New York Times Bestsellers
Isaac Asimov has placed 5 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 65 weeks on the charts.
Foundation's Edge
Foundation Series
25 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #3 · debuted Oct 1982
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Foundation and Earth
Foundation Series
15 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #7 · debuted Oct 1986
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Reading Order
30 series · 634 books| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction by Charles G. Waugh | 1984 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction | 1984 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Science Fiction: Classic Stories From The Golden Age of Science Fiction | 1984 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction | 1984 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | The Mammoth Book of New World Science Fiction | 1991 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Autobiography Of Isaac Asimov Non-Fiction Series
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | In Memory Yet Green | 1979 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | In Joy Still Felt | 1980 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | I. Asimov | 1994 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | It's Been a Good Life | 2002 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Ask Isaac Asimov Non-Fiction Series
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Treasury of Humor | 1971 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Lecherous Limericks | 1975 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | More Lecherous Limericks | 1976 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Sherlockian Limericks | 1977 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Still More Lecherous Limericks (Short Story) | 1977 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | Limericks | 1978 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | Asimov's Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan | 1988 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 8 | Asimov Laughs Again | 1992 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Before The Golden Age Series
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Before the Golden Age 2 | 1974 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Before the Golden Age 3 | 1974 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Before the Golden Age 1 | 1974 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Before the Golden Age 4 | 1976 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Foundation / The 1,000 Year Plan | 1951 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Foundation and Empire / The Man Who Upset the Universe | 1952 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Second Foundation | 1953 | Hugo Award 2001Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | Foundation's Edge | 1982 | 🏆 Hugo Award 1983🏆 Locus Award 1983Nebula Award 1983Nebula Award 1982Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | Foundation and Earth | 1986 | Locus Award 1987Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 6 | Prelude to Foundation | 1988 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | Forward the Foundation | 1993 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Foundation / The 1,000 Year Plan | 1951 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Foundation and Empire / The Man Who Upset the Universe | 1952 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Second Foundation | 1953 | Hugo Award 2001Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | Foundation's Edge | 1982 | 🏆 Hugo Award 1983🏆 Locus Award 1983Nebula Award 1983Nebula Award 1982Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | Foundation and Earth | 1986 | Locus Award 1987Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 6 | Prelude to Foundation | 1988 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | Forward the Foundation | 1993 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Galactic Empire Series
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Pebble in the Sky | 1950 | Hugo Award 2001Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Stars, Like Dust / The Rebellious Stars | 1951 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Currents of Space | 1952 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Pebble in the Sky | 1950 | Hugo Award 2001Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Stars, Like Dust / The Rebellious Stars | 1951 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Currents of Space | 1952 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Historia Universal Asimov Non-Fiction Series
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How Did We Find Out Non-Fiction Series
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | How Did We Find Out About Photosynthesis? | 1966 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | How Did We Find Out the Earth is Round? | 1972 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | How Did We Find Out About Lasers? | 1972 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | How Did We Find Out About Numbers? | 1973 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | How Did We Find Out About Germs? | 1973 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | How Did We Find Out About Electricity? | 1973 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | How Did We Find Out About Dinosaurs? (Short Story) | 1973 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 8 | How Did We Find Out About Vitamins? | 1974 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 9 | How Did We Find Out About Comets? | 1975 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 10 | How Did We Find Out About Energy? | 1975 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 11 | How Did We Find Out About Nuclear Power? (Short Story) | 1976 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 12 | How Did We Find Out About Atoms? | 1976 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 13 | How Did We Find Out About Black Holes? | 1978 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 14 | How Did We Find Out About Earthquakes? | 1978 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 15 | How Did We Find Out About Our Human Roots? | 1979 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 16 | How Did We Find Out About Antarctica? | 1979 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 17 | How Did We Find Out About Coal? (Short Story) | 1980 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 18 | How Did We Find Out About Solar Power? | 1981 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 19 | How Did We Find Out About Life in the Deep Sea? (Short Story) | 1981 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 20 | How Did We Find Out About Outer Space? | 1981 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 21 | How Did We Find Out About Volcanoes? (Short Story) | 1981 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 22 | How Did We Find Out About the Beginning of Life? | 1982 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 23 | How We Found Out About Oil (Short Story) | 1982 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 24 | How We Found Out About Numbers (Short Story) | 1982 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 25 | How Did We Find Out About the Universe? | 1983 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 26 | How Did We Find Out About Genes? (Short Story) | 1983 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 27 | How Did We Find Out About Robots? | 1984 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 28 | How Did We Find Out About Computers? | 1984 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 29 | How Did We Find Out About the Atmosphere? (Short Story) | 1985 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 30 | How Did We Find Out About DNA? | 1985 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 31 | How Did We Find Out About the Speed of Light? (Short Story) | 1986 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 32 | How Did We Find Out About Sunshine? (Short Story) | 1987 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 33 | How Did We Find Out About the Brain? (Short Story) | 1987 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 34 | How Did We Find Out About Superconductivity? (Short Story) | 1988 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 35 | How Did We Find Out About Microwaves? (Short Story) | 1989 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 36 | How Did We Find Out About Pluto? | 1990 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Isaac Asimov's Library Of The Universe Non-Fiction Series
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Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years Of Science Fiction Series
Isaac Asimov's New Library Of The Universe Non-Fiction Series
Isaac's Universe Series
The Hugo Winners Series
Isaac Asimov Other Novels
Isaac Asimov Short Stories/Novellas
Isaac Asimov Short Story Collections
Isaac Asimov Children's Books
Isaac Asimov Non-Fiction Books
Isaac Asimov's Anthology Series
Isaac Asimov Anthologies
About the Author
Asimov was born sometime between October 4, 1919 and January 2, 1920 in Petrovichi in Smolensk Oblast, RSFSR (now Russia), the son of a Jewish family of millers. Although his exact date of birth is uncertain, Asimov himself celebrated it on January 2. His family emigrated to Brooklyn, New York and opened a candy store when he was three years old. He taught himself to read at the age of five. He began reading the science fiction pulp magazines that his family's store carried.