American writer and biochemist (1920–1992) · 1920-1992
Isaac Asimov Books in Order
120 books · 8 series · 1939-2003
Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. He wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Best known for his hard science fiction, Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as popular science and other non-fiction. His work spans nine out of the ten categories of the Dewey decimal system.
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Entries without a number are not numbered in the source data - they are placed by publication date, which is usually but not always the intended reading order.
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
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| 1 | View from a Height | 1963 | Amazon | |
| 2 |  | Adding a Dimension | 1964 | Amazon |
| 3 | Of Time and Space and Other Things | 1965 | Amazon | |
| 4 | From Earth to Heaven | 1966 | Amazon | |
| 5 |  | Science, Numbers, and I | 1968 | Amazon |
| 6 | The Solar System and Back | 1970 | Amazon | |
| 7 | The Left Hand of the Electron | 1972 | Amazon | |
| 8 | The Tragedy of the Moon | 1973 | Amazon | |
| 9 |  | Of Matters Great and Small | 1975 | Amazon |
| 10 | The Planet That Wasn't | 1976 | Amazon | |
| 11 | The Road to Infinity | 1979 | Amazon | |
| 12 | The Sun Shines Bright | 1981 | Amazon | |
| 13 | Counting the Eons | 1983 | Amazon | |
| 14 | X Stands for Unknown | 1984 | Amazon | |
| 15 | The Subatomic Monster | 1985 | Amazon | |
| 16 |  | Far as Human Eye Could See | 1987 | Amazon |
| 17 | The Relativity of Wrong | 1988 | Amazon | |
| 18 | Out of the Everywhere | 1990 | Amazon | |
| 19 |  | The Secret of the Universe | 1991 | Amazon |
Entries without a number are not numbered in the source data - they are placed by publication date, which is usually but not always the intended reading order.
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
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| 1 | Franchise | 1955 | Amazon | |
| 2 | Question | 1955 | Amazon | |
| 3 | Jokester | 1956 | Amazon | |
| 4 | Someday | 1956 | Amazon | |
| 5 | The Dead Past | 1956 | Amazon | |
| 6 |  | The Last Question | 1956 | Amazon |
| 7 | All the Troubles of the World | 1958 | Amazon | |
| 8 | Anniversary | 1959 | Amazon | |
| 9 | The Machine that Won the War | 1961 | Amazon | |
| 10 | My Son, the Physicist | 1962 | Amazon | |
| 11 | Key Item | 1968 | Amazon | |
| 12 | Point of View | 1975 | Amazon | |
| 13 | The Life and Times of Multivac | 1975 | Amazon | |
| 14 | Think! | 1977 | Amazon | |
| 15 | True Love | 1977 | Amazon |
Entries without a number are not numbered in the source data - they are placed by publication date, which is usually but not always the intended reading order.
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
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| 1 | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 1 | 1979 | Amazon | |
| 2 |  | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 2 | 1979 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3 | 1980 | Amazon |
| 4 | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 4 | 1980 | Amazon | |
| 7 | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 | 1982 | Amazon | |
| 9 |  | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 9 | 1983 | Amazon |
| 12 |  | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 12 | 1984 | Amazon |
| 16 |  | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 16 | 1987 | Amazon |
| 17 | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 17 | 1988 | Amazon | |
| 19 |  | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 19 | 1989 | Amazon |
| 20 |  | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 20 | 1990 | Amazon |
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
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| 1 |  | Tales of the Black Widowers | 1974 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | More Tales of the Black Widowers | 1976 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | Casebook of the Black Widowers | 1980 | Amazon |
| 4 |  | Banquets of the Black Widowers | 1984 | Amazon |
| 5 |  | Puzzles of the Black Widowers | 1990 | Amazon |
| 6 |  | The Return of the Black Widowers | 2003 | Amazon |
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
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| 1 |  | Prelude to Foundation | 1988 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | Forward the Foundation | 1993 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | Foundation | 1951 | Amazon |
| 5 |  | Second Foundation | 1953 | Amazon |
| 6 |  | Foundation's Edge | 1982 | Amazon |
| 7 |  | Foundation and Earth | 1986 | Amazon |
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | David Starr, Space Ranger | 1952 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids | 1953 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus | 1954 | Amazon |
| 4 |  | Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury | 1956 | Amazon |
| 5 |  | Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter | 1954 | Amazon |
| 6 |  | Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn | 1958 | Amazon |
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blind Alley | 1945 | Amazon | |
| 2 |  | Pebble in the Sky | 1950 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | The Stars, Like Dust | 1951 | Amazon |
| 4 |  | The Currents of Space | 1952 | Amazon |
Entries without a number are not numbered in the source data - they are placed by publication date, which is usually but not always the intended reading order.
Standalone books
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
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| 1 | Marooned off Vesta | 1939 | Amazon | |
| 2 | Super-Neutron | 1941 | Amazon | |
| 3 |  | Foundation and Empire | 1952 | Amazon |
| 4 | Sucker Bait | 1954 | Amazon | |
| 5 | Pâté de Foie Gras | 1956 | Amazon | |
| 6 | Profession | 1957 | Amazon | |
| 7 | Thiotimoline to the Stars | 1973 | Amazon | |
| 8 |  | Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot | 1983 | Amazon |
| 9 |  | The Union Club Mysteries | 1983 | Amazon |
| 10 | Giants | 1985 | Amazon |
Reading Isaac Asimov in order
Isaac Asimov has 8 series in our catalogue. Each one above is listed in reading order with its position number, so you can start at book one and work forward.
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