Liu,+1 more

2014 • 2 Readers • 464 pages

The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Two

#2 of 2 in The Best Science Fiction of the Year

The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Two
ByNina Allan,Madeline Ashby,+23 more

2017 • 2 Readers • 624 pages

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 112, January 2016

2016 • 2 Readers • 170 pages

Forever Magazine Issue 1

#1 of 3 in Forever Magazine

Forever Magazine Issue 1
ByKen Liu(Contributor),Neil Clarke(Editor)

2015 • 2 Readers • 81 pages 3

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The Anderson Project
ByKen Liu,Judith Moffett,+1 more

2014 • 2 Readers 4

Staying Behind

2011 • 2 Readers 4

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2012 • 2 Readers • 258 pages