Reading order
Annals of the Western Shore reading order
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3- 7.87.8 / 1055 ratings
- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 2004–2007
- Published
- about 19 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Young adult
- Genre
Quick answer
Publication order
3 volumes2004–2007Completed
- Ursula K. Le Guin’s quiet young-adult trilogy, three separate stories in the same world, each about a young person learning what their gift is for.
- In Gifts, Orrec, born to a clan whose men can destroy with a glance, keeps his eyes covered because he fears his own power.
- Voices follows a girl in a conquered city hiding a forbidden library, and Powers, which won the Nebula Award, a boy born a slave who remembers the future.
- Thoughtful rather than action-packed.
- Only Gifts has enough ratings.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 1,034 pages, about 19 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 weeks.
Stages
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 23, 2026.
- The end of the series
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How this plan is calculated
The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →
Every volume in order
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Annals of the Western Shore book is the longest?
“Powers” is the longest at 424 pages; the shortest is “Gifts” with 274 pages.
What should I read after Annals of the Western Shore?
Other series by Ursula K. Le Guin: Earthsea series, Hainish Cycle, Catwings.
