I’ve been getting through more and more sci-fi books and would love recommendations on the books you’ve all enjoyed.
For myself I thought the Xeelee series was brilliant. Taking us from the dawn of time through to the end of the universe and around again. Fighting aliens from other dimensions and the creators of the universe themselves.
These two are definitely the strongest novels in her Hainish cycle, I think. I also really enjoyed The Word for World is Forest.
The standard recommendation is to dip your toes in her Earthsea novels, and I fully agree with the standard recommendation! They start with Wizard of Earthsea and you can buy collections of them on the cheap (and/or acquire from your local library fairly easily, in my experience).
Other than that, I’d also really recommend The Lathe of Heaven, it’s the one I’ve read most recently and really strongly incorporates her study of Taoism (eventually leading up to her publishing her own translation of the Tao Te Ching 25-ish years after publishing this book).
I’m looking forward to reading Always Coming Home next, when I circle back around to Le Guin. Will be a bit sad to read it, as it’s the last full novel of hers I have left to read, but everything ends eventually I guess.