📚 Complete Liu Cixin Reading Guide: What to Read Besides Three-Body

📚 Complete Liu Cixin Reading Guide

Liu Cixin's creative career began in the 1980s. In addition to the Three-Body trilogy, he has written dozens of short stories and novellas.

1. "The Wandering Earth" (2000) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The sun is expanding. Humanity takes Earth on a journey. Darker and deeper than the film.

2. "The Village Teacher" (2001) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A dying village teacher imparts physics knowledge to his students — knowledge that will save Earth on a cosmic scale. Liu Cixin's most touching work.

3. "Taking Care of God" (2005) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

An alien civilization discovers a shocking fact: Earth's wealth gap is unique in the entire universe. Biting social satire.

4. "The Poetry Cloud" (2003) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

An advanced alien tries to recreate Tang dynasty poetry through technology — and discovers art is irreplicable.

5. "Sea of Dreams" (2002) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

An alien artist lifts all of Earth's oceans into space to create ice rings — just because he thinks it's "beautiful."

- "The Wandering Earth" (2019/2023) — Film, released

- "Ball Lightning" — TV series, completed

- "Sea of Dreams" — TV series, trailer released

- "The Village Teacher" — Film, in development