Isaac Asimov bibliography (chronological)

Original book-length works

1950

• Pebble in the Sky*
• I, Robot*

  1951

• The Stars, Like Dust-- *
• Foundation*

  1952

• David Starr, Space Ranger*†
• Foundation and Empire*
• The Currents of Space*
• Biochemistry and Human Metabolism

  1953

• Second Foundation*
• Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids*†

  1954

• The Caves of Steel*
• Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus*†
• The Chemicals of Life: Enzymes, Vitamins, and Hormones

  1955

• The End of Eternity*
• The Martian Way and Other Stories*
• Races and People ; co-written with William C. Boyd, illustrations by John Bradford

  1956

• Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury*†
• Chemistry and Human Health
• Inside the Atom
• *2nd edition, 19??
• *3rd edition, 1966

  1957

• The Naked Sun*
• Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter*†
• Building Blocks of the Universe
• Earth Is Room Enough: Science Fiction: Tales of Our Own Planet*
• Only a Trillion

  1958

• The World of Carbon
• Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn*†
• The World of Nitrogen
• The Death Dealers*
• *Republished as A Whiff of Death

  1959

• Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future*
• The Clock We Live On
• Words of Science, and the History Behind Them†
• Realm of Numbers

  1960

• The Living River
• The Kingdom of the Sun
• Realm of Measure
• Breakthroughs in Science
• Satellites in Outer Space
• The Wellsprings of Life
• The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science
• *2nd edition: The New Intelligent Man's Guide to Science
• *3rd edition: Asimov's Guide to Science
• *4th edition: Asimov's New Guide to Science
• The Double Planet

  1961

• Realm of Algebra
• Words from the Myths†

  1962

• Life and Energy
• Words in Genesis†
• Fact and Fancy
• Words on the Map†
• The Search for the Elements

  1963

• Words from the Exodus†
• The Genetic Code
• The Human Body: Its Structure and Operation
• *Revised/expanded edition, 1992
• View from a Height
• The Kite That Won the Revolution†

  1964

• The Human Brain: Its Capacities and Functions
• A Short History of Biology
• Quick and Easy Math
• Adding a Dimension
• Planets for Man, with Stephen H. Dole
• The Rest of the Robots*
• Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
• *2nd edition, 1972
• *3rd edition, 1983

  1965

• A Short History of Chemistry
• The Greeks: A Great Adventure†
• Of Time and Space and Other Things
• An Easy Introduction to the Slide Rule

  1966

• Fantastic Voyage*
• The Noble Gases
• The Neutrino: Ghost Particle of the Atom
• The Roman Republic
• Understanding Physics, 3 volumes
• *Vol. I: Motion, Sound, and Heat
• *Vol. II: Light, Magnetism, and Electricity
• *Vol. III: The Electron, Proton, and Neutron
• The Genetic Effects of Radiation
• The Universe: From Flat Earth to Quasar
• *2nd edition
• *3rd edition, as The Universe: From Flat Earth to Black Holes and Beyond
• From Earth to Heaven''

  1967

• The Moon
• Environments Out There
• The Roman Empire
• Through a Glass, Clearly*
• Is Anyone There?
• To the Ends of the Universe
• Mars
• The Egyptians

  1968

• Asimov's Mysteries*
• Science, Numbers, and I
• Stars
• Galaxies
• The Near East: 10,000 Years of History
• The Dark Ages
• Asimov's Guide to the Bible, Volume I
• Words from History†

  1969

• Photosynthesis
• The Shaping of England
• Twentieth Century Discovery
• Nightfall and Other Stories*
• Asimov's Guide to the Bible, Volume II
• Opus 100
• ABC's of Space†
• Great Ideas of Science

  1970

• The Solar System and Back
• Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare, 2 volumes
• Constantinople: The Forgotten Empire
• ABC's of the Ocean†
• Light

  1971

• The Stars in Their Courses
• What Makes the Sun Shine?
• The Best New Thing*
• The Land of Canaan
• ABC's of the Earth†
• The Sensuous Dirty Old Man
• Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor

  1972

• The Left Hand of the Electron
• The Gods Themselves*
• More Words of Science†
• Electricity and Man
• ABC's of Ecology†
• The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying*
• The Shaping of France
• The Story of Ruth†
• Ginn Science Program, Intermediate Level A†
• Ginn Science Program, Intermediate Level C†
• Worlds Within Worlds
• Ginn Science Program, Intermediate Level B†

  1973

• How Did We Find Out the Earth Is Round? †
• Comets and Meteors
• The Sun
• How Did We Find Out About Electricity? †
• The Shaping of North America: From Earliest Times to 1763
• Today and Tomorrow and...
• Jupiter, the Largest Planet
• Ginn Science Program, Advanced Level A†
• Ginn Science Program, Advanced Level B†
• How Did We Find Out About Numbers? †
• Please Explain
• The Tragedy of the Moon
• How Did We Find Out About Dinosaurs? †
• The Best of Isaac Asimov*

  1974

• Asimov on Astronomy
• The Birth of the United States: 1763-1816
• Have You Seen These?*
• Our World in Space
• How Did We Find Out About Germs? †
• Tales of the Black Widowers*
• Earth: Our Crowded Spaceship
• Asimov on Chemistry
• How Did We Find Out About Vitamins?†

  1975

• Of Matters Great and Small
• The Solar System
• Our Federal Union: The United States from 1816 to 1865
• How Did We Find Out About Comets?†
• Science Past, Science Future
• Buy Jupiter and Other Stories*
• Eyes on the Universe: A History of the Telescope
• Lecherous Limericks
• The Heavenly Host*† ; Illustrated by Bernard Colonna
• The Ends of the Earth: The Polar Regions of the World
• How Did We Find Out About Energy?†

  1976

• ‘The Dream’, ‘Benjamin's Dream’ & ‘Benjamin's Bicentennial Blast’*
• Asimov on Physics
• Murder at the ABA*
• *Republished as Authorized Murder
• How Did We Find Out About Atoms? †
• Good Taste*
• The Planet That Wasn't
• The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories*
• More Lecherous Limericks
• More Tales of the Black Widowers*
• Alpha Centauri, the Nearest Star
• How Did We Find Out About Nuclear Power?†

  1977

• The Collapsing Universe: The Story of Black Holes
• Asimov on Numbers
• How Did We Find Out About Outer Space?†
• Still More Lecherous Limericks
• The Beginning and the End
• Mars, the Red Planet
• The Golden Door: The United States from 1865 to 1918
• The Key Word and Other Mysteries*
• Asimov's Sherlockian Limericks

  1978

• Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright
• How Did We Find Out About Earthquakes? †
• Animals of the Bible†
• Limericks: Too Gross; or Two Dozen Dirty Stanzas
• How Did We Find Out About Black Holes? †
• Life and Time

  1979

• Saturn and Beyond
• Opus 200
• In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920–1954
• Extraterrestrial Civilizations
• How Did We Find Out About Our Human Roots? †
• The Road to Infinity
• A Choice of Catastrophes
• Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts
• How Did We Find Out About Antarctica?†

  1980

• Casebook of the Black Widowers*
• How Did We Find Out About Oil?†
• In Joy Still Felt: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1954–1978
• How Did We Find Out About Coal?†

  1981

• In the Beginning: Science Faces God in the Book of Genesis
• Asimov on Science Fiction
• Venus, Near Neighbor of the Sun
• Three by Asimov*
• How Did We Find Out About Solar Power?†
• How Did We Find Out About Volcanoes?†
• Visions of the Universe ; co-written with Kazuaki Iwasaki
• The Sun Shines Bright
• Change! Seventy-one Glimpses of the Future
• A Grossery of Limericks

  1982

• How Did We Find Out About Life in the Deep Sea?†
• The Complete Robot*
• Exploring the Earth and the Cosmos
• How Did We Find Out About the Beginning of Life?†
• Isaac Asimov Presents Superquiz
• Foundation's Edge*
• How Did We Find Out About the Universe?†

  1983

• Counting the Eons
• The Winds of Change and Other Stories*
• The Roving Mind
• The Measure of the Universe
• The Union Club Mysteries*
• Norby, the Mixed-up Robot*†
• The Robots of Dawn*
• How Did We Find Out About Genes?†
• Isaac Asimov Presents Superquiz II

  1984

• X Stands for Unknown
• Norby's Other Secret*†
• How Did We Find Out About Computers?†
• Opus 300
• Banquets of the Black Widowers*
• Isaac Asimov's Limericks for Children†
• How Did We Find Out About Robots? †

  1985

• Asimov's Guide to Halley's Comet
• The Exploding Suns: The Secrets of the Supernovas
• Norby and the Lost Princess*†
• How Did We Find Out About the Atmosphere?†
• Living in the Future
• Robots, Machines In Man's Image
• The Edge of Tomorrow*
• The Subatomic Monster
• The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries*
• Robots and Empire*
• Norby and the Invaders*†
• It's Such a Beautiful Day*
• How Did We Find Out About DNA?†
• The Dangers of Intelligence and Other Science Essays

  1986

• The Alternate Asimovs*
• How Did We Find Out About the Speed of Light?†
• Futuredays: A Nineteenth-Century Vision of the Year 2000
• Science Fiction by Asimov*
• The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov*
• The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov*
• Foundation and Earth*
• Robot Dreams*
• Norby and the Queen's Necklace*†

  1987

• Far as Human Eye Could See: Essays on Science
• How Did We Find Out About Blood?†
• Past, Present, and Future
• Isaac Asimov Presents Superquiz III
• How Did We Find Out About Sunshine? †
• How to Enjoy Writing: A Book of Aid and Comfort
• Norby Finds a Villain*†
• *
• How Did We Find Out About the Brain?†
• Did Comets Kill the Dinosaurs?†
• Beginnings: The Story of Origins of Mankind, Life, the Earth, the Universe
• Other Worlds of Isaac Asimov*

  1988

• How Did We Find Out About Superconductivity?†
• Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations
• The Relativity of Wrong
• Prelude to Foundation*
• The Asteroids†
• The Earth's Moon†
• Mars: Our Mysterious Neighbor†
• Our Milky Way and Other Galaxies†
• Quasars, Pulsars, and Black Holes†
• Rockets, Probes, and Satellites†
• Our Solar System†
• The Sun†
• Uranus: The Sideways Planet†
• History of Biology
• Azazel*
• Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction and Fantasy Story-a-Month 1989 Calendar
• Saturn: The Ringed Beauty†
• How Was the Universe Born?†
• Earth: Our Home Base†
• Ancient Astronomy†
• Unidentified Flying Objects†
• Space Spotter's Guide†
• Norby Down to Earth*†

  1989

• How Did We Find Out About Microwaves?†
• Asimov's Galaxy: Reflections on Science Fiction
• All the Troubles of the World*
• Franchise*
• Robbie*
• Sally*
• Is There Life on Other Planets?†
• Science Fiction, Science Fact†
• Mercury: The Quick Planet†
• Space Garbage†
• Jupiter: The Spotted Giant†
• The Birth and Death of Stars†
• The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov*
• History of Mathematics
• Think About Space: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?, with Frank White
• Isaac Asimov Presents Superquiz IV
• The Tyrannosaurus Prescription: and One Hundred Other Science Essays
• Asimov on Science: A 30 Year Retrospective 1959–1989
• Nemesis*
• Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery
• How Did We Find Out About Photosynthesis?†
• The Complete Science Fair Handbooks
• Little Treasury of Dinosaurs†
• *Giant Dinosaurs†
• *Armored Dinosaurs†
• *Small Dinosaurs†
• *Sea Reptiles and Flying Reptiles†
• *Meat-Eating Dinosaurs and Horned Dinosaurs†
• Norby and Yobo's Great Adventure*†
• Mythology and the Universe†
• Colonizing the Planets and the Stars†
• Astronomy Today†
• Pluto: A Double Planet?†
• Piloted Space Flights†
• Comets and Meteors†

  1990

• Puzzles of the Black Widowers*
• Norby and the Oldest Dragon*†
• Frontiers: New Discoveries About Man and His Planet, Outer Space and the Universe
• Out of the Everywhere: Thoughts on Science from the Master
• Robot Visions*
• How Did We Find Out About Lasers?†
• Neptune: The Farthest Giant†
• Venus: A Shrouded Mystery†
• The World's Space Programs†
• Nightfall* ; co-written with Robert Silverberg
• The Complete Stories Volume 1*
• How Did We Find Out About Neptune?†
• The March of the Millennia: A Key to Looking at History, with Frank White
• Cal: A Short Story Written Exclusively for Members of the Isaac Asimov Collection*

  1991

• Norby and the Court Jester*†
• The March of the Millennia: A Key to Looking at History
• The Secret of the Universe
• How Did We Find Out About Pluto? †
• '
• ' ; co-written with Frederik Pohl
• Why Do We Have Different Seasons?†
• Is Our Planet Warming Up? †
• Why Is the Air Dirty? †
• Why Are Whales Vanishing?†
• Where Does Garbage Go? †
• What Causes Acid Rain? †
• What Is a Shooting Star?†
• Why Do Stars Twinkle?†
• Why Does the Moon Change Shape?†
• What Is an Eclipse?†
• Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space
• Asimov's Chronology of the World
• Christopher Columbus: Navigator to the New World†
• Ferdinand Magellan: Opening the Door to World Exploration†

  1992

• The Ugly Little Boy* ; co-written with Robert Silverberg
• The Complete Stories, Volume 2*
• Why Are Some Beaches Oily?†
• Why Are Animals Endangered?†
• Why Are the Rain Forests Vanishing? †
• Why Does Litter Cause Problems?†
• Asimov Laughs Again: More Than 700 Favorite Jokes, Limericks, and Anecdotes

  1993

• Forward the Foundation*
• The Positronic Man* ; co-written with Robert Silverberg
• What's Happening to the Ozone Layer? †
• The Future in Space†, with Greg Walz-Chojnacki
• Frontiers II: More Recent Discoveries About Life, Earth, Space, and the Universe, with Janet Asimov

  1994

• I. Asimov: A Memoir

  1995

• *
• Yours, Isaac Asimov

  1996

• *

  2002

• It's Been a Good Life, condensation of three autobiographical volumes edited by Asimov's widow

  2003

• The Return of the Black Widowers*

  As editor or annotator

1962

• The Hugo Winners*

  1963

• Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales*

  1966

• Tomorrow's Children: Eighteen Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction*

  1971

• Where Do We Go from Here? *
• The Hugo Winners, Volume II*

  1972

• Asimov's Annotated ‘Don Juan’

  1973

• Nebula Award Stories Eight*

  1974

• Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s*
• Asimov's Annotated ‘Paradise Lost’

  1977

• Familiar Poems, Annotated
• The Hugo Winners, Volume III*

  1978

• One Hundred Great Science Fiction Short-Short Stories*

  1979

• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 1 *
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 2 *
• The Science Fictional Solar System*
• The Thirteen Crimes of Science Fiction* 1979

  1980

• The Future in Question*
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3 *
• Who Done It? *
• Space Mail*
• Microcosmic Tales: 100 Wondrous Science Fiction Short-Short Stories*
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 4 *
• The Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fiction*
• The Annotated ‘Gulliver's Travels’

  1981

• The Future I*
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 5 *
• Catastrophes!*
• Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century*
• The Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction*
• Fantastic Creatures: An Anthology of Fantasy and Science Fiction*
• Raintree Reading Series I*
• *Travels Through Time*
• *Thinking Machines*
• *Wild Inventions*
• *After The End*
• Miniature Mysteries: One Hundred Malicious Little Mystery Stories*
• The Twelve Crimes of Christmas*
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 6 *

  1982

• Space Mail, Volume II*
• Tantalizing Locked Room Mysteries*
• TV: 2000*
• Laughing Space*
• Speculations*
• Flying Saucers*
• Raintree Reading Series II*
• *Earth Invaded*
• *Mad Scientists*
• *Mutants*
• *Tomorrow's TV*
• Dragon Tales*
• The Big Apple Mysteries*
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 *
• The Last Man on Earth*
• Science Fiction A to Z: A Dictionary of Great Science Fiction Themes*
• Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Fantasy of the 19th Century*
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 *
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 9 *

  1983

• Show Business Is Murder*
• Hallucination Orbit: Psychology In Science Fiction*, with Charles G. Waugh and Martin Harry Greenberg
• Caught In the Organ Draft: Biology in Science Fiction*
• The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book*
• Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural Stories of the 19th Century*
• Starships: Stories Beyond the Boundaries of the Universe*
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 10 *
• Thirteen Horrors of Halloween*
• Creations: The Quest for Origins in Story and Science*
• Wizards*
• Those Amazing Electronic Thinking Machines! An Anthology of Robot and Computer Stories*
• Computer Crimes and Capers*
• Intergalactic Empires*
• Machines That Think: The Best Science Stories About Robots and Computers*

  1984

• One Hundred Great Fantasy Short-Short Stories*
• Raintree Reading Series 3*
• *Bug Awful*
• *Children Of The Future*
• *The Immortals*
• *Time Warps*
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 11 *
• Witches*
• Murder on the Menu*
• Young Mutants*
• Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction Firsts*
• The Science Fictional Olympics*
• Fantastic Reading: Stories & Activities for Grade 5–8*
• Election Day 2084: Science Fiction Stories on the Politics of the Future*
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 12
• Young Extraterrestrials*
• Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space*
• Supermen*
• Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Fantasy Novels*

  1985

• Cosmic Knights*
• The Hugo Winners, Volume IV*
• Young Monsters*
• Spells*
• Great Science Fiction Stories by the World's Great Scientists*
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 13 *
• Amazing Stories: Sixty Years of the Best Science Fiction*
• Young Ghosts*
• Baker's Dozen: Thirteen Short Science Fiction Novels*
• Giants*

  1986

• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 14 *
• Comets*
• Young Star Travelers*
• The Hugo Winners, Volume V*
• Mythical Beasties*
• Tin Stars*
• Magical Wishes*
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 15 *
• The Twelve Frights of Christmas*

  1987

• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 16 *
• Young Witches and Warlocks*
• Devils*
• Hound Dunnit*
• Space Shuttles*

  1988

• Atlantis*
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 17 *
• Asimov's Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan
• Encounters*
• Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Crime Stories of the 19th Century*
• The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1930s*
• Monsters*
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 18 *
• Ghosts*
• The Sport of Crime*

  1989

• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 19 *
• Isaac Asimov Presents Tales of the Occult*
• Purr-fect Crime*
• Robots*
• Visions of Fantasy: Tales from the Masters*
• Curses
• The New Hugo Winners*
• Senior Sleuths: A Large Print Anthology of Mysteries and Puzzlers*
• The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s*

  1990

• Cosmic Critiques: How & Why Ten Science Fiction Stories Work*
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 20 *
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 21 *
• Robots from Asimov's*
• Invasions*
• The Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1950s*

  1991

• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 22 *
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 23 *
• Faeries
• The Mammoth Book of New World Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1960s*

  1992

• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 24 *
• The New Hugo Winners, Volume II*
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 25 *
• The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s*

  1993

• The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1980s*

  Books with introduction by Asimov

• Boardman, Barrington, Flappers, Bootleggers, "Typhoid Mary" and the Bomb: An Anecdotal History of the U.S. from 1923-1945
• *Reissued in 1992 as Isaac Asimov Presents From Harding to Hiroshima: An Anecdotal History of the United States from 1923 to 1945

  Short stories