I love some of Le Guin&#x27;s works, although I found that some are much better than others.  I would definitely recommend reading The Left Hand Of Darkness, I think it stands out among her best.<p>The follow-up, The Dispossessed, I thought was much weaker and less interesting and in fact I couldn&#x27;t even finish it, which was odd given how much I loved Darkness.  But in general she&#x27;s a more intelligent, perceptive, engaging and literary writer than many of her (usually male) science fiction counterparts, whose work is often barely readable (flimsy characters, lousy dialogue) or is reminiscent of what you&#x27;d expect if you asked a teenage boy to write the plot to a science fiction action movie (e.g. much of Neal Stephenson&#x27;s work).<p>I read The Telling quite recently and enjoyed it as well.  The Earthsea fantasy series is also excellent.