A list of Isaac Asimov's 506 books arranged by his own categories as in his autobiographies, though later books have been added.
FICTION[]
Science Fiction Novels[]
- 1 Pebble in the Sky (Doubleday 1950)
- 3 The Stars, Like Dust (Doubleday 1951)
- 4 Foundation (Gnome Press 1951)
- 5 David Starr, Space Ranger (Doubleday 1952)
- 6 Foundation and Empire (Gnome Press 1952)
- 7 The Currents of Space (Doubleday 1952)
- 9 Second Foundation (Gnome Press 1953)
- 10 Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids (Doubleday 1953)
- 11 The Caves of Steel (Doubleday 1954)
- 12 Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus (Doubleday 1954)
- 15 The End of Eternity (Doubleday 1955)
- 17 Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury (Doubleday 1956)
- 20 The Naked Sun (Doubleday 1957)
- 21 Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter (Doubleday 1957)
- 26 Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn (Doubleday 1958)
- 67 Fantastic Voyage (Houghton Mifflin 1966)
- 121 The Gods Themselves (Doubleday 1972)
- 262 Foundation's Edge (Doubleday 1982)
- 278 Norby, the Mixed-up Robot (Walker 1983)
- 281 The Robots of Dawn (Doubleday 1983)
- 298 Norby's Other Secret (Walker 1984)
- 318 Norby and the Lost Princess (Walker 1985)
- 328 Robots and Empire (Doubleday 1985)
- 333 Norby and the Invaders (Walker 1985)
- 349 Foundation and Earth (Doubleday 1986)
- 351 Norby and the Queen's Necklace (Walker 1986)
- 364 Norby Finds a Villain (Walker 1987)
- 365 Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain (Doubleday 1987)
- 379 Prelude to Foundation (Doubleday 1988)
- 404 Norby Down to Earth (Walker 1988)
- 429 Nemesis (Doubleday 1989)
- 437 Norby and Yobo's Great Adventure (Walker 1989)
- 445 Norby and the Oldest Dragon (Walker 1990)
- 456 Nightfall (Doubleday 1990)
- The Ugly Little Boy (Doubleday 1992)
- Norby and the Court Jester (Walker 1991)
- Forward the Foundation (Doubleday 1993)
- The Positronic Man (Doubleday 1993)
Mystery Novels[]
- 28 The Death Dealers (A Whiff of Death) (Avon 1958)
- 172 Murder at the ABA (Doubleday 1976)
Science Fiction Short Stories and Short Story Collections[]
- 2 I, Robot (Gnome Press 1950)
- 14 The Martian Way and Other Stories (Doubleday 1955)
- 23 Earth Is Room Enough: Science Fiction Tales of Our Own Planet (Doubleday 1957)
- 29 Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future (Doubleday 1959)
- 60 The Rest of the Robots (Doubleday 1964)
- 82 Through a Glass, Clearly (New English Library 1967)
- 87 Asimov's Mysteries (Doubleday 1968)
- 98 Nightfall and Other Stories (Doubleday 1969)
- 113 The Best New Thing (World Pub. Co. 1971)
- 125 The Early Asimov or, Eleven Years of Trying (Doubleday 1972)
- 146 The Best of Isaac Asimov (Sphere 1973)
- 150 Have You Seen These? (NESRAA 1974)
- 164 Buy Jupiter and Other Stories (Doubleday 1975)
- 167 The Heavenly Host (Walker 1975)
- 170 "The Dream", "Benjamin's Dream" and "Benjamin's Bicentennial Blast" (Benjamin Franklin Keepsakes 1976)
- 174 Good Taste (Apocalypse Press 1976)
- 176 The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories (Doubleday 1976)
- 229 Three by Asimov (Targ 1981)
- 249 The Complete Robot (Doubleday 1982)
- 267 The Winds of Change and Other Stories (Doubleday 1983)
- 323 The Edge of Tomorrow (Tor/Tom Doherty Associates 1985)
- 332 It's Such a Beautiful Day (Creative Education 1985)
- 336 The Alternate Asimovs (Doubleday 1986)
- 345 Science Fiction by Asimov (Davis Publications 1986)
- 347 The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov (Doubleday 1986)
- 350 Robot Dreams (Byron Preiss 1986)
- 376 Other Worlds of Isaac Asimov (Avenel 1987)
- 409 All the Troubles of the World (Creative Education 1989)
- 410 Franchise (Creative Education 1989)
- 411 Robbie (Creative Education 1989)
- 412 Sally (Creative Education 1989)
- 421 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov (Dark Harvest 1989)
- 450 Robot Visions (Byron Preiss 1990)
- 460 The Complete Stories Volume 1 (Doubleday 1990)
- 467 Cal (short written exclusively for Isaac Asimov Collection subscribers - Not for sale 1991)
- The Complete Stories Volume 2 (Doubleday 1992)
- Gold (HarperPrism 1995)
- Magic (HarperPrism 1996)
Fantasy Short Story Collection[]
- 395 Azazel (Doubleday 1988)
Mystery Short Story Collections[]
- 155 Tales of the Black Widowers (Doubleday 1974)
- 178 More Tales of the Black Widowers (Doubleday/Crime Club 1976)
- 190 The Key Word and Other Mysteries (Walker 1977)
- 212 Casebook of the Black Widowers (Doubleday 1980)
- 277 The Union Club Mysteries (Doubleday 1983)
- 303 Banquets of the Black Widowers (Doubleday 1984)
- 327 The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries (Walker 1985)
- 348 The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov (Doubleday 1986)
- 444 Puzzles of the Black Widowers (Doubleday 1990)
- The Return of the Black Widowers (Carroll & Graf 2003)
Anthologies (Edited by Isaac Asimov)[]
- 47 The Hugo Winners (Doubleday 1962)
- 52 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales (Collier 1963)
- 76 Tomorrow's Children: Eighteen Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Doubleday 1966)
- 110 Where Do We Go from Here? (Doubleday 1971)
- 115 The Hugo Winners, Volume II (Doubleday 1971)
- 147 Nebula Award Stories Eight (Harper & Row 1973)
- 151 Before The Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s (Doubleday 1974)
- 186 The Hugo Winners, Volume III (Doubleday 1977)
- 192 One Hundred Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (Doubleday 1978)
- 202 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 1: 1939 (DAW Books 1979)
- 205 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 2: 1940 (DAW Books 1979)
- 208 The Science Fictional Solar System (Harper & Row 1979)
- 209 The Thirteen Crimes of Science Fiction (Doubleday 1979)
- 213 The Future in Question (Fawcett Crest 1980)
- 214 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 3: 1941 (DAW Books 1980)
- 217 Who Done It? (Houghton Mifflin 1980)
- 218 Space Mail (Fawcett Crest 1980)
- 219 Microcosmic Tales: 100 Wondrous Science Fiction Short-Short Stories (Taplinger 1980)
- 220 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 4: 1942 (DAW Books 1980)
- 221 The Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fiction (Fawcett Crest 1980)
- 224 The Future I (Fawcett Crest 1981)
- 226 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 5: 1943 (DAW Books 1981)
- 233 Catastrophes! (Fawcett Crest 1981)
- 234 Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century (Beaufort Books 1981)
- 235 The Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction (Fawcett Crest 1981)
- 236 Fantastic Creatures: An Anthology of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Franklin Watts 1981)
- 239 Raintree Reading Series I (Raintree 1981)
- Travels Through Time
- Thinking Machines
- Wild Inventions
- After The End
- 241 Miniature Mysteries: One Hundred Malicious Little Mystery Stories (Taplinger 1981)
- 242 The Twelve Crimes of Christmas (Avon 1981)
- 243 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 6: 1944 (DAW Books 1981)
- 244 Space Mail II (Fawcett Crest 1982)
- 245 Tantalizing Locked Room Mysteries (Walker 1982)
- 246 TV: 2000 (Fawcett Crest 1982)
- 247 Laughing Space (Houghton Mifflin 1982)
- 250 SpeculationsSpeculations (Houghton Mifflin 1982)
- 251 Flying Saucers (Fawcett Crest 1982)
- 253 Raintree Reading Series II (Raintree 1982)
- Earth Invaded
- Mad Scientists
- Mutants
- Tomorrow's TV
- 255 Dragon Tales (Fawcett Crest 1982)
- 256 The Big Apple Mysteries (Avon 1982)
- 258 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 7: 1945 (DAW Books 1982)
- 260 The Last Man on Earth (Fawcett Crest 1982)
- 261 Science Fiction A to Z: A Dictionary of Great Science Fiction Themes (Houghton Mifflin 1982)
- 263 Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Fantasy of the 19th Century (Beaufort Books 1982)
- 264 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 8: 1946 (DAW Books 1982)
- 268 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 9: 1947 (DAW Books 1983)
- 269 Show Business Is Murder (Avon 1983)
- 270 Hallucination Orbit: Psychology In Science Fiction (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux 1983)
- 271 Caught In the Organ Draft: Biology In Science Fiction (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux 1983)
- 273 The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (Crown 1983)
- 275 Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural Stories of the 19th Century (Beaufort Books 1983)
- 276 Starships: Stories Beyond the Boundaries of the Universe (Fawcett Crest 1983)
- 279 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 10: 1948 (DAW Books 1983)
- 282 Thirteen Horrors of Halloween (Avon 1983)
- 283 Creations: The Quest For Origins in Story and Science (Crown 1983)
- 285 Wizards (NAL 1983)
- 286 Those Amazing Electronic Thinking Machines!: An Anthology of Robot and Computer Stories (Franklin Watts 1983)
- 287 Computer Crimes and Capers (Academy Chicago Pub. 1983)
- 288 Intergalactic Empires (NAL 1983)
- 289 Machines That Think: The Best Science Stories About Robots and Computers (Holt, Rinehart, & Winston 1983)
- 291 One Hundred Great Fantasy Short-Short Stories (Doubleday 1984)
- 292 Raintree Reading Series 3 (Raintree 1984)
- Bug Awful
- Children Of The Future
- The Immortals
- Time Warps
- 293 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 11: 1949 (DAW Books 1984)
- 294 Witches (NAL 1984)
- 295 Murder on the Menu (Avon 1984)
- 296 Young Mutants (Harper & Row 1984)
- 297 Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction Firsts (Beaufort Books 1984)
- 301 The Science Fictional Olympics (NAL 1984)
- 302 Fantastic Reading: Stories & Activities for Grade 5-8 (Scott Foresman & Co. 1984)
- 304 Election Day 2084: Science Fiction Stories on the Politics of the Future (Prometheus Books 1984)
- 306 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 12: 1950 (DAW Books 1984)
- 307 Young Extraterrestrials (Harper & Row 1984)
- 308 Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space (Bluejay Books 1984)
- 310 Supermen (NAL 1984)
- 311 Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Fantasy Novels (Crown 1984)
- 314 Cosmic Knights (NAL 1985)
- 315 The Hugo Winners, Volume IV (Doubleday 1985)
- 316 Young Monsters (Harper & Row 1985)
- 319 Spells (NAL 1985)
- 324 Great Science Fiction Stories by the World's Great Scientists (Donald I. Fine 1985)
- 325 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 13: 1951 (DAW Books 1985)
- 329 Amazing Stories: Sixty Years of the Best Science Fiction (TSR Inc. 1985)
- 330 Young Ghosts (Harper & Row 1985)
- 331 Baker's Dozen: Thirteen Short Science Fiction Novels (Crown 1985)
- 334 Giants (NAL 1985)
- 337 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 14: 1952 (DAW Books 1986)
- 338 Comets (NAL 1986)
- 339 Young Star Travelers (Harper & Row 1986)
- 340 The Hugo Winners, Volume V (Doubleday 1986)
- 342 Mythical Beasties (NAL 1986)
- 346 Tin Stars (NAL 1986)
- 352 Magical Wishes (NAL 1986)
- 353 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 15: 1953 (DAW Books 1986)
- 355 The Twelve Frights of Christmas (Avon 1986)
- 360 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 16: 1954 (DAW Books (1987)
- 361 Young Witches and Warlocks (Harper & Row 1987)
- 363 Devils (NAL 1987)
- 366 Hound Dunnit (Carroll & Graf 1987)
- 367 Space Shuttles (NAL 1987)
- 371 Atlantis (NAL 1988)
- 372 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 17: 1955 (DAW Books 1988)
- 380 Encounters (Headline 1988)
- 391 Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Crime Stories of the 19th Century (Dembner Books 1988)
- 392 The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1930s (Carroll & Graf 1988)
- 393 Monsters (NAL 1988)
- 394 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 18: 1956 (DAW Books 1988)
- 397 Ghosts (NAL 1988)
- 405 The Sport of Crime (Lynx 1988)
- 407 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 19: 1957 (DAW Books 1989)
- 413 Isaac Asimov Presents Tales of the Occult (Prometheus Books 1989)
- 414 Purr-fect Crime (Lynx 1989)
- 422 Robots (NAL 1989)
- 428 Visions of Fantasy: Tales From the Masters (Doubleday 1989)
- 430 Curses (NAL 1989)
- 435 The New Hugo Winners (Wynwood Press 1989)
- 436 Senior Sleuths: A Large Print Anthology of Mysteries and Puzzlers (G.K. Hall & Co. 1989)
- 446 Cosmic Critiques: How & Why Ten Science Fiction Stories Work (Writer's Digest Books 1990)
- 448 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 20: 1958 (DAW Books 1990)
- 455 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 21: 1959 (DAW Books 1990)
- 457 Robots from Asimov's (Davis Publications 1990)
- 458 Invasions (Roc/Penguin Books 1990)
- 459 The Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1950s (Carroll & Graf 1990)
- 465 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 22: 1960 (DAW Books 1991)
- 468 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 23: 1961 (DAW Books 1991)
- The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s (Carroll & Graf 1989)
- Faeries (Roc/Penguin Books 1991)
- The Mammoth Book of New World Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1960s (Carroll & Graf 1991)
- Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 24: 1962 (DAW Books 1992)
- The New Hugo Winners, Volume II (Baen Books 1992)
- Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories, 25: 1963 (DAW Books 1992)
- The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s (Carroll & Graf 1992)
- The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1980s (Carroll & Graf 1993)
NONFICTION[]
General Science[]
- 31 Words of Science, and the History Behind Them (Houghton Mifflin 1959)
- 36 Breakthroughs in Science (Houghton Mifflin 1960)
- 39 The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science (Basic Books 1960)
- 61 Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 1st Ed. (Doubleday 1964)
- 65 The New Intelligent Man's Guide to Science (Basic Books 1965)
- 97 Twentieth Century Discovery (Doubleday 1969)
- 102 Great Ideas of Science (Houghton Mifflin 1969)
- 118 Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, New Rev. Ed. (Doubleday 1972)
- 120 Asimov's Guide to Science (Basic Books 1972)
- 122 More Words of Science (Houghton Mifflin 1972)
- 128 Ginn Science Program, Intermediate Level A (Ginn 1972)
- 129 Ginn Science Program, Intermediate Level C (Ginn 1972)
- 132 Ginn Science Program, Intermediate Level B (Ginn 1972)
- 140 Ginn Science Program, Advanced Level A (Ginn 1973)
- 141 Ginn Science Program, Advanced Level B (Ginn 1973)
- 143 Please Explain (Houghton Mifflin 1973)
- 207 A Choice of Catastrophes (Simon & Schuster 1979)
- 252 Exploring the Earth and the Cosmos (Crown 1982)
- 257 Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 2nd Rev. Ed. (Doubleday 1982)
- 274 The Measure of the Universe (Harper & Row 1983)
- 309 Asimov's New Guide to Science (Basic Books 1984)
- 370 Beginnings: The Story of Origins - of Mankind, Life, the Earth, the Universe (Walker 1987)
- 431 Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery (Harper & Row 1989)
- Our Angry Earth: a Ticking Time Bomb (Tor 1991)
- Where Does Garbage Go? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1991)
- Why Do We Have Different Seasons? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1991)
- What Happens When I Flush the Toilet? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1992)
- What's Happening to the Ozone Layer? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1992)
- What Causes Acid Rain? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1992)
- Why Are the Rain Forests Vanishing? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1992)
- Why Is the Air Dirty? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1992)
- Is Our Planet Warming Up? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1992)
- Why Are Whales Vanishing? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1992)
- Why Are Some Beaches Oily? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1992)
- Why Are Animals Endangered? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1992)
- Why Does Litter Cause Problems? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1992)
- Why Do Some People Wear Glasses? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1993)
- How Is Paper Made? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1994)
Mathematics[]
- 32 Realm of Numbers (Houghton Mifflin 1959)
- 35 Realm of Measure (Houghton Mifflin 1960)
- 42 Realm of Algebra (Houghton Mifflin 1961)
- 57 Quick and Easy Math (Houghton Mifflin 1964)
- 66 An Easy Introduction to the Slide Rule (Houghton Mifflin 1965)
- 142 How Did We Find Out About Numbers? (Walker 1973)
- 423 History of Mathematics (chart) (Carolina Biological Suppls. 1989)
Astronomy[]
- 30 The Clock We Live On (Abelard-Schuman 1959)
- 34 The Kingdom of the Sun (Abelard-Schuman 1960)
- 37 Satellites in Outer Space (Random House 1960)
- 40 The Double Planet (Abelard-Schuman 1960)
- 59 Planets For Man (Random House 1964)
- 77 The Universe: From Flat Earth to Quasar (Walker 1966)
- 79 The Moon (Follet 1967)
- 80 Environments Out There (Scholastic/Abelard-Schuman 1967)
- 84 To the Ends of the Universe (Walker 1967)
- 85 Mars (Follet 1967)
- 89 Stars (Follet 1968)
- 90 Galaxies (Follet 1968)
- 101 ABC's of Space (Walker 1969)
- 111 What Makes the Sun Shine? (Little, Brown & Co. 1971)
- 134 Comets and Meteors (Follet 1973)
- 135 The Sun (Follet 1973)
- 139 Jupiter, the Largest Planet (Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard 1973)
- 152 Our World in Space (New York Graphic Society 1974)
- 160 The Solar System (Follet 1975)
- 162 How Did We Find Out About Comets? (Walker 1975)
- 165 Eyes on the Universe: A History of the Telescope (Houghton Mifflin 1975)
- 179 Alpha Centauri, the Nearest Star (Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard 1976)
- 182 The Collapsing Universe: The Story of Black Holes (Walker 1977)
- 184 How Did We Find Out About Outer Space? (Walker 1977)
- 188 Mars, the Red Planet (Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard 1977)
- 197 How Did We Find Out About Black Holes? (Walker 1978)
- 199 Saturn and Beyond (Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard 1979)
- 203 Extraterrestrial Civilizations (Crown 1979)
- 228 Venus, Near Neighbor of the Sun (Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard 1981)
- 232 Visions of the Universe (The Cosmos Store 1981)
- 265 How Did We Find Out About the Universe? (Walker 1982)
- 313 Asimov's Guide to Halley's Comet (Walker 1985)
- 317 The Exploding Suns: The Secrets of the Supernovas (E.P. Dutton 1985)
- 359 How Did We Find Out About Sunshine? (Walker 1987)
- 369 Did Comets Kill the Dinosaurs? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1987)
- 381 The Asteroids (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1988)
- 382 The Earth's Moon (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1988)
- 383 Mars: Our Mysterious Neighbor (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1988)
- 384 Our Milky Way and Other Galaxies (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1988)
- 385 Quasars, Pulsars, and Black Holes (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1988)
- 386 Rockets, Probes, and Satellites (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1988)
- 387 Our Solar System (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1988)
- 388 The Sun (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1988)
- 389 Uranus: The Sideways Planet (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1988)
- 398 Saturn: The Ringed Beauty (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1988)
- 399 How Was the Universe Born? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1988)
- 400 Earth: Our Home Base (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1988)
- 401 Ancient Astronomy (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1988)
- 402 Unidentified Flying Objects (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1988)
- 403 Space Spotter's Guide (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1988)
- 415 Is There Life On Other Planets? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1989)
- 416 Science Fiction, Science Fact (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1989)
- 417 Mercury: The Quick Planet (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1989)
- 418 Space Garbage (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1989)
- 419 Jupiter: The Spotted Giant (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1989)
- 420 The Birth and Death of Stars (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1989)
- 424 Think About Space: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? (Walker 1989)
- 438 Mythology and the Universe (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1989)
- 439 Colonizing the Planets and the Stars (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1989)
- 440 Astronomy Today (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1989)
- 441 Pluto: A Double Planet? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1989)
- 442 Piloted Space Flights (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1989)
- 443 Comets and Meteors (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1989)
- 452 Neptune: The Farthest Giant (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1990)
- 453 Venus: A Shrouded Mystery (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1990)
- 454 The World's Space Programs (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1990)
- 463 How Did We Find Out About Neptune? (Walker 1990)
- 464 How Did We Find Out About Pluto? (Walker 1991)
- What is a Shooting Star? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1991)
- Why Do Stars Twinkle? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1991)
- Why Does the Moon Change Shape? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1991)
- What is an Eclipse? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1991)
- Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space (Random House 1991)
- The Future in Space (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1993)
Earth Sciences[]
- 46 Words on the Map (Houghton Mifflin 1962)
- 107 ABC's of the Ocean (Walker 1970)
- 117 ABC's of the Earth (Walker 1971)
- 133 How Did We Find Out the Earth Is Round? (Walker 1973)
- 168 The Ends of the Earth: The Polar Regions of the World (Weybright & Talley 1975)
- 194 How Did We Find Out About Earthquakes? (Walker 1978)
- 211 How Did We Find Out About Antarctica? (Walker 1979)
- 215 How Did We Find Out About Oil? (Walker 1980)
- 223 How Did We Find Out About Coal? (Walker 1980)
- 231 How Did We Find Out About Volcanoes? (Walker 1981)
- 320 How Did We Find Out About the Atmosphere? (Walker 1985)
Chemistry and Biochemistry[]
- 8 Biochemistry and Human Metabolism (Williams & Wilkins 1952)
- 13 The Chemicals of Life: Enzymes, Vitamins, and Hormones (Abelard-Schuman 1954)
- 18 Chemistry and Human Health (McGraw-Hill 1956)
- 22 Building Blocks of the Universe (Abelard-Schuman 1957)
- 25 The World of Carbon (Abelard-Schuman 1958)
- 27 The World of Nitrogen (Abelard-Schuman 1958)
- 43 Life and Energy (Doubleday 1962)
- 48 The Search for the Elements (Basic Books 1962)
- 50 The Genetic Code (Orion Press 1963)
- 62 A Short History of Chemistry (Doubleday 1965)
- 68 The Noble Gases (Basic Books 1966)
- 75 The Genetic Effects of Radiation (U.S. AEC 1966)
- 95 Photosynthesis (Basic Books 1969)
- 158 How Did We Find Out About Vitamins? (Walker 1974)
- 335 How Did We Find Out About DNA? (Walker 1985)
- 432 How Did We Find Out About Photosynthesis? (Walker 1989)
Physics[]
- 19 Inside the Atom (Abelard-Schuman 1956)
- 69 Inside the Atom (3rd revised edition) (Abelard-Schuman 1966)
- 70 The Neutrino: Ghost Particle of the Atom (Doubleday 1966)
- 72 Understanding Physics, Volume I (Walker 1966)
- 73 Understanding Physics, Volume II (Walker 1966)
- 74 Understanding Physics, Volume III (Walker 1966)
- 108 Light (Follet 1970)
- 123 Electricity and Man (U.S. AEC 1972)
- 131 Worlds Within Worlds (U.S. AEC 1972)
- 136 How Did We Find Out About Electricity? (Walker 1973)
- 169 How Did We Find Out About Energy? (Walker 1975)
- 173 How Did We Find Out About Atoms? (Walker 1976)
- 180 How Did We Find Out About Nuclear Power? (Walker 1976)
- 230 How Did We Find Out About Solar Power? (Walker 1981)
- 299 How Did We Find Out About Computers? (Walker 1984)
- 312 How Did We Find Out About Robots? (Walker 1984)
- 322 Robots, Machines in Man's Image (Harmony House 1985)
- 343 How Did We Find Out About the Speed of Light? (Walker 1986)
- 375 How Did We Find Out About Superconductivity? (Walker 1988)
- 406 How Did We Find Out About Microwaves? (Walker 1989)
- 451 How Did We Find Out About Lasers? (Walker 1990)
- 466 Atom: Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos (E.P. Dutton/Truman 1991)
- How Do Aeroplanes Fly? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1992)
- How Does a TV Work? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1992)
- How Do Big Ships Float? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1993)
Biology[]
- 16 Races and People (Abelard-Schuman 1955)
- 33 The Living River (Abelard-Schuman 1960)
- 38 The Wellsprings of Life (Abelard-Schuman 1960)
- 51 The Human Body: Its Structure and Operation (Houghton Mifflin 1963)
- 55 The Human Brain: Its Capacities and Functions (Houghton Mifflin 1964)
- 56 A Short History of Biology (Natural History Press 1964)
- 124 ABC's of Ecology (Walker 1972)
- 145 How Did We Find Out About Dinosaurs? (Walker 1973)
- 153 How Did We Find Out About Germs? (Walker 1974)
- 204 How Did We Find Out About Our Human Roots? (Walker 1979)
- 248 How Did We Find Out About Life In the Deep Sea? (Walker 1982)
- 254 How Did We Find Out About the Beginning of Life? (Walker 1982)
- 280 How Did We Find Out About Genes? (Walker 1983)
- 356 How Did We Find Out About Blood? (Walker 1987)
- 368 How Did We Find Out About the Brain? (Walker 1987)
- 390 History of Biology (a chart) (Carolina Biological Suppls. 1988)
- 434 Little Treasury of Dinosaurs (5 book set) (Outlet 1989)
- Giant Dinosaurs (vol. 1)
- Armored Dinosaurs (vol. 2)
- Small Dinosaurs (vol. 3)
- Sea Reptiles and Flying Reptiles (vol. 4)
- Meat-Eating Dinosaurs and Horned Dinosaurs (vol. 5)
- Why Do People Come in Different Colors? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1993)
- Why Do We Need Sleep? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1993)
- How Does a Cut Heal? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1993)
- Why Do We Need to Brush Our Teeth? (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1993)
Science Essay Collections[]
- 24 Only a Trillion (Abelard-Schuman 1957)
- 45 Fact and Fancy (Doubleday 1962)
- 53 View from a Height (Doubleday 1963)
- 58 Adding a Dimension (Doubleday 1964)
- 64 Of Time and Space and Other Things (Doubleday 1965)
- 78 From Earth to Heaven (Doubleday 1966)
- 83 Is Anyone There? (Doubleday 1967)
- 88 Science, Numbers, and I (Doubleday 1968)
- 103 The Solar System and Back (Doubleday 1970)
- 109 The Stars in Their Courses (Doubleday 1971)
- 119 The Left Hand of the Electron (Doubleday 1972)
- 138 Today and Tomorrow and... (Doubleday 1973)
- 144 The Tragedy of the Moon (Abelard-Schuman 1973)
- 148 Asimov on Astronomy (Doubleday 1974)
- 157 Asimov on Chemistry (Doubleday 1974)
- 159 Of Matters Great and Small (Doubleday 1975)
- 163 Science Past, Science Future (Doubleday 1975)
- 171 Asimov on Physics (Doubleday 1976)
- 175 The Planet That Wasn't (Doubleday 1976)
- 183 Asimov on Numbers (Doubleday 1977)
- 187 The Beginning and the End (Doubleday 1977)
- 193 Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright (Doubleday 1978)
- 198 Life and Time (Doubleday 1978)
- 206 The Road to Infinity (Doubleday 1979)
- 237 The Sun Shines Bright (Doubleday 1981)
- 238 Change!: Seventy-one Glimpses of the Future (Houghton Mifflin 1981)
- 266 Counting the Eons (Doubleday 1983)
- 272 The Roving Mind (Prometheus Books 1983)
- 290 X Stands for Unknown (Doubleday 1984)
- 326 The Subatomic Monster (Doubleday 1985)
- 341 The Dangers of Intelligence and Other Science Essays (Houghton Mifflin 1986)
- 354 Far as Human Eye Could See (Doubleday 1987)
- 357 Past, Present, and Future (Prometheus Books 1987)
- 378 The Relativity of Wrong (Doubleday 1988)
- 426 The Tyrannosaurus Prescription: and One Hundred Other Science Essays (Prometheus Books 1989)
- 427 Asimov on Science: A 30 Year Retrospective 1959-1989 (Doubleday 1989)
- 447 Frontiers: New Discoveries About Man and His Planet, Outer Space and the Universe (E.P. Dutton/Truman 1990)
- 449 Out of the Everywhere (Doubleday 1990)
- 462 The Secret of the Universe (Doubleday 1991)
- Frontiers II: More Recent Discoveries About Life, Earth, Space, and the Universe (E.P. Dutton/Truman 1993)
Science Fiction Essay Collections[]
- 227 Asimov on Science Fiction (Doubleday 1981)
- 408 Asimov's Galaxy: Reflections on Science Fiction (Doubleday 1989)
History[]
- 54 The Kite That Won the Revolution (Houghton Mifflin 1963)
- 63 The Greeks: A Great Adventure (Houghton Mifflin 1965)
- 71 The Roman Republic (Houghton Mifflin 1966)
- 81 The Roman Empire (Houghton Mifflin 1967)
- 86 The Egyptians (Houghton Mifflin 1967)
- 91 The Near East: 10,000 Years of History (Houghton Mifflin 1968)
- 92 The Dark Ages (Houghton Mifflin 1968)
- 94 Words from History (Houghton Mifflin 1968)
- 96 The Shaping of England (Houghton Mifflin 1969)
- 106 Constantinople: The Forgotten Empire (Houghton Mifflin 1970)
- 116 The Land of Canaan (Houghton Mifflin 1971)
- 126 The Shaping of France (Houghton Mifflin 1972)
- 137 The Shaping of North America: From Earliest Times to 1763 (Houghton Mifflin 1973)
- 149 The Birth of the United States (Houghton Mifflin 1974)
- 156 Earth: Our Crowded Spaceship (John Day 1974)
- 161 Our Federal Union (Houghton Mifflin 1975)
- 189 The Golden Door (Houghton Mifflin 1977)
- 461 The March of the Millennia: A Key To Looking At History (Walker 1991)
- Asimov's Chronology of the World (HarperCollins 1991)
- Christopher Columbus: Navigator to the New World (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1991)
- Ferdinand Magellan: Opening the Door to World Exploration (Gareth Stevens, Inc 1991)
The Bible[]
- 44 Words in Genesis (Houghton Mifflin 1962)
- 49 Words from the Exodus (Houghton Mifflin 1963)
- 93 Asimov's Guide to the Bible, Volume I (Doubleday 1968)
- 99 Asimov's Guide to the Bible, Volume II (Doubleday 1969)
- 127 The Story of Ruth (Doubleday 1972)
- 195 Animals of the Bible (Doubleday 1978)
- 225 In the Beginning (Crown/Stonesong Press 1981)
Literature[]
- 41 Words from the Myths (Houghton Mifflin 1961)
- 104 Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare, Volume I (Doubleday 1970)
- 105 Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare, Volume II (Doubleday 1970)
- 130 Asimov's Annotated "Don Juan" (Doubleday 1972)
- 154 Asimov's Annotated "Paradise Lost" (Doubleday 1974)
- 181 Familiar Poems Annotated (Doubleday 1977)
- 191 Asimov's Sherlockian Limericks (Mysterious 1977)
- 222 The Annotated "Gulliver's Travels" (Clarkson N. Potter 1980)
- 362 How to Enjoy Writing: A Book of Aid and Comfort (Walker 1987)
- 373 Asimov's Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan (Doubleday 1988)
Humor and Satire[]
- 112 The Sensuous Dirty Old Man (Walker 1971)
- 114 Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor (Houghton Mifflin 1971)
- 166 Lecherous Limericks (Walker 1975)
- 177 More Lecherous Limericks (Walker 1976)
- 185 Still More Lecherous Limericks (Walker 1977)
- 196 Limericks: Too Gross; or Two Dozen Dirty Stanzas (W.W. Norton 1978)
- 240 A Grossery of Limericks (W.W. Norton 1981)
- 305 Isaac Asimov's Limericks for Children (Caedmon 1984)
- Asimov Laughs Again: More Than 700 Favorite Jokes, Limericks, and Anecdotes (HarperCollins 1992)
Autobiography[]
- 201 In Memory Yet Green (Doubleday 1979)
- 216 In Joy Still Felt (Doubleday 1980)
- I, Asimov: A memoir (Doubleday 1994)
- Yours, Isaac Asimov (Doubleday 1995)
- It's Been a Good Life (Prometheus Books 2002)
Miscellaneous[]
- 100 Opus 100 (Houghton Mifflin 1969)
- 200 Opus 200 (Houghton Mifflin 1979)
- 210 Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts (Grosset & Dunlap 1979)
- 259 Isaac Asimov Presents Superquiz (Dembner Books 1982)
- 284 Isaac Asimov Presents Superquiz II (Dembner Books 1983)
- 300 Opus 300 (Houghton Mifflin 1984)
- 321 Living in the Future (Harmony House 1985)
- 344 Futuredays: A Nineteenth-Century Vision of the Year 2000 (Henry Holt 1986)
- 358 Isaac Asimov Presents Superquiz III (Dembner Books 1987)
- 374 Isaac Asimov Presents From Harding to Hiroshima (Dembner Books 1988)
- 377 Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations (Blue Cliff 1988)
- 396 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction and Fantasy Story-a-Month 1989 Calendar (Pomegranate Calendars & Bks 1988)
- 425 Isaac Asimov Presents Superquiz IV (Dembner Books 1989)
- 433 The Complete Science Fair Handbook (Scott Foresman & Co 1989)