Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card has written at least 239 books. Their most popular book is Ender's Game with 1705 saves with an average rating of 4.27⭐.

They are best known for writing in the genres Science fiction, Fantasy, and Young Adult.

Adventurous, reflective, and emotional are their most common moods.

Author Bio

Orson Scott Card is an American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist and columnist. He writes in several genres but is known best for science fiction. His novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in consecutive years.

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Orson Scott Card

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Details	Rating
Ender's Game Orson Scott Card	4.27
Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card	4.07
Ender's Shadow Orson Scott Card	4.12
Children of the Mind Orson Scott Card	3.53
The Shadow of the Hegemon Orson Scott Card	3.74
Shadow Puppets Orson Scott Card	3.58
Shadow of the Giant Orson Scott Card	3.67
Ender in Exile Orson Scott Card	3.66
Shadows in Flight Orson Scott Card	3.3
Seventh Son Orson Scott Card	3.53
Earth Unaware Orson Scott Card Aaron Johnston	3.93
A War of Gifts: An Ender Battle School Story Orson Scott Card	3.33
The Lost Gate Orson Scott Card	3.76
The Last Shadow Orson Scott Card	2.86
Pathfinder Orson Scott Card	3.75
Earth Afire Orson Scott Card	3.9
Earth Awakens Aaron Johnston Orson Scott Card	3.95
First Meetings in Ender's Universe Orson Scott Card	3.71
Red Prophet Orson Scott Card	3.48
Legends	3.79
Prentice Alvin Orson Scott Card	3.37
The Memory of Earth Orson Scott Card	3.35
Pastwatch: The Flood Orson Scott Card	3.76
Alvin Journeyman Orson Scott Card	3.44
The Gate Thief Orson Scott Card	3.75
Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers	3.25
The Carpet Makers Andreas Eschbach Doryl Jensen (Translator)	4
Heartfire Orson Scott Card	3.33
The Worthing Saga Orson Scott Card	3.62
The Swarm Aaron Johnston Orson Scott Card	3.71
Legends II	3.5
The Crystal City Orson Scott Card	3.3
Epic: Legends of Fantasy Paolo Bacigalupi Aliette de Bodard Trudi Canavan Orson Scott Card Kate Elliott Robin Hobb N.K. Jemisin Mary Robinette Kowal Ursula K. Le Guin Juliet Marillier George R.R. Martin Michael Moorcock Melanie Rawn Patrick Rothfuss Brandon Sanderson Carrie Vaughn Tad Williams	4
Call Of Earth Orson Scott Card	3.2
Ruins Orson Scott Card	3.83
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy Orson Scott Card	3.91
Empire Orson Scott Card	2.82
Earthfall Orson Scott Card	3.31
Earthborn Orson Scott Card	3.17
Lost and Found Orson Scott Card	3.17
The ships of Earth Orson Scott Card	3.55
The Hive Aaron Johnston Orson Scott Card	3.75
Gatefather Orson Scott Card	3.3
The Abyss Orson Scott Card	3.5
Visitors Orson Scott Card	4
Sarah Orson Scott Card	3.33
Wakers Orson Scott Card	4.17
Treason Orson Scott Card	3.88
Characters & Viewpoint Orson Scott Card	4
Children of the Fleet Orson Scott Card	3.4
Ender's Game Christopher Yost Pasqual Ferry	4
Shadow of the Hegemon Orson Scott Card	3.4
Lost Boys Orson Scott Card	3.5
Wings of Fire George R.R. Martin Todd Lockwood Michael Swanwick Roger Zelazny Diana Wynne Jones Mercedes Lackey Elizabeth Moon Harlan Ellison Robert Silverberg Barry N. Malzberg S.P. Somtow James P. Blaylock Gordon R. Dickson Nina Kiriki Hoffman Margo Lanagan Elizabeth A. Lynn Pat Murphy Robert Reed Lucius Shepard Jane Yolen Charles de Lint Ursula K. Le Guin Patricia A. McKillip Peter S. Beagle Garth Nix Holly Black Elizabeth Bear Anne McCaffrey Tanith Lee C. J. Cherryh Orson Scott Card Naomi Novik	0
The Folk of the Fringe Orson Scott Card	3.6
Gold Isaac Asimov	3.67
Songmaster Orson Scott Card	3.29
Ender's Shadow Orson Scott Card	3.75
Magic Street Orson Scott Card	2.33
Brave New Worlds Cory Doctorow Paolo Bacigalupi Orson Scott Card Ursula K. Le Guin M. Rickert Kate Wilhelm Geoff Ryman Neil Gaiman Bryan Talbot J.G. Ballard Carrie Vaughn James K. Morrow Alexander C. Irvine Ray Bradbury Harlan Ellison Genevieve Valentine Sarah Langan Kim Stanley Robinson Matt Williamson Philip K. Dick Heather Lindsley Kurt Vonnegut Robert Silverberg Jeremiah Tolbert Joe Mastroianni Adam-Troy Castro Tobias S. Buckell Vylar Kaftan Shirley Jackson S.L. Gilbow Joseph Paul Haines C.C. Finlay Caitlín R. Kiernan	4
Rebekah Orson Scott Card	2.5
Homebody Homebody Orson Scott Card	2.5
Stonefather Orson Scott Card	4.5
Treasure Box Orson Scott Card	2.75
Wyrms Orson Scott Card	3.38
Ender's Game Alive Ender's Game Alive: The Full Cast Audioplay Orson Scott Card	4.14
Formic Wars: Burning Earth Aaron Johnston Orson Scott Card	5
Duplex Orson Scott Card	5
Maps in a Mirror Orson Scott Card	4.75
El juego de Ender Orson Scott Card José María Rodelgo (translator) Antonio Sánchez (translator)	3.6
Armored	0
Masterpieces	2.5
Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction Philip Athans Jay Lake Writer's Digest Books Orson Scott Card	3.67
Oz Reimagined	0
A Planet Called Treason Orson Scott Card	3.25
Legends Volume 2 Legends Volume 2	4
Shadow of the Hegemon Orson Scott Card	0
Earth Unaware Orson Scott Card Aaron Johnston	3.5
Wastelands 2 Paolo Bacigalupi George R.R. Martin Orson Scott Card Junot Diaz	0
A Town Divided by Christmas Orson Scott Card	4
Ender's War Orson Scott Card	5
Lovelock Kathryn H. Kidd Orson Scott Card	2.75
Serenity Found	3
Master Alvin Master Alvin Orson Scott Card	0
Foundation's Friends Foundation's Friends	3
Ultimate Iron Man Ultimate Iron Man Leonardo Manco	2.5
Worthing Chronicle Orson Scott Card	3.67
Hot Sleep Orson Scott Card	3
Robota Robota Doug Chiang Orson Scott Card	4.33
Sandmagic Sandmagic Orson Scott Card	3.5
Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories Orson Scott Card	0
Meditations on Middle-Earth Meditations on Middle-Earth	5
Ender's World Ender's World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender's Game Orson Scott Card	3.67
Stone Tables Orson Scott Card	4.33
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural	3
Flux Orson Scott Card	3.67
Rachel & Leah Rachel & Leah Orson Scott Card	4
Invasive Procedures Orson Scott Card Aaron Johnston	3
Saints Orson Scott Card	4
Keeper of Dreams: Short Fiction Orson Scott Card	4

Details	Rating
Ender's Game Orson Scott Card	4.27
Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card	4.07
Ender's Shadow Orson Scott Card	4.12
Children of the Mind Orson Scott Card	3.53
The Shadow of the Hegemon Orson Scott Card	3.74
Shadow Puppets Orson Scott Card	3.58
Shadow of the Giant Orson Scott Card	3.67
Ender in Exile Orson Scott Card	3.66
Shadows in Flight Orson Scott Card	3.3
Seventh Son Orson Scott Card	3.53
Earth Unaware Orson Scott Card Aaron Johnston	3.93
A War of Gifts: An Ender Battle School Story Orson Scott Card	3.33
The Lost Gate Orson Scott Card	3.76
The Last Shadow Orson Scott Card	2.86
Pathfinder Orson Scott Card	3.75
Earth Afire Orson Scott Card	3.9
Earth Awakens Aaron Johnston Orson Scott Card	3.95
First Meetings in Ender's Universe Orson Scott Card	3.71
Red Prophet Orson Scott Card	3.48
Legends	3.79
Prentice Alvin Orson Scott Card	3.37
The Memory of Earth Orson Scott Card	3.35
Pastwatch: The Flood Orson Scott Card	3.76
Alvin Journeyman Orson Scott Card	3.44
The Gate Thief Orson Scott Card	3.75
Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers	3.25
The Carpet Makers Andreas Eschbach Doryl Jensen (Translator)	4
Heartfire Orson Scott Card	3.33
The Worthing Saga Orson Scott Card	3.62
The Swarm Aaron Johnston Orson Scott Card	3.71
Legends II	3.5
The Crystal City Orson Scott Card	3.3
Epic: Legends of Fantasy Paolo Bacigalupi Aliette de Bodard Trudi Canavan Orson Scott Card Kate Elliott Robin Hobb N.K. Jemisin Mary Robinette Kowal Ursula K. Le Guin Juliet Marillier George R.R. Martin Michael Moorcock Melanie Rawn Patrick Rothfuss Brandon Sanderson Carrie Vaughn Tad Williams	4
Call Of Earth Orson Scott Card	3.2
Ruins Orson Scott Card	3.83
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy Orson Scott Card	3.91
Empire Orson Scott Card	2.82
Earthfall Orson Scott Card	3.31
Earthborn Orson Scott Card	3.17
Lost and Found Orson Scott Card	3.17
The ships of Earth Orson Scott Card	3.55
The Hive Aaron Johnston Orson Scott Card	3.75
Gatefather Orson Scott Card	3.3
The Abyss Orson Scott Card	3.5
Visitors Orson Scott Card	4
Sarah Orson Scott Card	3.33
Wakers Orson Scott Card	4.17
Treason Orson Scott Card	3.88
Characters & Viewpoint Orson Scott Card	4
Children of the Fleet Orson Scott Card	3.4
Ender's Game Christopher Yost Pasqual Ferry	4
Shadow of the Hegemon Orson Scott Card	3.4
Lost Boys Orson Scott Card	3.5
Wings of Fire George R.R. Martin Todd Lockwood Michael Swanwick Roger Zelazny Diana Wynne Jones Mercedes Lackey Elizabeth Moon Harlan Ellison Robert Silverberg Barry N. Malzberg S.P. Somtow James P. Blaylock Gordon R. Dickson Nina Kiriki Hoffman Margo Lanagan Elizabeth A. Lynn Pat Murphy Robert Reed Lucius Shepard Jane Yolen Charles de Lint Ursula K. Le Guin Patricia A. McKillip Peter S. Beagle Garth Nix Holly Black Elizabeth Bear Anne McCaffrey Tanith Lee C. J. Cherryh Orson Scott Card Naomi Novik	0
The Folk of the Fringe Orson Scott Card	3.6
Gold Isaac Asimov	3.67
Songmaster Orson Scott Card	3.29
Ender's Shadow Orson Scott Card	3.75
Magic Street Orson Scott Card	2.33
Brave New Worlds Cory Doctorow Paolo Bacigalupi Orson Scott Card Ursula K. Le Guin M. Rickert Kate Wilhelm Geoff Ryman Neil Gaiman Bryan Talbot J.G. Ballard Carrie Vaughn James K. Morrow Alexander C. Irvine Ray Bradbury Harlan Ellison Genevieve Valentine Sarah Langan Kim Stanley Robinson Matt Williamson Philip K. Dick Heather Lindsley Kurt Vonnegut Robert Silverberg Jeremiah Tolbert Joe Mastroianni Adam-Troy Castro Tobias S. Buckell Vylar Kaftan Shirley Jackson S.L. Gilbow Joseph Paul Haines C.C. Finlay Caitlín R. Kiernan	4
Rebekah Orson Scott Card	2.5
Homebody Homebody Orson Scott Card	2.5
Stonefather Orson Scott Card	4.5
Treasure Box Orson Scott Card	2.75
Wyrms Orson Scott Card	3.38
Ender's Game Alive Ender's Game Alive: The Full Cast Audioplay Orson Scott Card	4.14
Formic Wars: Burning Earth Aaron Johnston Orson Scott Card	5
Duplex Orson Scott Card	5
Maps in a Mirror Orson Scott Card	4.75
El juego de Ender Orson Scott Card José María Rodelgo (translator) Antonio Sánchez (translator)	3.6
Armored	0
Masterpieces	2.5
Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction Philip Athans Jay Lake Writer's Digest Books Orson Scott Card	3.67
Oz Reimagined	0
A Planet Called Treason Orson Scott Card	3.25
Legends Volume 2 Legends Volume 2	4
Shadow of the Hegemon Orson Scott Card	0
Earth Unaware Orson Scott Card Aaron Johnston	3.5
Wastelands 2 Paolo Bacigalupi George R.R. Martin Orson Scott Card Junot Diaz	0
A Town Divided by Christmas Orson Scott Card	4
Ender's War Orson Scott Card	5
Lovelock Kathryn H. Kidd Orson Scott Card	2.75
Serenity Found	3
Master Alvin Master Alvin Orson Scott Card	0
Foundation's Friends Foundation's Friends	3
Ultimate Iron Man Ultimate Iron Man Leonardo Manco	2.5
Worthing Chronicle Orson Scott Card	3.67
Hot Sleep Orson Scott Card	3
Robota Robota Doug Chiang Orson Scott Card	4.33
Sandmagic Sandmagic Orson Scott Card	3.5
Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories Orson Scott Card	0
Meditations on Middle-Earth Meditations on Middle-Earth	5
Ender's World Ender's World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender's Game Orson Scott Card	3.67
Stone Tables Orson Scott Card	4.33
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural	3
Flux Orson Scott Card	3.67
Rachel & Leah Rachel & Leah Orson Scott Card	4
Invasive Procedures Orson Scott Card Aaron Johnston	3
Saints Orson Scott Card	4
Keeper of Dreams: Short Fiction Orson Scott Card	4

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