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Ted Chiang books in order

American science fiction writer

Born
1967
Country
United States
Books
7

Ted Chiang has published 1 novel, 4 novellas and 2 short story collections, beginning with Stories of Your Life and Others (2002). The latest is Exhalation: Stories (2019).

Updated September 2026

Where to start with Ted Chiang

Standalone novels in order

  1. The Lifecycle of Software Objects (Jul 2010)

    150 pages★ 4.2 (9 ratings)

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Novellas in order

  1. Story of Your Life (Nov 1998)

    Adapted for film

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  2. Seventy-Two Letters (Jun 2000)

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  3. The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate (2007)

    83 pages

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  4. Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom (May 2019)

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Short story collections in order

  1. Stories of Your Life and Others (2002)

    317 pages★ 4.4 (94 ratings)

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  2. Exhalation: Stories (May 2019)

    338 pages★ 4.7 (15 ratings)

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Film and TV adaptations

About Ted Chiang

Ted Chiang is an American science fiction writer, whose work has won four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and six Locus awards. He has published the short story collections Stories of Your Life and Others (2002) and Exhalation: Stories (2019). His short story "Story of Your Life" was the basis of the film Arrival (2016). He was an artist in residence at the University of Notre Dame from 2020 to 2021. Chiang is also a frequent non-fiction contributor to the New Yorker, where he writes on topics related to computing such as artificial intelligence.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Ted Chiang FAQ

How many books has Ted Chiang written?
Ted Chiang has published 1 novel, 4 novellas and 2 short story collections that we list, as of September 2026.
What order should I read Ted Chiang's books in?
Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with Stories of Your Life and Others.
What is Ted Chiang's latest book?
Exhalation: Stories (2019).
What is Ted Chiang's most famous book?
Stories of Your Life and Others (2002) is Ted Chiang's most widely read book.
Which Ted Chiang books have been adapted?
1 book has been adapted for film or TV, including Story of Your Life (as Arrival, film, 2016).

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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.