Isaac Asimov bibliography (chronological)

In a writing career spanning 53 years (1939–1992), science fiction and popular science author Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) wrote and published 40 novels, 382 short stories, over 280 non-fiction books, and edited about 147 others.

See also: Isaac Asimov bibliography (categorical), Isaac Asimov bibliography (alphabetical).

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

1951

1952

1953
The first installment of Asimov's The Caves of Steel took the cover of the October 1953 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction, illustrated by Ed Emshwiller

1954

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960
  • The Living River (Abelard-Schuman)
  • The Kingdom of the Sun (Abelard-Schuman)
  • Realm of Measure (Houghton Mifflin)
  • Breakthroughs in Science (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; Illust. 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; Illust. by William Barss)
  • The Genetic Code (Orion Press)
  • The Human Body: Its Structure and Operation (Houghton Mifflin; Illust. by Anthony Ravielli)
    • Revised/expanded edition, 1992
  • View from a Height (Doubleday)
  • The Kite That Won the Revolution† (Houghton Mifflin)

1964

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

1969

1970

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); Illustrated 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

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)

1980

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

1983

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)
  • The Dangers of Intelligence and Other Science Essays (Houghton Mifflin)

1986

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)
  • Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain* (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)
  • Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations (Blue Cliff)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Atom: Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos (E. P. Dutton/Truman)
  • Our Angry Earth: A Ticking Ecological Bomb[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)

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)

1993
  • Forward the Foundation* (Doubleday)
  • The Positronic Man* (Doubleday); co-written with Robert Silverberg
  • What's Happening to the Ozone Layer? † (Gareth Stevens, Inc)
  • 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

1995
  • Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection* (HarperPrism)
  • Yours, Isaac Asimov (Doubleday)

1996
  • Magic: The Final Fantasy Collection* (HarperPrism)

2002

2003

As editor or annotator

1962

1963

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

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

1980

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

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)
  • Machines That Think: The Best Science Stories About Robots and Computers* (Holt, Rinehart, & Winston)

1984
  • 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

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

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
Main article: Isaac Asimov short stories bibliography

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