Ken Liu

Ken Liu

Ken Liu was born in 1976, Ken Liu has written at least 219 books. Their most popular book is The Three-Body Problem with 3944 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 4 in Remembrance of Earth's Past

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

2006 • 3,944 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 • 1,188 Readers • 604 pages 4.3

The Grace of Kings

#1 of 4 in The Dandelion Dynasty

2015 • 910 Readers • 640 pages 3.7

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

2001 • 579 Readers • 437 pages 4.4

The Wall of Storms

#2 of 4 in The Dandelion Dynasty

2016 • 212 Readers • 852 pages 4.3

The Hidden Girl and Other Stories

2020 • 203 Readers • 432 pages 4.1

The Redemption of Time

#4 of 4 in Remembrance of Earth's Past

The Redemption of Time
ByBaoshu,Ken Liu(Translator)

2011 • 201 Readers • 400 pages 3.2

The Veiled Throne

#3 of 4 in The Dandelion Dynasty

2021 • 158 Readers • 656 pages 4.1

Speaking Bones

#4 of 4 in The Dandelion Dynasty

2022 • 135 Readers • 1,072 pages 4.6

Invisible Planets

Invisible Planets
ByChen Qiufan,Xia Jia,+5 more

2016 • 105 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 • 72 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 • 46 Readers • 544 pages 3.4

The Cleaners

#4 of 5 in Faraway Collection

The Cleaners
ByKen Liu

2020 • 43 Readers • 28 pages 3.5

The Passing of the Dragon

2023 • 39 Readers 4.3

The Book of Witches

The Book of Witches
ByJonathan Strahan(Editor),Linda D. Addison(Contributor)

2023 • 30 Readers • 484 pages 3.3

Jumpnauts: A Novel

#1 of 1 in Folding Universe

Jumpnauts: A Novel
ByHao Jingfang

2021 • 29 Readers • 368 pages 3

The End Is Now

#2 of 1 in The Apocalypse Triptych

The End Is Now
ByHugh Howey,Ken Liu,+18 more

2014 • 27 Readers • 336 pages 3.8

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 • 25 Readers • 365 pages 3.1

The Weight of Memories

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

2010 • 20 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 • 13 Readers • 569 pages 3

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#0 of 7 in The Universe of Xuya

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

2015 • 13 Readers 2.6

Uncanny Magazine Issue 2: January/February 2015

#2 of 26 in Uncanny Magazine

2008 • 12 Readers • 161 pages 4.2

Drowned Worlds

Drowned Worlds
ByNalo Hopkinson,Ken Liu,+7 more

2016 • 12 Readers • 400 pages 3.6

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 • 11 Readers • 450 pages 3.2

Upgraded

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

2014 • 10 Readers • 368 pages 3.8

The Best of Uncanny

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The Best of Uncanny
ByKen Liu(Translator)

2018 • 10 Readers • 680 pages 3.8

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

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 • 10 Readers • 432 pages 4

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2016 • 10 Readers 3.7

Diverse energies

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

2012 • 10 Readers • 314 pages 4

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 • 10 Readers • 616 pages 3

Twelve Tomorrows

#5 of 1 in Twelve Tomorrows

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

2018 • 9 Readers • 248 pages 3.5

Star Wars: The Legends of Luke Skywalker - The Manga

2020 • 8 Readers • 208 pages 3

Made to Order: Robots and Revolution

Made to Order: Robots and Revolution
ByJonathan Strahan(Editor),Vina Jie-Min Prasad(Contributor)

2020 • 8 Readers • 349 pages

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

Bridging Infinity

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

2016 • 8 Readers • 418 pages 3

Jumpnauts

#1 of 1 in Folding Universe

Jumpnauts
ByHao Jingfang,Ken Liu(Translator)

2021 • 7 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

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

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

2017 • 6 Readers • 703 pages 3

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 • 6 Readers • 312 pages 3

Uncanny Magazine #1: November/December 2014

#1 of 26 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

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2021 • 5 Readers • 2 pages 3

Relics, Wrecks, & Ruins

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

2021 • 5 Readers • 382 pages

Isolation: The horror anthology

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

2022 • 5 Readers • 423 pages 1

Escape Pod

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

2020 • 5 Readers • 336 pages

Unidentified Funny Objects

#1 of 6 in UFO

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

2012 • 5 Readers • 320 pages 3.5

The Year's Best Science Fiction, Vol. 1: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2020

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

2020 • 5 Readers • 608 pages 4

Twenty-First Century Science Fiction

#3 of 2 in Mars

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

2013 • 5 Readers • 576 pages 3

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

#9 of 3 in The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year

2014 • 5 Readers • 624 pages 4.5

African Myths & Tales

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

4 Readers

Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation

2019 • 4 Readers • 477 pages

Planetas invisibles

Planetas invisibles
ByChen Qiufan,Xia Jia,+5 more

2016 • 4 Readers • 382 pages

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

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

The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume 2

The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume 2
ByRobert Sheckley(Contributor),R.A. Lafferty(Contributor)

2014 • 4 Readers 3

Futures & Fantasies

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

2018 • 4 Readers • 482 pages 3

The Fish of Lijiang

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

2006 • 4 Readers 5

Uncanny Magazine Issue 37: November / December 2020

#37 of 26 in Uncanny Magazine

2020 • 4 Readers • 154 pages 3.5

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

Waste Tide

Waste Tide
ByChen Qiufan

2013 • 3 Readers • 352 pages 3

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

2011 • 3 Readers • 83 pages 4

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

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 88, January 2014

#0 of 7 in The Universe of Xuya

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

2014 • 3 Readers • 125 pages

Terra Nova. Antología de ciencia ficción contemporánea

#1 of 3 in Terra Nova

2012 • 3 Readers • 343 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 • 3 Readers • 624 pages

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

2015 • 3 Readers 2.5

La chica oculta y otros relatos

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

2020 • 3 Readers • 560 pages

Clarkesworld: Year Six

Clarkesworld: Year Six
ByAliette de Bodard,Robert Reed,+4 more

2014 • 3 Readers • 428 pages

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

3 Readers 4

Unidentified Funny Objects 2

#2 of 6 in UFO

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

2013 • 3 Readers • 295 pages 4

Arterial Bloom

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

2020 • 3 Readers • 232 pages

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1 Alt.Chronicles

Alt.History 101
ByPeter Cawdron,Thomas Robins,+11 more

2015 • 3 Readers

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

2016 • 3 Readers • 464 pages 4

Lightspeed Magazine, February 2014

#0 in The Aetherian Revolution

Lightspeed Magazine, February 2014
ByJeff VanderMeer,Doug Dorst

2014 • 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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Zerbrochene Sterne: Erzählungen
ByKarin Betz(Translator),Marc Hermann(Translator),+4 more

2019 • 2 Readers 3

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

2012 • 2 Readers

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 37, June 2013

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

2013 • 2 Readers

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Saboteur
ByKen Liu

2 Readers 2.5

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2 Readers • 4,000 pages

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2012 • 2 Readers • 258 pages

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

The Plague

The Plague
ByKen Liu

2013 • 2 Readers • 32 pages 3

The Digital Aesthete: Human Musings on the Intersection of Art and AI

The Digital Aesthete: Human Musings on the Intersection of Art and AI
ByAlex Shvartsman(Editor),Ken Liu(Contributor)

2 Readers 4.5

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

2024 • 2 Readers • 176 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

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 79, April 2013

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

2013 • 2 Readers 4

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

2014 • 2 Readers 4

Solaris Rising 3

#0 of 7 in The Universe of Xuya

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

2014 • 2 Readers • 464 pages

Królowie Dary

#1 of 4 in The Dandelion Dynasty

Królowie Dary
ByAgnieszka Brodzik(Translator),Ken Liu

2015 • 2 Readers 3

Unidentified Funny Objects 6

Unidentified Funny Objects 6
ByAlan Dean Foster,Jack Campbell,+7 more

2017 • 2 Readers • 304 pages

Staying Behind

2011 • 2 Readers 4

Entanglements

Entanglements
ByJames Patrick Kelly,Mary Robinette Kowal,+9 more

2020 • 2 Readers • 234 pages

Time Travel: Recent Trips

Time Travel: Recent Trips
ByPaula Guran(Editor),Kage Baker(Contributor)

2014 • 2 Readers

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