Author·Chinese·b. 1963
Cixin Liu
Also known as: 刘慈欣 · Liu Cixin
We use 'Cixin Liu' (given-family) for the English-language convention and 'Liu Cixin' for citation contexts. The Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy is broadly available in English via Tor Books, with Ken Liu translating Books 1 and 3 and Joel Martinsen translating Book 2.
- hard-science-fiction
- first-contact
Guides at bibliotecas
3 books by Cixin Liu
Remembrance of Earth's Past #1 · 2008
The Three-Body Problem
The Chinese science-fiction novel that broke out of Chinese science fiction. It asks one question — does humanity deserve to survive — and answers it from inside the Cultural Revolution.
~ 13h readRead · 5 min
Remembrance of Earth's Past #2 · 2008
The Dark Forest
Fan + author consensus pick for the best book in the trilogy. Two simple axioms derive the silence of the universe. After this one, you don't look at the night sky the same way.
~ 16h readRead · 5 min
Remembrance of Earth's Past #3 · 2010
Death's End
The most ambitious and most divisive book in 21st-century SF. 22 billion years of cosmic history. Two morally catastrophic decisions by one woman. One universe reset at the end.
~ 20h readRead · 5 min
Reading lists
Curated lists featuring Cixin Liu
9 books · ~ 85h
Science Fiction for People Who Don't Read Science Fiction
Nine novels that will change what you think the genre is allowed to do.
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8 books · ~ 70h
Eight Dystopian Novels Beyond 1984
Orwell's masterpiece gets all the attention. These eight books are asking harder questions.
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10 books · ~ 484h
Books That Earn Every Hour: Ten Essential Long Reads
Not long because they couldn't be shorter. Long because the size is the point.
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10 books · ~ 97h
Ten Books Every Programmer Should Read That Have Nothing to Do With Code
The books that change how you think, not what you type.
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3 books · ~ 49h
Liu Cixin's Three-Body Trilogy · A 3-Book Reader's Guide
Three novels, two translators, one universe that ends. Where you start depends on what you came for.
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