Isaac Asimov bibliography (chronological) explained

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.

In this article, Asimov's books are listed by year (in order of publication within a year, where known) with publisher indicated. They are divided between original works and edited books. Works of fiction are denoted by an asterisk (*) and books for children or adolescents by a dagger (†). Currently, 504 total books are listed here (357 original and 147 edited or annotated by Asimov).

Original book-length works

1950

• Pebble in the Sky
• (Doubleday)
• I, Robot
• (Gnome Press)

1951

• The Stars, Like Dust-- * (Doubleday)
• Foundation
• (Gnome Press)

1952

• David Starr, Space Ranger
• † (Doubleday)
• Foundation and Empire
• (Gnome Press)
• The Currents of Space
• (Doubleday)
• Biochemistry and Human Metabolism (Williams & Wilkins)

1953

• Second Foundation
• (Gnome Press)
• Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids
• † (Doubleday)

1954

• The Caves of Steel
• (Doubleday)
• Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus
• † (Doubleday)
• The Chemicals of Life: Enzymes, Vitamins, and Hormones (Abelard-Schuman)

1955

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

1956

• Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury
• † (Doubleday)
• Chemistry and Human Health (McGraw-Hill)
• Inside the Atom (Abelard-Schuman)

1957

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

1958

• The World of Carbon (Abelard-Schuman)
• Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn
• † (Doubleday)
• The World of Nitrogen (Abelard-Schuman)
• The Death Dealers
• (Avon)
  • Republished as A Whiff of Death (19??)

1959

• Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future
• (Doubleday)
• The Clock We Live On (Abelard-Schuman)
• Words of Science, and the History Behind Them† (Houghton Mifflin)
• Realm of Numbers (Houghton Mifflin)
• Breakthroughs in Science (Houghton Mifflin)

1960

• The Living River (Abelard-Schuman)
• The Kingdom of the Sun (Abelard-Schuman)
• Realm of Measure (Houghton Mifflin)
• Satellites in Outer Space (Random House)
• The Wellsprings of Life (Abelard-Schuman)
• The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science (Basic Books)
  • 2nd edition: The New Intelligent Man's Guide to Science (1965; Basic Books)
  • 3rd edition: Asimov's Guide to Science (1972; Basic Books)
  • 4th edition: Asimov's New Guide to Science (1984; Basic Books)
• The Double Planet (Abelard-Schuman)

1961

• Realm of Algebra (Houghton Mifflin)
• Words from the Myths† (Houghton Mifflin)

1962

• Life and Energy (Doubleday)
• Words in Genesis† (Houghton Mifflin; illustrations by William Barss)
• Fact and Fancy (Doubleday)
• Words on the Map† (Houghton Mifflin)
• The Search for the Elements (Basic Books)

1963

• Words from the Exodus† (Houghton Mifflin; illustrations by William Barss)
• The Genetic Code (Orion Press)
• The Human Body: Its Structure and Operation (Houghton Mifflin; illustrations by Anthony Ravielli)
  • Revised/expanded edition, 1992
• View from a Height (Doubleday)
• The Kite That Won the Revolution† (Houghton Mifflin)

1964

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

1965

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

1966

• Fantastic Voyage
• (Houghton Mifflin)
• The Noble Gases (Basic Books)
• The Neutrino: Ghost Particle of the Atom (Doubleday)
• The Roman Republic (Houghton Mifflin)
• Understanding Physics, 3 volumes (Walker)
  • Vol. I: Motion, Sound, and Heat
  • Vol. II: Light, Magnetism, and Electricity
  • Vol. III: The Electron, Proton, and Neutron
• The Genetic Effects of Radiation (U.S. AEC)
• The Universe: From Flat Earth to Quasar (Walker)
  • 2nd edition (1971; Walker)
  • 3rd edition (1980), as The Universe: From Flat Earth to Black Holes and Beyond (Walker)
• From Earth to Heaven (Doubleday)

1967

• The Moon (Follet)
• Environments Out There (Scholastic/Abelard-Schuman)
• The Roman Empire (Houghton Mifflin)
• Through a Glass, Clearly
• (New English Library)
• Is Anyone There? (Doubleday)
• To the Ends of the Universe (Walker)
• Mars (Follet)
• The Egyptians (Houghton Mifflin)

1968

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

1969

• Photosynthesis (Basic Books)
• The Shaping of England (Houghton Mifflin)
• Twentieth Century Discovery (Doubleday)
• Nightfall and Other Stories
• (Doubleday)
• Asimov's Guide to the Bible, Volume II (Doubleday)
• Opus 100 (Houghton Mifflin)
• ABC's of Space† (Walker)
• Great Ideas of Science (Houghton Mifflin)

1970

• The Solar System and Back (Doubleday)
• Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare, 2 volumes (Doubleday)
• Constantinople: The Forgotten Empire (Houghton Mifflin)
• ABC's of the Ocean† (Walker)
• Light (Follet)

1971

• The Stars in Their Courses (Doubleday)
• What Makes the Sun Shine? (Little, Brown & Co.)
• The Best New Thing*† (World Pub. Co.)
• The Land of Canaan (Houghton Mifflin)
• ABC's of the Earth† (Walker)
• The Sensuous Dirty Old Man (as by Dr. "A.") (Walker)
• Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor (Houghton Mifflin)

1972

• The Left Hand of the Electron (Doubleday)
• The Gods Themselves
• (Doubleday)
• More Words of Science† (Houghton Mifflin)
• Electricity and Man (U.S. AEC)
• ABC's of Ecology† (Walker)
• The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying
• (Doubleday)
• The Shaping of France (Houghton Mifflin)
• The Story of Ruth† (Doubleday)
• Ginn Science Program, Intermediate Level A† (Ginn)
• Ginn Science Program, Intermediate Level C† (Ginn)
• Worlds Within Worlds (U.S. AEC)
• Ginn Science Program, Intermediate Level B† (Ginn)

1973

• How Did We Find Out the Earth Is Round? † (Walker)
• Comets and Meteors (Follet)
• The Sun (Follet)
• How Did We Find Out About Electricity? † (Walker)
• The Shaping of North America: From Earliest Times to 1763 (Houghton Mifflin)
• Today and Tomorrow and ... (Doubleday)
• Jupiter, the Largest Planet (Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard)
• Ginn Science Program, Advanced Level A† (Ginn)
• Ginn Science Program, Advanced Level B† (Ginn)
• How Did We Find Out About Numbers? † (Walker)
• Please Explain (Houghton Mifflin)
• The Tragedy of the Moon (Abelard-Schuman)
• How Did We Find Out About Dinosaurs? † (Walker)
• The Best of Isaac Asimov
• (Sphere)

1974

• Asimov on Astronomy (Doubleday)
• The Birth of the United States: 1763-1816 (Houghton Mifflin)
• Have You Seen These?* (NESRAA)
• Our World in Space (New York Graphic Society)
• How Did We Find Out About Germs? † (Walker)
• Tales of the Black Widowers
• (Doubleday)
• Earth: Our Crowded Spaceship (John Day)
• Asimov on Chemistry (Doubleday)
• How Did We Find Out About Vitamins?† (Walker)

1975

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

1976

• ‘The Dream’, ‘Benjamin's Dream’ & ‘Benjamin's Bicentennial Blast’* (Benjamin Franklin Keeps)
• Asimov on Physics (Doubleday)
• Murder at the ABA
• (Doubleday)
  • Republished as Authorized Murder (19??)
• How Did We Find Out About Atoms? † (Walker)
• Good Taste
• (Apocalypse Press)
• The Planet That Wasn't (Doubleday)
• The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
• (Doubleday)
• More Lecherous Limericks (Walker)
• More Tales of the Black Widowers
• (Doubleday/Crime Club)
• Alpha Centauri, the Nearest Star (Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard)
• How Did We Find Out About Nuclear Power?† (Walker)

1977

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

1978

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

1979

• Saturn and Beyond (Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard)
• Opus 200 (Houghton Mifflin)
• In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920–1954 (Doubleday)
• Extraterrestrial Civilizations (Crown)
• How Did We Find Out About Our Human Roots? † (Walker)
• The Road to Infinity (Doubleday)
• A Choice of Catastrophes (Simon & Schuster)
• Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts (Grosset & Dunlap)
• How Did We Find Out About Antarctica?† (Walker)
• The Threats of Our World

1980

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

1981

• In the Beginning: Science Faces God in the Book of Genesis (Crown/Stonesong Press)
• Asimov on Science Fiction (Doubleday)
• Venus, Near Neighbor of the Sun (Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard)
• Three by Asimov* (Targ)
• How Did We Find Out About Solar Power?† (Walker)
• How Did We Find Out About Volcanoes?† (Walker)
• Visions of the Universe (The Cosmos Store); co-written with Kazuaki Iwasaki
• The Sun Shines Bright (Doubleday)
• Change! Seventy-one Glimpses of the Future (Houghton Mifflin)
• A Grossery of Limericks (W. W. Norton)

1982

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

1983

• Counting the Eons (Doubleday)
• The Winds of Change and Other Stories
• (Doubleday)
• The Roving Mind (Prometheus Books)
• The Measure of the Universe (Harper & Row)
• The Union Club Mysteries
• (Doubleday)
• Norby, the Mixed-up Robot
• † (Walker)
• The Robots of Dawn
• (Doubleday)
• How Did We Find Out About Genes?† (Walker)
• Isaac Asimov Presents Superquiz II (Dembner Books)

1984

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

1985

• Asimov's Guide to Halley's Comet (Walker)
• The Exploding Suns: The Secrets of the Supernovas (E. P. Dutton)
• Norby and the Lost Princess*† (Walker)
• How Did We Find Out About the Atmosphere?† (Walker)
• Living in the Future (Harmony House)
• Robots: Machines In Man's Image (Harmony House)
• The Edge of Tomorrow* (Tor/Tom Doherty Associates)
• The Subatomic Monster (Doubleday)
• The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries
• (Walker)
• Robots and Empire
• (Doubleday)
• Norby and the Invaders*† (Walker)
• It's Such a Beautiful Day* (Creative Education)
• How Did We Find Out About DNA?† (Walker)

1986

• The Dangers of Intelligence and Other Science Essays (Houghton Mifflin)
• The Alternate Asimovs
• (Doubleday)
• How Did We Find Out About the Speed of Light?† (Walker)
• Futuredays: A Nineteenth-Century Vision of the Year 2000 (Henry Holt)
• Science Fiction by Asimov* (Davis Publications)
• The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov
• (Doubleday)
• The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov
• (Doubleday)
• Foundation and Earth
• (Doubleday)
• Robot Dreams
• (Byron Preiss)
• Norby and the Queen's Necklace*† (Walker)

1987

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

1988

• How Did We Find Out About Superconductivity?† (Walker)
• The Relativity of Wrong (Doubleday)
• Prelude to Foundation
• (Doubleday)
• The Asteroids† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• The Earth's Moon† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Mars: Our Mysterious Neighbor† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Our Milky Way and Other Galaxies† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Quasars, Pulsars, and Black Holes† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Rockets, Probes, and Satellites† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Our Solar System† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• The Sun† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Uranus: The Sideways Planet† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• History of Biology [A chart] (Carolina Biological Suppls.)
• Azazel
• (Doubleday)
• Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction and Fantasy Story-a-Month 1989 Calendar (Pomegranate Calendars & Bks)
• Saturn: The Ringed Beauty† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• How Was the Universe Born?† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Earth: Our Home Base† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Ancient Astronomy† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Unidentified Flying Objects† (Gareth Stevens, Inc; Series: Isaac Asimov's Library of the Universe)
• The Space Spotter's Guide† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Norby Down to Earth*† (Walker)

1989

• How Did We Find Out About Microwaves?† (Walker)
• Asimov's Galaxy: Reflections on Science Fiction (Doubleday)
• All the Troubles of the World* (Creative Education)
• Franchise* (Creative Education)
• Robbie* (Creative Education)
• Sally* (Creative Education)
• Is There Life on Other Planets?† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Science Fiction, Science Fact† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Mercury: The Quick Planet† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Space Garbage† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Jupiter: The Spotted Giant† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• The Birth and Death of Stars† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov* (Dark Harvest)
• The History of Mathematics [a chart] (Carolina Biological Suppls.)
• Think About Space: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? (Walker; Series: The Think Series), with Frank White
• Isaac Asimov Presents Superquiz IV (Dembner Books)
• The Tyrannosaurus Prescription: and One Hundred Other Science Essays (Prometheus Books)
• Asimov on Science: A 30 Year Retrospective 1959–1989 (Doubleday)
• Nemesis
• (Doubleday)
• Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery (Harper & Row)
• How Did We Find Out About Photosynthesis?† (Walker)
• The Complete Science Fair Handbooks (Scott Foresman & Co)
• Little Treasury of Dinosaurs† (5 book set) (Outlet)
  • Giant Dinosaurs†
  • Armored Dinosaurs†
  • Small Dinosaurs†
  • Sea Reptiles and Flying Reptiles†
  • Meat-Eating Dinosaurs and Horned Dinosaurs†
• Norby and Yobo's Great Adventure*† (Walker)
• Mythology and the Universe† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Colonizing the Planets and the Stars† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Astronomy Today† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Pluto: A Double Planet?† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Piloted Space Flights† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Comets and Meteors† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)

1990

• Puzzles of the Black Widowers
• (Doubleday)
• Norby and the Oldest Dragon*† (Walker)
• Frontiers: New Discoveries About Man and His Planet, Outer Space and the Universe (E. P. Dutton/Truman)
• Out of the Everywhere

Thoughts on Science from the Master (Doubleday)

• Robot Visions
• (Byron Preiss)
• How Did We Find Out About Lasers?† (Walker)
• Neptune: The Farthest Giant† (Gareth Stevens, Inc; Series: Isaac Asimov's Library of the Universe)
• Venus: A Shrouded Mystery† (Gareth Stevens, Inc; Series: Isaac Asimov's Library of the Universe)
• The World's Space Programs† (Gareth Stevens, Inc; Series: Isaac Asimov's Library of the Universe)
• Nightfall
• (Doubleday); co-written with Robert Silverberg
• The Complete Stories Volume 1* (Doubleday)
• How Did We Find Out About Neptune?† (Walker)
• The March of the Millennia: A Key to Looking at History (Walker), with Frank White
• Cal: A Short Story Written Exclusively for Members of the Isaac Asimov Collection* (Doubleday)

1991

• Norby and the Court Jester*† (Walker)
• The March of the Millennia: A Key to Looking at History (Walker)
• The Secret of the Universe (Doubleday)
• How Did We Find Out About Pluto? † (Walker)
• (E. P. Dutton/Truman)
• ^[1] (Tor); co-written with Frederik Pohl (2018 edition includes intro/afterword by Kim Stanley Robinson)
• Why Do We Have Different Seasons?† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Is Our Planet Warming Up? † (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Why Is the Air Dirty? † (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Why Are Whales Vanishing?† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Where Does Garbage Go? † (Gareth Stevens, Inc; Series: Ask Isaac Asimov)
• What Causes Acid Rain? † (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• What Is a Shooting Star?† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Why Do Stars Twinkle?† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Why Does the Moon Change Shape?† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• What Is an Eclipse?† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space (Random House)
• Asimov's Chronology of the World (HarperCollins)
• Christopher Columbus: Navigator to the New World† (Gareth Stevens, Inc; Series: Isaac Asimov's Pioneers of Science and Exploration)
• Ferdinand Magellan: Opening the Door to World Exploration† (Gareth Stevens, Inc; Series: Isaac Asimov's Pioneers of Science and Exploration)
• The History of Chemistry [a chart]

1992

• The Ugly Little Boy
• (Doubleday); co-written with Robert Silverberg
• The Complete Stories, Volume 2* (Doubleday)
• Why Are Some Beaches Oily?† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Why Are Animals Endangered?† (Gareth Stevens, Inc; Series: Ask Isaac Asimov)
• Why Are the Rain Forests Vanishing? † (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Why Does Litter Cause Problems?† (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
• Asimov Laughs Again: More Than 700 Favorite Jokes, Limericks, and Anecdotes (HarperCollins)
• What's Happening to the Ozone Layer? † (Gareth Stevens, Inc)

1993

• Forward the Foundation
• (Doubleday)
• The Positronic Man
• (Doubleday); co-written with Robert Silverberg
• The Future in Space† (Gareth Stevens, Inc; Series: Isaac Asimov's Library of the Universe), with Greg Walz-Chojnacki
• Frontiers II: More Recent Discoveries About Life, Earth, Space, and the Universe (E. P. Dutton/Truman), with Janet Asimov

1994

• I. Asimov: A Memoir (Doubleday)

1995

• (HarperPrism)
• Yours, Isaac Asimov (Doubleday)

1996

• (HarperPrism)

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
• (Doubleday)

1963

• Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales
• (Collier)

1966

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

1971

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

1972

• Asimov's Annotated ‘Don Juan’ (Doubleday)

1973

• Nebula Award Stories Eight
• (Harper & Row)

1974

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

1977

• Familiar Poems, Annotated (Doubleday)
• The Hugo Winners, Volume III* (Doubleday)

1978

• One Hundred Great Science Fiction Short-Short Stories* (Doubleday)

1979

• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 1 (1939)
• (DAW Books)
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 2 (1940)
• (DAW Books)
• The Science Fictional Solar System* (Harper & Row)
• The Thirteen Crimes of Science Fiction* (Doubleday)1979

1980

• The Future in Question* (Fawcett Crest)
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3 (1941)
• (DAW Books)
• Who Done It? * (Houghton Mifflin)
• Space Mail
• (Fawcett Crest)
• Microcosmic Tales: 100 Wondrous Science Fiction Short-Short Stories* (Taplinger)
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 4 (1942)
• (DAW Books)
• The Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fiction* (Fawcett Crest)
• The Annotated ‘Gulliver's Travels’ (Clarkson N. Potter)

1981

• The Future I* (Fawcett Crest)
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 5 (1943)
• (DAW Books)
• Catastrophes!* (Fawcett Crest)
• Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century* (Beaufort Books)
• The Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction* (Fawcett Crest)
• Fantastic Creatures: An Anthology of Fantasy and Science Fiction* (Franklin Watts)
• Raintree Reading Series I* (Raintree)
  • Travels Through Time*
  • Thinking Machines*
  • Wild Inventions*
  • After The End*
• Miniature Mysteries: One Hundred Malicious Little Mystery Stories* (Taplinger)
• The Twelve Crimes of Christmas* (Avon)
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 6 (1944)
• (DAW Books)

1982

• Space Mail, Volume II
• (Fawcett Crest)
• Tantalizing Locked Room Mysteries* (Walker)
• TV: 2000* (Fawcett Crest)
• Laughing Space* (Houghton Mifflin)
• Speculations* (Houghton Mifflin)
• Flying Saucers* (Fawcett Crest)
• Raintree Reading Series II* (Raintree)
  • Earth Invaded*
  • Mad Scientists*
  • Mutants*
  • Tomorrow's TV*
• Dragon Tales* (Fawcett Crest)
• The Big Apple Mysteries* (Avon)
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 (1945)
• (DAW Books)
• The Last Man on Earth* (Fawcett Crest)
• Science Fiction A to Z: A Dictionary of Great Science Fiction Themes
• (Houghton Mifflin)
• Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Fantasy of the 19th Century* (Beaufort Books)
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 (1946)
• (DAW Books)
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 9 (1947)
• (DAW Books)

1983

• Show Business Is Murder* (Avon)
• Hallucination Orbit: Psychology In Science Fiction* (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux), with Charles G. Waugh and Martin Harry Greenberg
• Caught In the Organ Draft: Biology in Science Fiction* (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux)
• The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book* (Crown)
• Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural Stories of the 19th Century* (Beaufort Books)
• Starships: Stories Beyond the Boundaries of the Universe* (Fawcett Crest)
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 10 (1948)
• (DAW Books)
• Thirteen Horrors of Halloween* (Avon)
• Creations: The Quest for Origins in Story and Science* (Crown)
• Wizards
• (NAL)
• Those Amazing Electronic Thinking Machines! An Anthology of Robot and Computer Stories* (Franklin Watts)
• Computer Crimes and Capers* (Academy Chicago Pub.)
• Intergalactic Empires
• (NAL)

1984

• Machines That Think: The Best Science Stories About Robots and Computers
• (Henry Holt & Co); edited with Patricia S. Warrick and Martin H. Greenburg.
  • Reprinted in 1992 by Wings Books as War with the Robots.
• One Hundred Great Fantasy Short-Short Stories* (Doubleday)
• Raintree Reading Series 3* (Raintree)
  • Bug Awful*
  • Children Of The Future*
  • The Immortals*
  • Time Warps*
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 11 (1949)
• (DAW Books)
• Witches
• (NAL)
• Murder on the Menu* (Avon)
• Young Mutants* (Harper & Row)
• Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction Firsts* (Beaufort Books)
• The Science Fictional Olympics
• (NAL)
• Fantastic Reading: Stories & Activities for Grade 5–8* (Scott Foresman & Co.)
• Election Day 2084: Science Fiction Stories on the Politics of the Future* (Prometheus Books)
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) (DAW Books)
• Young Extraterrestrials* (Harper & Row)
• Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space* (Bluejay Books)
• Supermen
• (NAL)
• Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Fantasy Novels* (Crown)

1985

• Cosmic Knights
• (NAL)
• The Hugo Winners, Volume IV* (Doubleday)
• Young Monsters* (Harper & Row)
• Spells
• (NAL)
• Great Science Fiction Stories by the World's Great Scientists* (Donald I. Fine)
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 13 (1951)
• (DAW Books)
• Amazing Stories: Sixty Years of the Best Science Fiction* (TSR, Inc.)
• Young Ghosts* (Harper & Row)
• Baker's Dozen: Thirteen Short Science Fiction Novels* (Crown)
• Giants
• (NAL)

1986

• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 14 (1952)
• (DAW Books)
• Comets
• (NAL)
• Young Star Travelers* (Harper & Row)
• The Hugo Winners, Volume V* (Doubleday)
• Mythical Beasties
• (NAL)
• Tin Stars
• (NAL)
• Magical Wishes
• (NAL)
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 15 (1953)
• (DAW Books)
• The Twelve Frights of Christmas* (Avon)

1987

• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 16 (1954)
• (DAW Books)
• Young Witches and Warlocks* (Harper & Row)
• Devils
• (NAL)
• Hound Dunnit* (Carroll & Graf)
• Space Shuttles
• (NAL)

1988

• Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations (Blue Cliff)
• Atlantis
• (NAL)
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 17 (1955)
• (DAW Books)
• Asimov's Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan (Doubleday)
• Encounters* (Headline)
• Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Crime Stories of the 19th Century* (Dembner Books)
• The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1930s
• (Carroll & Graf)
• Monsters
• (NAL)
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 18 (1956)
• (DAW Books)
• Ghosts
• (NAL)
• The Sport of Crime* (Lynx)

1989

• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 19 (1957)
• (DAW Books)
• Isaac Asimov Presents Tales of the Occult* (Prometheus Books)
• Purr-fect Crime* (Lynx)
• Robots
• (NAL)
• Visions of Fantasy: Tales from the Masters* (Doubleday)
• Curses (NAL)
• The New Hugo Winners
• (Wynwood Press)
• Senior Sleuths: A Large Print Anthology of Mysteries and Puzzlers* (G. K. Hall & Co.)
• The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s
• (Carroll & Graf)

1990

• Cosmic Critiques: How & Why Ten Science Fiction Stories Work* (Writer's Digest Books)
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 20 (1958)
• (DAW Books)
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 21 (1959)
• (DAW Books)
• Robots from Asimov's* (Davis Publications)
• Invasions
• (Roc/Penguin Books)
• The Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1950s
• (Carroll & Graf)

1991

• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 22 (1960)
• (DAW Books)
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 23 (1961)
• (DAW Books)
• Faeries (Roc/Penguin Books)
• The Mammoth Book of New World Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1960s
• (Carroll & Graf)

1992

• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 24 (1962)
• (DAW Books)
• The New Hugo Winners, Volume II* (Baen Books)
• Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 25 (1963)
• (DAW Books)
• The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s
• (Carroll & Graf)

1993

• The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1980s
• (Carroll & Graf)

Books with introduction by Asimov

• Boardman, Barrington (1989), Flappers, Bootleggers, "Typhoid Mary" and the Bomb: An Anecdotal History of the U.S. from 1923-1945 (Harpercollins)
  • Reissued in 1992 as Isaac Asimov Presents From Harding to Hiroshima: An Anecdotal History of the United States from 1923 to 1945 (Dembner Books)

Short stories

See main article: article and Isaac Asimov short stories bibliography.

See also

• Isaac Asimov bibliography (categorical)
• Isaac Asimov bibliography (alphabetical)

External links

• Asimov Online
  • The Fiction of Isaac Asimov - Part I and Part II at The Internet Time Travel Database
• Jenkins’ Spoiler-Laden Guide to Isaac Asimov

Notes and References

1. Our Angry Earth (1991) was the last of Asimov's books to be published before his death.