In a writing career spanning 53 years (1939–1992), science fiction and popular science author Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) wrote and published 40 novels, 383 short stories, over 280 non-fiction books, and edited about 147 others.

Below, we select and introduce ten of Isaac Asimov’s best books, covering the extraordinary range of his output from science fiction classics to accessible works of non-fiction. Asimov was popularly known as ‘the Great Explainer’, and the non-fiction books we include below demonstrate why he’s so deserving of that epithet!

A list of Isaac Asimov's 506 books arranged by his own categories as in his autobiographies, though later books have been added.

Complete order of Isaac Asimov books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.

Isaac Asimov has 4570 books on Goodreads with 5022681 ratings. Isaac Asimov’s most popular book is Foundation (Foundation, #1).

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This is a bibliography of the books written or edited by Isaac Asimov, arranged alphabetically. [1] Asimov was a prolific author, and he engaged in many collaborations with other authors. This list may not yet be complete.

Isaac Asimov has 4570 books on Goodreads with 5022681 ratings. Isaac Asimov's most popular series is Foundation (Chronological Order)

A complete list of all Isaac Asimov's books & series in order (164 books) (4 series). Browse plot descriptions, book covers, genres, pseudonyms, ratings and awards.

Asimov was prolific and wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. His books have been published in 9 of the 10 major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification.