Isaac Asimov Books

Description /Buy link takes you to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I earn money from qualifying purchases.

Isaac Asimov was an author of science fiction, one of the most prolific to come out of the twentieth century. While he dabbled in a number of genres, his fans will always remember him for his contribution to science fiction.

Order of Asimov's The Mammoth Book Of... Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction ( By: Charles G. Waugh) 1984 Description / Buy
2 The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction 1984 Description / Buy
3 Science Fiction: Classic Stories From The Golden Age of Science Fiction 1984 Description / Buy
4 Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction 1984 Description / Buy
5 The Mammoth Book of New World Science Fiction 1991 Description / Buy
+ Show All Books in this Series

Order of Autobiography Of Isaac Asimov Non-Fiction Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 In Memory Yet Green 1979 Description / Buy
2 In Joy Still Felt 1980 Description / Buy
3 I. Asimov 1994 Description / Buy
4 It's Been a Good Life 2002 Description / Buy

Order of Ask Isaac Asimov Non-Fiction Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Where Does Garbage Go? 1991 Description / Buy
2 Why Do We Have Different Seasons? (Short Story) 1991 Description / Buy
3 What is a Shooting Star? 1991 Description / Buy
4 What Happens When I Flush the Toilet? 1992 Description / Buy
5 What's Happening to the Ozone Layer? 1992 Description / Buy
6 How Do Aeroplanes Fly? 1992 Description / Buy
7 What Causes Acid Rain? 1992 Description / Buy
8 Why Are the Rain Forests Vanishing? (Short Story) 1992 Description / Buy
9 Why is the Air Dirty? 1992 Description / Buy
10 Is Our Planet Warming Up? (Short Story) 1992 Description / Buy
11 Why Are Whales Vanishing? (Short Story) 1992 Description / Buy
12 Why Are Some Beaches Oily? 1992 Description / Buy
13 Why Are Animals Endangered? 1992 Description / Buy
14 Why Do People Come in Different Colors? 1993 Description / Buy

Order of Isaac Asimov Humorous Books

# Read Title Published Details
1 Treasury of Humor 1971 Description / Buy
2 Lecherous Limericks 1975 Description / Buy
3 More Lecherous Limericks 1976 Description / Buy
4 Sherlockian Limericks 1977 Description / Buy
5 Still More Lecherous Limericks (Short Story) 1977 Description / Buy
6 Limericks 1978 Description / Buy
7 Asimov's Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan 1988 Description / Buy
8 Asimov Laughs Again 1992 Description / Buy

Order of Black Widowers Collections

# Read Title Published Details
1 Tales of the Black Widowers 1974 Description / Buy
2 More Tales of the Black Widowers 1976 Description / Buy
3 Casebook of the Black Widowers 1980 Description / Buy
4 Banquets of the Black Widowers 1984 Description / Buy
5 Puzzles of the Black Widowers 1990 Description / Buy
6 The Return of the Black Widowers 2003 Description / Buy

Order of Before The Golden Age Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Before the Golden Age 2 1974 Description / Buy
2 Before the Golden Age 3 1974 Description / Buy
3 Before the Golden Age 1 1974 Description / Buy
4 Before the Golden Age 4 1976 Description / Buy

Order of Foundation Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Foundation / The 1,000 Year Plan 1951 Description / Buy
2 Foundation and Empire / The Man Who Upset the Universe 1952 Description / Buy
3 Second Foundation 1953 Description / Buy
4 Foundation's Edge 1982 Description / Buy
5 Foundation and Earth 1986 Description / Buy
6 Prelude to Foundation 1988 Description / Buy
7 Forward the Foundation 1993 Description / Buy

Chronological Order of Foundation Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Prelude to Foundation 1988 Description / Buy
2 Forward the Foundation 1993 Description / Buy
3 Foundation / The 1,000 Year Plan 1951 Description / Buy
4 Foundation and Empire / The Man Who Upset the Universe 1952 Description / Buy
5 Second Foundation 1953 Description / Buy
6 Foundation's Edge 1982 Description / Buy
7 Foundation and Earth 1986 Description / Buy

Order of Galactic Empire Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Pebble in the Sky 1950 Description / Buy
2 The Stars, Like Dust / The Rebellious Stars 1951 Description / Buy
3 The Currents of Space 1952 Description / Buy

Chronological Order of Galactic Empire Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 The Stars, Like Dust / The Rebellious Stars 1951 Description / Buy
2 The Currents of Space 1952 Description / Buy
3 Pebble in the Sky 1950 Description / Buy

Order of Historia Universal Asimov Non-Fiction Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 The Greeks 1965 Description / Buy
2 Roman Republic 1966 Description / Buy
3 The Egyptians 1967 Description / Buy
4 The Roman Empire 1967 Description / Buy
5 The Dark Ages 1968 Description / Buy
6 The Near East 1968 Description / Buy
7 The Shaping of England 1969 Description / Buy
8 The Shaping of North America from Earliest Times to 1763 1969 Description / Buy
9 Constantinople 1970 Description / Buy
10 The Land of Canaan 1971 Description / Buy
11 The Birth Of The United States, 1763-1816 1973 Description / Buy
12 Our Federal Union 1975 Description / Buy
13 The Golden Door 1977 Description / Buy

Order of How Did We Find Out Non-Fiction Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 How Did We Find Out About Photosynthesis? 1966 Description / Buy
2 How Did We Find Out the Earth is Round? 1972 Description / Buy
3 How Did We Find Out About Lasers? 1972 Description / Buy
4 How Did We Find Out About Numbers? 1973 Description / Buy
5 How Did We Find Out About Germs? 1973 Description / Buy
6 How Did We Find Out About Electricity? 1973 Description / Buy
7 How Did We Find Out About Dinosaurs? (Short Story) 1973 Description / Buy
8 How Did We Find Out About Vitamins? 1974 Description / Buy
9 How Did We Find Out About Comets? 1975 Description / Buy
10 How Did We Find Out About Energy? 1975 Description / Buy
11 How Did We Find Out About Nuclear Power? (Short Story) 1976 Description / Buy
12 How Did We Find Out About Atoms? 1976 Description / Buy
13 How Did We Find Out About Black Holes? 1978 Description / Buy
14 How Did We Find Out About Earthquakes? 1978 Description / Buy
15 How Did We Find Out About Our Human Roots? 1979 Description / Buy
16 How Did We Find Out About Antarctica? 1979 Description / Buy
17 How Did We Find Out About Coal? (Short Story) 1980 Description / Buy
18 How Did We Find Out About Solar Power? 1981 Description / Buy
19 How Did We Find Out About Life in the Deep Sea? (Short Story) 1981 Description / Buy
20 How Did We Find Out About Outer Space? 1981 Description / Buy
21 How Did We Find Out About Volcanoes? (Short Story) 1981 Description / Buy
22 How Did We Find Out About the Beginning of Life? 1982 Description / Buy
23 How We Found Out About Oil (Short Story) 1982 Description / Buy
24 How We Found Out About Numbers (Short Story) 1982 Description / Buy
25 How Did We Find Out About the Universe? 1983 Description / Buy
26 How Did We Find Out About Genes? (Short Story) 1983 Description / Buy
27 How Did We Find Out About Robots? 1984 Description / Buy
28 How Did We Find Out About Computers? 1984 Description / Buy
29 How Did We Find Out About the Atmosphere? (Short Story) 1985 Description / Buy
30 How Did We Find Out About DNA? 1985 Description / Buy
31 How Did We Find Out About the Speed of Light? (Short Story) 1986 Description / Buy
32 How Did We Find Out About Sunshine? (Short Story) 1987 Description / Buy
33 How Did We Find Out About the Brain? (Short Story) 1987 Description / Buy
34 How Did We Find Out About Superconductivity? (Short Story) 1988 Description / Buy
35 How Did We Find Out About Microwaves? (Short Story) 1989 Description / Buy
36 How Did We Find Out About Pluto? 1990 Description / Buy

Order of Isaac Asimov's Library Of The Universe Non-Fiction Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 The Sun 1973 Description / Buy
2 The Earth's Moon (Short Story) 1985 Description / Buy
3 Did Comets Kill the Dinosaurs? (Short Story) 1987 Description / Buy
4 UFOs (Short Story) 1988 Description / Buy
5 Uranus 1988 Description / Buy
6 How Was the Universe Born? 1988 Description / Buy
7 Rockets, Probes, and Satellites 1988 Description / Buy
8 Our Solar System 1988 Description / Buy
9 The Space Spotter's Guide 1988 Description / Buy
10 Ancient Astronomy 1988 Description / Buy
11 Earth (Short Story) 1988 Description / Buy
12 Saturn 1988 Description / Buy
13 Colonizing the Planets and Stars 1989 Description / Buy
14 Is There Life on Other Planets? 1989 Description / Buy
15 The Birth and Death of Stars 1989 Description / Buy
16 Science Fiction, Science Fact (Short Story) 1989 Description / Buy
17 Mythology and The Universe 1989 Description / Buy
18 Space Garbage 1989 Description / Buy
19 The World's Space Programs 1990 Description / Buy
20 Astronomy Today 1990 Description / Buy
21 Piloted Space Flights 1990 Description / Buy
22 Black Holes, Pulsars and Quasars (Short Story) 2005 Description / Buy

Order of Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds Of Fantasy Series with Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh

# Read Title Published Details
1 Wizards ( With: Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh) 1981 Description / Buy
2 Witches ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1984 Description / Buy
3 Cosmic Knights ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1985 Description / Buy
4 Spells ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1985 Description / Buy
5 Giants ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1985 Description / Buy
6 Mythical Beasts ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1986 Description / Buy
7 Magical Wishes ( With: Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh) 1986 Description / Buy
8 Devils ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1987 Description / Buy
9 Atlantis ( With: Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh) 1988 Description / Buy
10 Curses ( With: Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh) 1989 Description / Buy
11 Faeries ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1991 Description / Buy

Order of Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years Of Science Fiction Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction 1983 Description / Buy
2 Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction Second Series 1983 Description / Buy
3 Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction Third Series 1984 Description / Buy
4 Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction Fourth Series 1984 Description / Buy

Order of Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 The Great SF Stories 2 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1979 Description / Buy
2 The Great SF Stories 3 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg, Fredric Brown) 1980 Description / Buy
3 The Great SF Stories 4 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg, Fredric Brown) 1980 Description / Buy
4 The Great SF Stories 5 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg, Fredric Brown) 1981 Description / Buy
5 The Great SF Stories 6 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1981 Description / Buy
6 The Great SF Stories 8 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg, Fredric Brown) 1982 Description / Buy
7 The Great SF Stories 7 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg, Fredric Brown) 1982 Description / Buy
8 The Great SF Stories 9 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1983 Description / Buy
9 The Great SF Stories 10 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1983 Description / Buy
10 The Great SF Stories 11 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1984 Description / Buy
11 The Great SF Stories 12 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1984 Description / Buy
12 The Great SF Stories 13 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1985 Description / Buy
13 The Great SF Stories 14 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1986 Description / Buy
14 The Great SF Stories 15 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1986 Description / Buy
15 The Great SF Stories 16 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1987 Description / Buy
16 The Great SF Stories 17 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg, Cordwainer Smith) 1988 Description / Buy
17 The Great SF Stories 18 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1988 Description / Buy
18 The Great SF Stories 20 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1989 Description / Buy
19 The Great SF Stories 21 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1990 Description / Buy
20 The Great SF Stories 22 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg, Cordwainer Smith) 1990 Description / Buy
21 The Great SF Stories 19 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1990 Description / Buy
22 The Great SF Stories 23 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg, Cordwainer Smith) 1991 Description / Buy
23 The Great SF Stories 24 ( With: Martin H. Greenberg, Cordwainer Smith) 1992 Description / Buy

Order of Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds Of Science Fiction Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Intergalactic Empires ( With: Martin H. Greenberg, Cordwainer Smith) 1983 Description / Buy
2 Science Fictional Olympics ( With: Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Sheckley) 1984 Description / Buy
3 Supermen ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1984 Description / Buy
4 Comets ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1986 Description / Buy
5 Tin Stars ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1986 Description / Buy
6 Neanderthals ( With: Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg, Charles G. Waugh) 1987 Description / Buy
7 Space Shuttles (Short Story) ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1987 Description / Buy
8 Monsters ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1988 Description / Buy
9 Robots ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1989 Description / Buy
10 Invasions ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1990 Description / Buy

Order of Isaac Asimov's New Library Of The Universe Non-Fiction Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Comets and Meteors 1973 Description / Buy
2 The Red Planet (Short Story) 1977 Description / Buy
3 Science Fiction: Vision Of Tomorrow 1981 Description / Buy
4 Venus (Short Story) 1981 Description / Buy
5 Neptune (Short Story) 1984 Description / Buy
6 Comet! (Short Story) ( By: ) 1985 Description / Buy
7 Death from Space (Short Story) 1987 Description / Buy
8 The Asteroids 1988 Description / Buy
9 Our Milky Way and Other Galaxies 1988 Description / Buy
10 Pluto 1989 Description / Buy
11 Folklore and Legends of the Universe (Short Story) 1989 Description / Buy
12 Mercury, the Quick Planet (Short Story) 1989 Description / Buy
13 The Future in Space (Short Story) 1993 Description / Buy
14 Space Colonies 1995 Description / Buy
15 A Stargazer's Guide 1995 Description / Buy
16 Pollution in Space (Short Story) 1995 Description / Buy
17 Space Explorers (Short Story) 1995 Description / Buy
18 UFOs (Short Story) ( By: ) 1995 Description / Buy
19 The Birth of Our Universe (Short Story) ( By: ) 1995 Description / Buy
20 Our Planet Earth (Short Story) 1995 Description / Buy
21 Aliens and Extraterrestrials 1995 Description / Buy
22 Planet of Extremes: Jupiter 1995 Description / Buy
23 Modern Astronomy (Short Story) ( By: ) 1996 Description / Buy
24 The 21st Century in Space (Short Story) 1996 Description / Buy
25 Index (Short Story) 1996 Description / Buy
26 Global Space Programs 1997 Description / Buy
+ Show All Books in this Series

Order of Isaac's Universe Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 The Diplomacy Guild ( With: Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Sheckley) 1990 Description / Buy
2 Phases in Chaos ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1991 Description / Buy
3 Unnatural Diplomacy ( With: Martin H. Greenberg) 1992 Description / Buy
4 Fossil ( By: Hal Clement) 1993 Description / Buy
5 Murder at the Galactic Writers' Society ( By: Janet Asimov) 1995 Description / Buy
+ Show All Books in this Series

Order of Lucky Starr Series as Paul French

# Read Title Published Details
1 David Starr, Space Ranger 1952 Description / Buy
2 Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids 1953 Description / Buy
3 Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus 1954 Description / Buy
4 Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury 1956 Description / Buy
5 Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter 1957 Description / Buy
6 Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn 1958 Description / Buy

Order of Norby Series with Janet Asimov

# Read Title Published Details
1 Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot ( With: Janet Asimov) 1983 Description / Buy
2 Norby's Other Secret (Short Story) ( With: Janet Asimov) 1984 Description / Buy
3 Norby and the Invaders ( With: Janet Asimov) 1985 Description / Buy
4 Norby and the Lost Princess (Short Story) ( With: Janet Asimov) 1985 Description / Buy
5 The Norby Chronicles ( With: Janet Asimov) 1986 Description / Buy
6 Norby and the Queen's Necklace ( With: Janet Asimov) 1986 Description / Buy
7 Norby: Robot for Hire ( With: Janet Asimov) 1987 Description / Buy
8 Norby Finds a Villain ( With: Janet Asimov) 1987 Description / Buy
9 Norby Through Time and Space ( With: Janet Asimov) 1988 Description / Buy
10 Norby Down to Earth ( With: Janet Asimov) 1989 Description / Buy
11 Norby and Yobo's Great Adventure ( With: Janet Asimov) 1989 Description / Buy
12 Norby and the Oldest Dragon ( With: Janet Asimov) 1990 Description / Buy
13 Norby and the Court Jester ( With: Janet Asimov) 1996 Description / Buy
14 Norby and the Terrified Taxi ( With: Janet Asimov) 1997 Description / Buy

Order of Robot Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 I, Robot 1950 Description / Buy
2 The Caves of Steel 1954 Description / Buy
3 The Naked Sun 1957 Description / Buy
4 The Rest of the Robots 1964 Description / Buy
5 The Robots of Dawn 1983 Description / Buy
6 Robots and Empire 1985 Description / Buy
7 Robot Dreams 1986 Description / Buy
8 Robot Visions 1990 Description / Buy
9 Visiones de robot ( With: Lorenzo Cortina) 1990 Description / Buy

Order of Stellar Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Stellar Short Novels ( By: Gordon R. Dickson, Andrew J. Offutt, Judy-Lynn del Rey, Shawn Oueinsteen) 1976 Description / Buy
2 Stellar #2 ( With: Larry Niven, Howard Waldrop, Clifford D. Simak, Jack C. Haldeman II, Steven Utley, Hal Clement, James White, Richard S. Simak, Judy-Lynn del Rey, Patrick G. Conner) 1976 Description / Buy
3 Stellar #3 ( By: Jack L. Chalker, Clifford D. Simak, Gene DeWeese, Jeffrey M. Wallman, Charles W. Runyon, Mildred Downey Broxon, Henry Melton, Judy-Lynn del Rey, Arsen Darney, B. Lee Cooper, Larry S. Haverkos, Steve Utley, Bill Starr) 1977 Description / Buy
4 Stellar #4 ( By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1978 Description / Buy
5 Stellar #5 ( By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1980 Description / Buy
6 Stellar #6 ( By: Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1980 Description / Buy
7 Stellar #7 ( By: Terry Carr, Leanne Frahm, Judy-Lynn del Rey) 1981 Description / Buy
+ Show All Books in this Series

Order of The Hugo Winners Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 1973 1979 Description / Buy
2 1976 - 1979 1985 Description / Buy
3 1980 - 1982 1986 Description / Buy
4 1986-1988 1990 Description / Buy

Order of Isaac Asimov Standalone Novels

# Read Title Published Details
1 The End of Eternity 1955 Description / Buy
2 A Whiff of Death / The Death Dealers 1958 Description / Buy
3 Fantastic Voyage 1966 Description / Buy
4 The Gods Themselves 1972 Description / Buy
5 Murder at the ABA / Authorized Murder 1976 Description / Buy
6 Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain 1987 Description / Buy
7 Nemesis 1989 Description / Buy
8 Nightfall ( With: Robert Silverberg) 1990 Description / Buy
9 Child of Time ( With: Robert Silverberg) 1991 Description / Buy
10 The Ugly Little Boy ( With: Robert Silverberg) 1992 Description / Buy
11 The Positronic Man ( With: Robert Silverberg) 1992 Description / Buy

Order of Isaac Asimov Short Stories/Novellas

# Read Title Published Details
1 Marooned Off Vesta 1939 Early short story, available free online.
2 Robbie 1940 Description / Buy
3 Catch That Rabbit 1944 Description / Buy
4 Blind Alley 1945 Description / Buy
5 Evidence (Short Story) 1946 Description / Buy
6 Little Lost Robot (Short Story) 1947 Description / Buy
7 No Connection 1948 Description / Buy
8 The Red Queen's Race 1949 Description / Buy
9 Green Patches 1950 Description / Buy
10 Breeds There a Man? 1951 Description / Buy
11 The Fun They Had 1951 Description / Buy
12 Youth (Short Story) 1952 Description / Buy
13 Sally (Short Story) 1953 Description / Buy
14 It's Such a Beautiful Day (Short Story) 1955 Description / Buy
15 Franchise 1955 Description / Buy
16 Profession 1957 Description / Buy
17 Unto the Fourth Generation 1959 Description / Buy
18 Thiotimoline and the Space Age 1960 Description / Buy
19 My Son, the Physicist 1962 Description / Buy
20 T-Formation 1963 Description / Buy
21 Author! Author! 1964 Description / Buy
22 Eyes Do More Than See 1965 Description / Buy
23 The Machine that Won the War 1965 Description / Buy
24 The Last Question (Short Story) 2009 Description / Buy

Order of Isaac Asimov Short Story Collections

# Read Title Published Details
1 The Martian Way and Other Stories 1951 Description / Buy
2 The Alternate Asimovs 1953 Description / Buy
3 Earth is Room Enough 1957 Description / Buy
4 All the Troubles of the World (Short Story) 1958 Description / Buy
5 Nine Tomorrows 1959 Description / Buy
6 Through a Glass, Clearly (Short Story) 1967 Description / Buy
7 Asimov's Mysteries 1968 Description / Buy
8 Nightfall and Other Stories 1969 Description / Buy
9 Nightfall Two 1969 Description / Buy
10 The Early Asimov, Book 1 1972 Description / Buy
11 The Early Asimov, Book 2 1972 Description / Buy
12 The Early Asimov Volume 3 1972 Description / Buy
13 Buy Jupiter and Other Stories 1975 Description / Buy
14 The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories 1976 Description / Buy
15 The Beginning and the End 1977 Description / Buy
16 Astronauts and Androids 1977 Description / Buy
17 The Key Word and Other Mysteries 1979 Description / Buy
18 Microcosmic Tales 1980 Description / Buy
19 The Future in Question 1980 Description / Buy
20 The Winds of Change and Other Stories 1983 Description / Buy
21 The Union Club Mysteries 1983 Description / Buy
22 Bakers Dozen 1984 Description / Buy
23 The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries (Short Story) 1985 Description / Buy
24 The Edge of Tomorrow 1985 Description / Buy
25 The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov 1986 Description / Buy
26 Other Worlds of Isaac Asimov 1987 Description / Buy
27 Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov 1987 Description / Buy
28 Azazel 1988 Description / Buy
29 The Complete Stories, Vol. 1 1990 Description / Buy
30 The Complete Stories, Vol. 2 1992 Description / Buy
31 Gold 1995 Description / Buy
32 Magic 1995 Description / Buy
33 Isaac Asimov's History of I-Botics (Short Story) 1997 Description / Buy

Order of Isaac Asimov Children's Books

# Read Title Published Details
1 20th Century Discovery (Short Story) 1971 Description / Buy
2 The Story of Ruth 1972 Description / Buy
3 To the Ends of the Universe 1976 Description / Buy
4 Animals of the Bible 1978 Description / Buy
5 Saturn and Beyond 1979 Description / Buy
6 More... Would You Believe? 1982 Description / Buy
7 Isaac Asimov's Limericks for Children (Short Story) 1984 Description / Buy
8 Ferdinand Magellan (Short Story) 1991 Description / Buy

Order of Isaac Asimov Non-Fiction Books

# Read Title Published Details
1 The Chemicals of Life 1954 Description / Buy
2 Is Anyone There? 1956 Description / Buy
3 Inside The Atom 1956 Description / Buy
4 Only a Trillion / Marvels of Science 1957 Description / Buy
5 Building Blocks of the Universe 1957 Description / Buy
6 Fact and Fancy 1958 Description / Buy
7 The World of Nitrogen 1958 Description / Buy
8 Worlds Within Worlds 1958 Description / Buy
9 The World of Carbon 1958 Description / Buy
10 The Clock We Live On 1959 Description / Buy
11 Words of Science and The History Behind Them 1959 Description / Buy
12 Realm of Numbers 1959 Description / Buy
13 The Wellsprings of Life 1960 Description / Buy
14 Asimov's New Guide to Science 1960 Description / Buy
15 Satellites in Outer Space 1960 Description / Buy
16 The Double Planet 1960 Description / Buy
17 Words from the Myths 1961 Description / Buy
18 The Realm of Algebra 1961 Description / Buy
19 The Bloodstream 1961 Description / Buy
20 The Genetic Code 1962 Description / Buy
21 The Search for the Elements 1962 Description / Buy
22 Words on the Map 1962 Description / Buy
23 The Human Brain 1963 Description / Buy
24 The Human Body 1963 Description / Buy
25 Words from the Exodus 1963 Description / Buy
26 View from a Height 1963 Description / Buy
27 Adding a Dimension 1964 Description / Buy
28 Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology 1964 Description / Buy
29 A Short History of Biology 1964 Description / Buy
30 Quick and Easy Math 1964 Description / Buy
31 A Short History of Chemistry 1965 Description / Buy
32 An Easy Introduction to the Slide Rule 1965 Description / Buy
33 From Earth to Heaven 1965 Description / Buy
34 Of Time, Space, and Other Things 1965 Description / Buy
35 Understanding Physics 1966 Description / Buy
36 Understanding Physics Light Magnetism and Electricity 1966 Description / Buy
37 Understanding Physics the Electron Proton and Neutron 1966 Description / Buy
38 Universe From Flat Earth to Quasar 1966 Description / Buy
39 The Noble Gases 1966 Description / Buy
40 Asimov's Guide to the Bible 1967 Description / Buy
41 Environments Out There (Short Story) 1967 Description / Buy
42 Science, Numbers, And I 1968 Description / Buy
43 Photosynthesis 1968 Description / Buy
44 Words from History. 1968 Description / Buy
45 The Neutrino 1969 Description / Buy
46 Space Dictionary 1969 Description / Buy
47 The Physical Sciences 1969 Description / Buy
48 Opus 100 1969 Description / Buy
49 ABC's of space 1969 Description / Buy
50 Light (Short Story) 1970 Description / Buy
51 ABC's of the Ocean 1971 Description / Buy
52 The Sensuous Dirty Old Man 1971 Description / Buy
53 ABC's of the Earth 1971 Description / Buy
54 The Stars In Their Courses 1971 Description / Buy
55 What Makes the Sun Shine? 1971 Description / Buy
56 The Left Hand of the Electron 1972 Description / Buy
57 More Words of Science 1972 Description / Buy
58 The Biological Sciences 1972 Description / Buy
59 The Solar System and Back 1972 Description / Buy
60 ABC's of Ecology 1972 Description / Buy
61 Asimov's Guide to Science 1972 Description / Buy
62 The Tragedy of the Moon 1973 Description / Buy
63 Today and Tomorrow and ... 1973 Description / Buy
64 Please Explain 1973 Description / Buy
65 Jupiter, the Largest Planet 1973 Description / Buy
66 Asimov on Astronomy 1974 Description / Buy
67 Towards Tomorrow 1974 Description / Buy
68 Asimov on Chemistry 1974 Description / Buy
69 Science Past, Science Future 1975 Description / Buy
70 Eyes on the Universe 1975 Description / Buy
71 The Solar System (Short Story) 1975 Description / Buy
72 Of Matters Great and Small 1975 Description / Buy
73 The Planet That Wasn't 1976 Description / Buy
74 Asimov on Physics 1976 Description / Buy
75 Life and Energy 1976 Description / Buy
76 Alpha Centauri, The Nearest Star 1976 Description / Buy
77 The Exploding Suns 1977 Description / Buy
78 The Tyrannosaurus Prescription and 100 Other Essays 1977 Description / Buy
79 The Collapsing Universe 1977 Description / Buy
80 Life and Time 1978 Description / Buy
81 Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright 1978 Description / Buy
82 Asimov on Numbers 1978 Description / Buy
83 Extraterrestrial Civilizations 1979 Description / Buy
84 Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts 1979 Description / Buy
85 The Road to Infinity 1979 Description / Buy
86 The Intelligent Man's Guide to the Physical Sciences 1979 Description / Buy
87 A Choice of Catastrophes 1979 Description / Buy
88 Jupiter 1980 Description / Buy
89 About Black Holes (Short Story) 1980 Description / Buy
90 The Subatomic Monster (Short Story) 1981 Description / Buy
91 Would You Believe? 1981 Description / Buy
92 The Book of Facts, Volume 2 1981 Description / Buy
93 Change! 1981 Description / Buy
94 Asimov on Science Fiction 1981 Description / Buy
95 Venus, Near Neighbor of the Sun 1981 Description / Buy
96 In the Beginning 1981 Description / Buy
97 Exploring The Earth And The Cosmos 1982 Description / Buy
98 The Roving Mind 1983 Description / Buy
99 Counting the Eons 1983 Description / Buy
100 The Sun Shines Bright 1983 Description / Buy
101 X Stands for Unknown 1983 Description / Buy
102 The Measure of the Universe 1983 Description / Buy
103 The History of Physics 1984 Description / Buy
104 Asimov's Guide to Halley's Comet 1985 Description / Buy
105 Isaac Asimov on the Human Body and the Human Brain 1985 Description / Buy
106 Living In the Future 1985 Description / Buy
107 The Dangers of Intelligence and Other Science Essays 1986 Description / Buy
108 Beginnings 1987 Description / Buy
109 Far as Human Eye Could See 1987 Description / Buy
110 Beyond the Stars 1987 Description / Buy
111 The Relativity of Wrong 1988 Description / Buy
112 Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space 1988 Description / Buy
113 Asimov's Galaxy 1988 Description / Buy
114 Asimov's Chronology of the World 1989 Description / Buy
115 Jupiter, the Spotted Giant 1989 Description / Buy
116 Asimov on Science 1989 Description / Buy
117 Little Library of Dinosaurs 1989 Description / Buy
118 Out of the Everywhere 1990 Description / Buy
119 Projects in Astronomy 1990 Description / Buy
120 March of the Millennia ( With: Frank White) 1990 Description / Buy
121 Atom 1991 Description / Buy
122 Star Cycles (Short Story) 1991 Description / Buy
123 The Wall Chart of Science and Invention 1991 Description / Buy
124 Christopher Columbus (Short Story) 1991 Description / Buy
125 Why Do Stars Twinkle? (Short Story) 1991 Description / Buy
126 Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy 1991 Description / Buy
127 What is an Eclipse? (Short Story) 1991 Description / Buy
128 Why Does The Moon Change Shape? (Short Story) 1991 Description / Buy
129 Henry Hudson 1991 Description / Buy
130 Our Angry Earth 1991 Description / Buy
131 Why Does Litter Cause Problems? (Short Story) 1992 Description / Buy
132 The Secret of the Universe 1992 Description / Buy
133 How is Paper Made? (Short Story) 1992 Description / Buy
134 How Do Big Ships Float? (Short Story) 1992 Description / Buy
135 Why Do We Need to Brush Our Teeth? (Short Story) 1993 Description / Buy
136 My First Book of Animals From A to Z (Short Story) 1994 Description / Buy
137 Our Planetary System 1994 Description / Buy
138 Isaac Asimov's The Rocky Planets 1994 Description / Buy
139 Yours, Isaac Asimov 1995 Description / Buy
140 Facts and Trivia 1998 Description / Buy
141 The Moon (Short Story) 2002 Description / Buy
142 Realm of Measure 2003 Description / Buy
143 Space Junk 2005 Description / Buy
144 Astronomy Projects 2005 Description / Buy
145 How to Save the Planet (Short Story) 2017 Description / Buy

Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction ( With: Tanith Lee, Phyllis Eisenstein, Gene Wolfe, Barry B. Longyear, John M. Ford, Arnie Bateman, Alan Dean Foster, Martin Gardner, Randall Garrett, Rob Chilson, Ted Reynolds, George Scithers, Richard S. McEnroe, Jeff Duntemann, R.N. Bracewell, K.W. MacAnn, G. Richard Bozarth) 1980 Description / Buy
2 Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far ( With: Frederik Pohl, Carter Scholz, Barry B. Longyear, John M. Ford, Jack Williamson, Darrell Schweitzer, John Brunner, Juleen Brantingham, Martin Gardner, Richard Wilson, Milton A. Rothman, Elizabeth Anne Hull, Sharon Webb, Somtow Sucharitkul, Lee Weinstein, Ted Reynolds, George Scithers, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, William Tuning, Francis E. Izzo, Paul David Novitski, Lee Russell, Seth S. Horowitz, Tol E. Rant, S. Dale, Julie Flores, Tony Sarowitz) 1981 Description / Buy
3 Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own ( By: Connie Willis, Ursula K. Le Guin, Pat Cadigan, Joan D. Vinge, Tanith Lee, Pamela Sargent, Lee Killough, Mary Gentle, Mildred Downey Broxon, Shawna McCarthy, Sharon Webb, Leigh Kennedy, Stephanie A. Smith, Cherie Wilkerson, Julie Stevens, Sydney J. Van Scyoc, Cyn Mason, P.A. Kagan, P.J. MacQuarrie, Janet O. Jeppson, Beverly Grant, Hope Athearn) 1983 Description / Buy
4 Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! ( By: Shawna McCarthy) 1985 Description / Buy
5 Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! ( By: Connie Willis, George R.R. Martin, Ron Goulart, John Kessel, George Alec Effinger, Robert Thurston, Tanith Lee, Lucius Shepard, Scott Baker, Lillian Carl, Juleen Brantingham, Lee Killough, Ian McDowell, Daphne Castell, Sharon N. Farber, Richard Kearns, Shawna McCarthy, Leigh Kennedy, Gregg Keizer, Kristi Olesen) 1989 Description / Buy
6 Isaac Asimov's Aliens ( With: Gardner Dozois) 1991 Description / Buy
7 Isaac Asimov's Robots ( With: Rob Chilson) 1991 Description / Buy
8 Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite ( With: John M. Ford) 1993 Description / Buy
9 Isaac Asimov's War ( With: Gardner Dozois) 1993 Description / Buy
10 Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams ( With: Gardner Dozois) 1994 Description / Buy
11 Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep ( With: Gardner Dozois) 1995 Description / Buy
12 Isaac Asimov's Ghosts (Short Story) ( With: Terry Bisson) 1995 Description / Buy
13 Isaac Asimov's Christmas ( With: Gardner Dozois) 1997 Description / Buy
14 Isaac Asimov's Camelot ( With: Gardner Dozois, Eleanor Arnason) 1998 Description / Buy
15 Isaac Asimov's Detectives ( With: Gardner Dozois) 1998 Description / Buy
16 Isaac Asimov's Werewolves ( With: Suzy McKee Charnas, Gardner Dozois) 1999 Description / Buy
17 Isaac Asimov's Solar System ( By: Gardner Dozois) 1999 Description / Buy
18 Isaac Asimov's Utopias ( With: Gardner Dozois) 2000 Description / Buy
19 Isaac Asimov's Father Day ( With: Gardner Dozois) 2001 Description / Buy
20 Isaac Asimov's Halloween 2001 Description / Buy
+ Show All Books in this Series

Isaac Asimov Anthologies

# Read Title Published Details
1 Astounding Science-Fiction, March 1942 1942 Description / Buy
2 Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space 1946 Description / Buy
3 Invasion From Mars:Interplanetary Stories 1949 Description / Buy
4 Star Science Fiction Stories 3 1955 Description / Buy
5 Astounding Science Fiction, November 1956 1956 Description / Buy
6 Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1958 1958 Description / Buy
7 The Hugo Winners, Vol. 1&2 1962 Description / Buy
8 The Hugo Winners, Vol. 1 1962 Description / Buy
9 50 Short Science Fiction Tales 1963 Description / Buy
10 Connoisseur's Science Fiction 1964 Description / Buy
11 Five-Odd / Possible Tomorrows 1964 Description / Buy
12 If This Goes On 1965 Description / Buy
13 New Writings In SF-4 1965 Description / Buy
14 Tomorrow's Children 1966 Description / Buy
15 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1966 1966 Description / Buy
16 Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures 1967 Description / Buy
17 Dangerous Visions 1967 Description / Buy
18 Time Untamed 1967 Description / Buy
19 Backdrop of Stars 1968 Description / Buy
20 Futures Unlimited 1969 Description / Buy
21 The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction 1970 Description / Buy
22 Where Do We Go from Here? 1971 Description / Buy
23 Never In This World 1971 Description / Buy
24 Stories from The Hugo Winners, 1962-1967 1971 Description / Buy
25 Beyond Control 1972 Description / Buy
26 The Hugo Winners, 1968-1970 1973 Description / Buy
27 More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Vol. 2 1973 Description / Buy
28 Nebula Awards 8 1973 Description / Buy
29 The John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology / Astounding 1973 Description / Buy
30 Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction 1973 Description / Buy
31 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... 1974 Description / Buy
32 Wondermakers 2 1974 Description / Buy
33 Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology 1974 Description / Buy
34 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1974 1974 Description / Buy
35 Decade: The 1940's 1975 Description / Buy
36 Extraterrestrial Intelligence 1976 Description / Buy
37 Stellar #2 1976 Description / Buy
38 Beyond Tomorrow 1976 Description / Buy
39 The Hugo Winners, Vol. 3: 1971-1975 1977 Description / Buy
40 Study War No More 1977 Description / Buy
41 Extraterrestrials and Eclipses 1978 Description / Buy
42 The Book of Ellison 1978 Description / Buy
43 Rod Serling's Other Worlds 1978 Description / Buy
44 Isaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction 1979 Description / Buy
45 The Great SF Stories 1 1979 Description / Buy
46 The Science Fictional Solar System 1979 Description / Buy
47 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury 1980 Description / Buy
48 The Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fiction 1980 Description / Buy
49 The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction / Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century 1980 Description / Buy
50 Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction 1980 Description / Buy
51 100 Malicious Little Mysteries 1981 Description / Buy
52 More Wandering Stars 1981 Description / Buy
53 The Future I 1981 Description / Buy
54 Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far 1981 Description / Buy
55 The Last Man on Earth 1982 Description / Buy
56 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 24 1982 Description / Buy
57 Laughing Space: An Anthology of Science Fiction Humor 1982 Description / Buy
58 Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World 1982 Description / Buy
59 Alfred Hitchcock's Your Share of Fear 1982 Description / Buy
60 Tantalizing Locked Room Mysteries 1982 Description / Buy
61 Mutants 1982 Description / Buy
62 Dragon Tales 1982 Description / Buy
63 Science Fiction A to Z 1982 Description / Buy
64 Hallucination Orbit 1983 Description / Buy
65 Starships 1983 Description / Buy
66 Creations - the Quest for Origins in Story and Science 1983 Description / Buy
67 Machines That Think 1983 Description / Buy
68 Creations: The Quest For Origins In Story And Science 1983 Description / Buy
69 The Science Fiction Weight Loss Book 1983 Description / Buy
70 The First Omni Book of Science Fiction 1983 Description / Buy
71 Caught in the Organ Draft 1983 Description / Buy
72 Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders 1983 Description / Buy
73 13 Horrors of Halloween 1983 Description / Buy
74 Intergalactic Empires 1983 Description / Buy
75 Young Mutants 1984 Description / Buy
76 Mammoth Book of Short Science Fiction Novels 1984 Description / Buy
77 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories 1984 Description / Buy
78 Election Day 2084 1984 Description / Buy
79 Young Extraterrestrials 1984 Description / Buy
80 Great Science Fiction Stories by the World's Greatest Scientists 1985 Description / Buy
81 Young Monsters 1985 Description / Buy
82 Amazing Stories 1985 Description / Buy
83 Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, October 1986 1986 Description / Buy
84 Extraterrestrials 1986 Description / Buy
85 The Twelve Frights of Christmas 1986 Description / Buy
86 The Dark Void 1987 Description / Buy
87 Young Witches and Warlocks 1987 Description / Buy
88 Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow 1987 Description / Buy
89 The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction 1988 Description / Buy
90 Encounters 1988 Description / Buy
91 Science Fiction Stories 1988 Description / Buy
92 Great Tales of Classic Science Fiction 1988 Description / Buy
93 The Great SF Stories 17 1988 Description / Buy
94 The Drabble Project 1988 Description / Buy
95 Ghosts 1988 Description / Buy
96 The New Hugo Winners, 1983-1985 1989 Description / Buy
97 Purr-Fect Crime 1989 Description / Buy
98 Tales of the Occult 1989 Description / Buy
99 Beastly Tales 1989 Description / Buy
100 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1989 1989 Description / Buy
101 Visions of Fantasy 1989 Description / Buy
102 The Great SF Stories 22 1990 Description / Buy
103 Cosmic Critiques 1990 Description / Buy
104 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1990 1990 Description / Buy
105 Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories 1990 Description / Buy
106 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1990 1990 Description / Buy
107 Tomorrow's Voices 1991 Description / Buy
108 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1991 1991 Description / Buy
109 Isaac Asimov's Aliens 1991 Description / Buy
110 Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1991 1991 Description / Buy
111 The Great SF Stories 23 1991 Description / Buy
112 Once Upon a Time 1991 Description / Buy
113 Power 1991 Description / Buy
114 Isaac Asimov's Robots 1991 Description / Buy
115 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1991 1991 Description / Buy
116 The Great SF Stories 24 1992 Description / Buy
117 Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1992 1992 Description / Buy
118 The Great SF Stories 25 1992 Description / Buy
119 The Super Hugos 1992 Description / Buy
120 Inside the Funhouse 1992 Description / Buy
121 Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite 1993 Description / Buy
122 Asimov's Science Fiction, April 1993 1993 Description / Buy
123 Isaac Asimov's War 1993 Description / Buy
124 Fantasy Stories 1994 Description / Buy
125 Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams 1994 Description / Buy
126 Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep 1995 Description / Buy
127 Isaac Asimov's Ghosts 1995 Description / Buy
128 Time Machines 1997 Description / Buy
129 Isaac Asimov's Christmas 1997 Description / Buy
130 Isaac Asimov's Camelot 1998 Description / Buy
131 Isaac Asimov's Detectives 1998 Description / Buy
132 Isaac Asimov's Valentines 1999 Description / Buy
133 Bangs & Whimpers 1999 Description / Buy
134 Isaac Asimov's Werewolves 1999 Description / Buy
135 Isaac Asimov's Utopias 2000 Description / Buy
136 Isaac Asimov's Father Day 2001 Description / Buy
137 Isaac Asimov's Halloween 2001 Description / Buy
138 The World Turned Upside Down 2005 Description / Buy
139 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction 2010 Description / Buy
140 Science Fiction Gems, Vol. One 2011 Description / Buy
141 Bug-Eyed Monsters & Bimbos 2011 Description / Buy
142 The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack 2012 Description / Buy
143 One and Wonder 2013 Description / Buy
144 Science Fiction Super Pack #1 2013 Description / Buy
145 The Time Traveler's Almanac 2013 Description / Buy
146 Fantastic Stories Presents 2014 Description / Buy
147 Lieu: Science Fiction Short Stories 2015 Description / Buy
148 Misbegotten Missionary 2016 Description / Buy
149 Science Fiction Gems, Volume 15, Milton Lessor and Others 2018 Description / Buy
+ Click to View all Anthologies
Print: Print PDF

Isaac comes from Petrovichi in Russia. The author was born in 1920. His parents, Anna Rachel Berman and Judah Ozimov, eventually moved to the United States, finding a home Brooklyn.

Isaac Asimov was a very intelligent child, teaching himself how to read and quickly beginning to master the basics of Yiddish by the time he was five. By fifteen, Isaac was on his way to Columbia University from where he eventually earned a Science Degree, not to mention a Masters and a Ph.D.

With his science degree, there was little surprise when Isaac joined the Boston University School of Medicine as a Biochemistry Associate professor. Isaac Asimov had a passion for learning and understanding the science of things. He also yearned to pass what he knew on to the next generation.

Of course, that scholarly desire was secondary in comparison to his love for writing. Isaac Asimov was a storyteller before anything else, and he enjoyed writing stories for the general reader.

While his first short story (Marooned Off Vesta) came out in Amazing Stories as early as 1938, it wasn’t until 1950 that the author’s first full Science fiction novel (Pebble in the Sky) was finally published.

Though it wasn’t until I, Robot came into being that Isaac Asimov finally found his stride. The collection of short stories explored the relationship that might exist between humans and machines and it gave birth to Isaac’s famous Laws of Robotics.

Isaac was beginning to see the impact his work could have as a foreteller of the future of mankind, and readers seemed to appreciate him for this, which is why they devoured Foundation, his next work of fiction published in 1951, not to mention all the books that came after.

Sometimes it is difficult to pin Isaac Asimov’s interests down. The author wrote on every topic, from biology to astronomy to religion. Before his death in 1992 at the age of 72, the author had penned nearly five hundred books within which he experimented with many genres.

The author’s death was believed to have resulted from bypass surgery years earlier during which a blood transfusion had given him AIDs. By the time of his death, the author was dealing with heart and kidney failure.

Isaac Asimov’s ideas have continued to live on beyond his death.

Isaac Asimov Awards

Isaac was the recipient of quite the intimidating number of awards, this including a Westinghouse Science Writing award, a Thomas Alva Edison Foundation award, a Klumpke-Roberts Award, Hugo and Nebula Awards, Locus Awards and a Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award to mention but a few.

Isaac Asimov Books into Movies/TV

Isaac introduced concepts in his literary work that have continued to make appearances in movies and television shows even after his death. The author’s books have also come to life as big screen adaptations.

The most prominent would be I, Robot, a 2004 release starring Will Smith which used three of the various short stories in Isaac’s original collection to explore human/machine relationships.

Just as prominent is Bicentennial Man, a 1999 American film starring Robin Williams which adapted a 1992 Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg novel called The Positronic Man. The movie follows a Robot that is purchased by a family and then undertakes an adventure as it seeks a form of humanity.

Lesser known adaptations include Nightfall, Formula of Death, The Ugly Little Boy and Konets vechnosti.

Best Isaac Asimov Books

Isaac Asimov was an author like no other, taking the world by storm with his imaginative ideas, with some of the best books in his bibliography including:

Foundation: After 12,000 years, the Galactic Empire is finally at an end. And with the science of Psychohistory, Hari Seldon can see that a future of barbarism and warfare waits ahead, one that will last tens of thousands of years.

To preserve all the knowledge that humanity has attained, Hari creates sanctuary called the Foundation on a bleak planet far away. But the Foundation soon faces the threat of Warlords determined to seize power in the wake of a dying empire.

This book is somewhat confusing, devoid of proper plotting or character development but instead attempting to unveil a potentially compelling tale about humanity’s future.

Foundation and Empire: The Foundation has survived the greed and thirst for conflict of its neighbors, yet even Hari Seldon doesn’t know if the sanctuary can survive the ambitions of a General that is determined to restore the glory of the Galactic Empire. Their only hope-and potential destruction- might be a mutant of unrivaled power and intelligence.

This book feels less like a cohesive story and more like different episodes of a story taking place in the same universe.

When Does The Next Isaac Asimov book come out?

Isaac Asimov doesn't seem to have an upcoming book. Their newest book is How to Save the Planet and was released on May, 14th 2017. It is the newest book in the Isaac Asimov Non-Fiction Books.

BookSeries.orgBook Notification

1 thought on “Isaac Asimov”

  1. As my kids might say, Isaac Asimov is the goat. Or GOAT? I don’t know the kid lingo.

    I first read The Gods Themselves in 1973 (the same year it won a Nebula award) and I’ve been hooked ever since. 20+ years later this is still my favorite book. It is a complex , interesting read with a lot of science and talk aka classic Asimov. The book is ostensibly about the end of the world’s energy problems which definitely resonates today.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

BookSeries.org