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For the Hainish Cycle books the order doesn't matter too much, they're not direct sequels.
I started with (and would recommend starting with) The Left Hand of Darkness. The first 3 Hainish novels are also her first novels and she was still developing her style, in my opinion. I think The Dispossessed is her finest work, although I still haven't read all of her novels.
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The Earthsea novels are not to be missed either. Maybe pass on the fifth.
Tales from Earthsea is also good.
I didn’t mind The Other Wind… it isn’t as good as the others, but that’s a tough act to follow. It does draw together a bunch of plot threads from the previous books and provides a kind of closure, which I appreciated. There was more to say of Earthsea, but le Guin wasn’t going to have the time or energy for that.