Honors & Awards

NPR Best Books of the Year (2014)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Guide to the 100 Best Books of the Year (2014)

Hudson Booksellers Best of the Year (2014)

Los Angeles Times Holiday Books Guide (2014)

Hugo Award (2015)

Finalist of John W. Campbell Memorial (2015)

Finalist of Nebula, Locus and Prometheus Awards (2015)

Canopus Award (2017)

Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis winner (German edition, 2017)

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire nominee (French edition, 2017)

Premios Kelvin 505 winner (Spanish edition, 2017)

Premios Ignotus winner (Spanish edition, 2017)

Book of Ukraine (2018)

Premio Italia for International Novel (Italian edition, 2018)

Booklog Award for Best Translated Novel (Japanese edition, 2019)

Seiun Award for Best Translated Novel (Japanese edition, 2020)

Booklist

English edition

1. New York Times: Weekly Bestseller List at # 19

2. Borderlands Bookstore July Trade Paperback Bestseller List at #6.

3. Wired Book Club: It’s Time for the Hugo-winning Hard Sci-fi of Three-Body Problem

4. IO9：40 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Will Rock Your World in 2016

5. BookRiot: Our Most Anticipated Reads of 2016

6. Kirkus Reviews: Bestseller of the Year 2016

Spanish edition

Gigamesh, Barcelona's biggest genre literature &cartoon bookstore:

1. Los másvendidos de septiembre 2016 #2

2. Los másvendidos de octubre 2016 #1

3. Los másvendidos de noviembre 2016 #5

4. Los librosmásvendidos en diciembre 2016 #1

5. Los 50 autoresmásvendidosdel 2016

German edition

      on Spiegel Bestseller List for 16 weeks since the 52nd week, 2016, the best record was #4

Liu Cixin (刘慈欣), also known as Cixin Liu, Da Liu, is a science fiction writer and former senior engineer from Yangquan, Shanxi. He is known for his grand narratives and extraordinarily imaginative writing style. He is the most internationally influential science fiction writer in the history of the People’s Republic of China, and his works have been translated into more than 25 different languages, including English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. As the first Asian author to win the Hugo Award, and the only Chinese author ever to be nominated for both the Nebula and Hugo Awards, he has been hailed as China’s preeminent science fiction writer. In November 2018, Liu was awarded the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service of Society.