Reading order · 3 books · 2008 to 2010 · Set in Beijing
Remembrance of Earth's Past Books in Order
Remembrance of Earth’s Past, known in English as The Three-Body Problem trilogy, begins during China’s Cultural Revolution and grows into a cosmic struggle between humanity and the Trisolarans, an alien civilisation from a planet with three suns.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 2008 to 2010
- First book
- The Three-Body Problem
- Latest
- Death's End (2010)
- Setting
- Set in Beijing
The reading order
Every Remembrance of Earth's Past book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Set in Beijing
- 1The Three-Body Problem2008With Wang MiaoDuring China’s Cultural Revolution, Ye Wenjie, an astrophysicist, joins a secret military project.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Dark Forest2008With Luo JiAn alien fleet is on its way to Earth, due to arrive in four hundred years, and humanity chooses a handful of people, the Wallfacers, to plan its defence in secret.Buy on Amazon
- 3Death's End2010With Cheng XinCheng Xin, an aerospace engineer from the twenty-first century, wakes in the future and must make choices that will decide the fate of humanity.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest and Death’s End in order.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Luo Ji | Wang Miao | Cheng Xin | Ye Wenjie | Shi Qiang |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 The Three-Body Problem | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | ||
| 2 The Dark Forest | LLead | ·Minor | MMajor | ||
| 3 Death's End | MMajor | LLead |
Characters in the Remembrance of Earth's Past books
8 characters from Liu Cixin’s chart, with the number of Remembrance of Earth's Past books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Luo JiSociologist named a Wallfacer | 2 | The Dark Forest 2008 |
| Wang MiaoNanomaterials researcher | 1 | The Three-Body Problem 2008 |
| Cheng XinAerospace engineer | 1 | Death's End 2010 |
| Ye WenjieAstrophysicist | 2 | The Three-Body Problem 2008 |
| Shi QiangBlunt police detective, "Da Shi" | 2 | The Three-Body Problem 2008 |
| Zhang BeihaiNaval political officer | 1 | The Dark Forest 2008 |
| Thomas WadeRuthless intelligence chief | 1 | Death's End 2010 |
| Yun TianmingCheng Xin's friend | 1 | Death's End 2010 |