Series
Omelas
C. S. Johnson, Andrew Dana Hudson, Chris Willrich, Isabel J. Kim, Michael Morris, N. K. Jemisin, P. H. Lee, Sarah Avery, Sarah Pinsker & Ursula K. Le Guin · 1 novella · 10 short stories · 1973–2025
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
Omelas at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1970s1
- 1980s0
- 1990s0
- 2000s0
- 2010s4
- 2020s6
Shape
1 novella · 10 short stories
10 authors
reads like:science fictionclass conflictotherworldtimeless or unspecifiedchallengingadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 50% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
grim · intensebright · intensegrim · calmbright · calmtenseadventurousdarkeeriefunnylightheartedrelaxingsadcatalogthis series
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book2 of 11 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Holedarkest · most intense
- The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelasbrightest · calmest