Isaac Asimov’s books (by category)

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Science Fiction Novels [Back to top]

001 Pebble in the sky

003 Stars, like dust, The

004 Foundation

005 David Starr: Space ranger

006 Foundation and empire

007 Currents of space, The

009 Second foundation

010 Lucky Starr and the pirates of the asteroids

011 Caves of steel, The

012 Lucky Starr and the oceans of Venus

015 End of eternity, The

017 Lucky Starr and the big sun of Mercury

020 Naked sun, The

021 Lucky Starr and the moons of Jupiter

026 Lucky Starr and the rings of Saturn

067 Fantastic voyage

121 Gods themselves, The

262 Foundation’s edge

278 Norby, the mixed-up robot

281 Robots of dawn, The

298 Norby’s other secret

318 Norby and the lost princess

328 Robots and empire

333 Norby and the invaders

349 Foundation and earth

351 Norby and the queen’s necklace

364 Norby finds a villain

365 Fantastic voyage II: Destination brain

379 Prelude to Foundation

404 Norby down to earth

437 Norby and Yobo’s great adventure

446 Norby and the oldest dragon

457 Nightfall

480 Norby and the court jester

501 Ugly little boy, The

502 Forward the Foundation

503 Positronic Man, The

509 I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay

Mystery Novels [Back to top]

028 Death dealers, The [A whiff of death]

172 Murder at the ABA

Science Fiction Collections [Back to top]

014 Martian way and other stories, The

023 Earth is room enough

029 Nine tomorrows

060 Rest of the robots, The

082 Through a glass, clearly

087 Asimov’s mysteries

098 Nightfall and other stories

113 Best new thing, The

125 Early Asimov, The

146 Best of Isaac Asimov, The

150 Have you seen these?

164 Buy Jupiter and other stories

167 Heavenly host, The

170 Dream, The; Benjamin’s Dream; Benjamin’s bicentennial blast

174 Good taste

176 Bicentennial man and other stories, The

229 Three by Asimov

249 Complete robot, The

267 Winds of change and other stories, The

323 Edge of tomorrow, The

332 It’s such a beautiful day

336 Alternate Asimovs, The

345 Science fiction by Asimov

347 Best science fiction of Isaac Asimov, The

350 Robot dreams

376 Other worlds of Isaac Asimov

409 All the troubles of the world

410 Franchise

421 Asimov chronicles, The

451 Robot visions

Fantasy Collections [Back to top]

Mystery Collections [Back to top]

155 Tales of the Black Widowers

178 More tales of the black widowers

190 Key word and other mysteries, The

212 Casebook of the Black Widowers

277 Union Club mysteries, The

303 Banquets of the Black Widowers

327 Disappearing man and other mysteries, The

348 Best mysteries of Isaac Asimov, The

445 Puzzles of the Black Widowers

512 Return of the Black Widowers

Anthologies [Back to top]

047 Hugo winners, The

052 Fifty short science fiction tales

076 Tomorrow’s children

110 Where do we go from here?

115 Hugo winners, The, volume two

147 Nebula award stories eight

151 Before the golden age

186 Hugo winners, The, volume three

192 One hundred great science fiction short-short stories

202 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 1, 1939

205 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 2, 1940

208 Science fictional solar system, The

209 Thirteen crimes of science fiction, The

213 Future in question, The

214 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 3, 1941

217 Who done it?

218 Space mail

219 Microcosmic tales

220 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 4, 1942

221 Seven deadly sins of science fiction, The

224 Future I, The

226 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 5, 1943

233 Catastrophes!

234 Isaac Asimov presents the best science fiction of the 19th century

235 Seven cardinal virtues of science fiction

236 Fantastic creatures

239 Raintree reading series 1

241 Miniature mysteries

242 Twelve crimes of Christmas, The

243 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 6, 1944

244 Space mail 2

245 Tantalizing locked room mysteries

247 Laughing space

250 Speculations

251 Flying saucers

253 Raintree reading series 2

255 Dragon tales

256 Big Apple mysteries, The

258 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 7, 1945

260 Last man on Earth, The

261 Science fiction A to Z

263 Isaac Asimov presents the best fantasy of the 19th century

264 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 8, 1946

268 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 9, 1947

269 Show business is murder

270 Hallucination orbit

271 Caught in the organ draft

273 Science fiction weight-loss book, The

275 Isaac Asimov presents the best horror and supernatural stories of the 19th century

276 Starships

279 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 10, 1948

282 Thirteen horrors of Halloween

283 Creations

286 Those amazing electronic thinking machines

287 Computer crimes and capers

288 Intergalactic empires

289 Machines that think

291 One hundred great fantasy short-short stories

292 Raintree reading series 3

293 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 11, 1949

295 Murder on the menu

296 Young mutants

297 Isaac Asimov presents the best science fiction firsts

301 Science fictional olympics

302 Fantastic Reading: Stories and Activities for Grades 5-8

304 Election day 2084: Science fiction stories on the politics of the future

306 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 12, 1950

307 Young extraterrestrials

308 Sherlock Holmes through time and space

311 Baker’s dozen: Thirteen short fantasy novels

314 Cosmic knights

315 Hugo winners, The, volume four

316 Young monsters

324 Great science fiction stories by the world’s great scientists

325 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 13, 1951

329 Amazing stories: Sixty years of the best science fiction

330 Young ghosts

331 Baker’s dozen: thirteen short science fiction novels

337 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 14, 1952

339 Young star travelers

340 Hugo winners, The, volume five

342 Mythical beasties

346 Tin stars

352 Magical wishes

353 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 15, 1953

355 Twelve frights of Christmas, The

360 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 16, 1954

361 Young witches and warlocks

366 Hound dunnit

367 Space shuttles

372 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 17, 1955

380 Encounters

391 Isaac Asimov presents the best crime stories of the 19th century

392 Mammoth book of classic science fiction

394 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 18, 1956

405 Sport of Crime, The

407 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 19, 1957

413 Isaac Asimov presents tales of the occult

414 Purr-fect Crime

428 Visions of fantasy: Tales from the masters

435 New Hugo winners, The

436 Senior sleuths: A large print anthology of mysteries and puzzlers

447 Cosmic critiques: How and why ten science fiction stories work

449 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 20, 1958

General Science [Back to top]

031 Words of science

036 Breakthroughs in science

039 Intelligent man’s guide to science, The

061 Asimov’s biographical encyclopedia of science and technology

065 New intelligent man’s guide to science, The

097 Twentieth century discovery

102 Great ideas of science

118 Asimov’s biographical encyclopedia of science and technology, 2d ed.

120 Asimov’s guide to science

122 More words of science

128 Ginn science program--Intermediate A

129 Ginn science program--Intermediate C

132 Ginn science program--Intermediate B

140 Ginn science program--Advanced A

141 Ginn science program--Advanced B

143 Please explain

207 Choice of catastrophes, A

252 Exploring the Earth and the cosmos

257 Asimov’s biographical encyclopedia of science and technology, 3d ed.

274 Measure of the universe

309 Asimov’s new guide to science

370 Beginnings

431 Asimov’s chronology of science and discovery

481 Our angry earth

Mathematics [Back to top]

032 Realm of numbers

035 Realm of measure

042 Realm of algebra

057 Quick and easy math

066 Easy introduction to the slide rule, An

142 How did we find out about numbers?

423 History of Mathematics, The (chart)

Astronomy [Back to top]

030 Clock we live on, The

034 Kingdom of the sun, The

037 Satellites in outer space

040 Double planet, The

059 Planets for man

077 Universe, The

079 Moon, The

080 Environments out there

084 To the ends of the universe

101 ABC’s of space

111 What makes the sun shine?

134 Comets and meteors

139 Jupiter, the largest planet

152 Our world in space

160 Solar system, The

162 How did we find out about comets?

165 Eyes on the universe

179 Alpha Centauri, the nearest star

182 Collapsing universe, The

184 How did we find out about outer space?

188 Mars, the red planet

197 How did we find out about black holes?

199 Saturn and beyond

203 Extraterrestrial civilizations

228 Venus, near neighbor of the Sun

232 Visions of the universe

265 How did we find out about the universe?

313 Asimov’s guide to Halley’s Comet

317 Exploding suns, The

359 How did we find out about sunshine?

369 Did comets kill the dinosaurs?

381 Asteroids, The

382 Earth’s moon, The

383 Mars: Our mysterious neighbor

384 Our Milky Way and other galaxies

385 Quasars, pulsars, and black holes

386 Rockets, probes, and satellites

387 Our solar system

389 Uranus: The sideways planet

398 Saturn: The ringed beauty

399 How was the Universe born?

400 Earth: Our home base

401 Ancient astronomy

402 Unidentified flying objects

403 Space spotter’s guide, The

415 Is there life on other planets?

416 Science fiction, science fact

417 Mercury: The quick planet

418 Space garbage

419 Jupiter, the spotted giant

420 Birth and death of stars, The

424 Think about space: Where have we been and where are we going?

438 Mythology and the Universe

439 Colonizing the planets and stars

440 Astronomy today

441 Pluto: A double planet?

442 Piloted space flights

443 Comets and meteors

453 Neptune: The farthest giant

454 Venus: A shrouded mystery

455 World’s space programs, The

464 How did we find out about Neptune?

465 How did we find out about Pluto?

Earth Sciences [Back to top]

046 Words on the map

107 ABC’s of the ocean

117 ABC’s of the earth

133 How did we find out the earth is round?

168 Ends of the Earth, The

194 How did we find out about earthquakes?

211 How did we find out about Antarctica?

215 How did we find out about oil?

223 How did we find out about coal?

231 How did we find out about volcanoes?

320 How did we find out about the atmosphere?

Chemistry and Biochemistry [Back to top]

000 Kinetics of the reaction inactivation of tyrosinase during its catalysis of the aerobic oxidation of catechol

008 Biochemistry and human metabolism

013 Chemicals of life, The

018 Chemistry and human health

022 Building blocks of the universe

025 World of carbon, The

027 World of nitrogen, The

043 Life and energy

048 Search for the elements, The

050 Genetic code, The

062 Short history of chemistry, A

068 Noble gases, The

075 Genetic effects of radiation, The

095 Photosynthesis

158 How did we find out about vitamins?

335 How did we find out about DNA?

432 How did we find out about photosynthesis?

489 History of Chemistry, The (chart)

Physics [Back to top]

019 Inside the atom

069 Inside the atom (3d ed.)

070 Neutrino, The

072 Understanding physics, volume one

073 Understanding physics, volume two

074 Understanding physics, volume three

123 Electricity and man

131 Worlds within worlds

136 How did we find out about electricity?

169 How did we find out about energy?

173 How did we find out about atoms?

180 How did we find out about nuclear power?

230 How did we find out about solar power?

299 How did we find out about computers?

312 How did we find out about robots?

322 Robots: Machines in man’s image

343 How did we find out about the speed of light?

375 How did we find out about superconductivity?

406 How did we find out about microwaves?

452 How did we find out about lasers?

467 Atom: Journey across the subatomic cosmos

Biology [Back to top]

016 Races and people

033 Living river, The [The bloodstream]

038 Wellsprings of life, The

051 Human body, The

055 Human brain, The

056 Short history of biology, A

124 ABC’s of ecology

145 How did we find out about dinosaurs?

153 How did we find out about germs?

204 How did we find out about our human roots?

248 How did we find out about life in the deep sea?

254 How did we find out about the beginnings of life?

280 How did we find out about [our] genes?

356 How did we find out about blood?

368 How did we find out about the brain?

390 History of Biology, The (chart)

434 Little treasury of dinosaurs (5 vols.)

Science Essays [Back to top]

024 Only a trillion

045 Fact and fancy

053 View from a height

058 Adding a dimension

064 Of time and space and other things

078 From earth to heaven

083 Is anyone there?

088 Science, numbers and I

103 Solar system and back, The

109 Stars in their courses, The

119 Left hand of the electron, The

138 Today and tomorrow and--

144 Tragedy of the moon, The

148 Asimov on astronomy

157 Asimov on chemistry

159 Of matters great and small

163 Science past--science future

171 Asimov on physics

175 Planet that wasn’t, The

183 Asimov on numbers

187 Beginning and the end, The

193 Quasar, quasar, burning bright

198 Life and time

206 Road to infinity, The

237 Sun shines bright, The

266 Counting the eons

272 Roving mind, The

290 'X' stands for unknown

326 Subatomic monster, The

341 Dangers of intelligence, The, and other essays

354 Far as human eye could see

357 Past, present, and future

378 Relativity of wrong, The

426 Tyrannosaurus prescription, The, and one hundred other science essays

427 Asimov on science

448 Frontiers: New discoveries about man and his planet, outer space and the universe

450 Out of the everywhere

463 Secret of the Universe, The

505 Frontiers II: More recent discoveries about life, Earth, space, and the universe

Science Fiction Essays [Back to top]

227 Asimov on science fiction

408 Asimov’s galaxy: Reflections on science fiction

History [Back to top]

054 Kite that won the revolution, The

063 Greeks, The: A great adventure

071 Roman Republic, The

081 Roman Empire, The

086 Egyptians, The

091 Near East, The

092 Dark ages,The

094 Words from history

096 Shaping of England, The

106 Constantinople, the forgotten empire

116 Land of Canaan, The

126 Shaping of France, The

137 Shaping of North America, The

149 Birth of the United States, The

156 Earth: Our crowded spaceship

161 Our federal union

189 Golden door, The

462 March of the millennia, The: A key to looking at history

488 Asimov’s chronology of the world

Bible [Back to top]

044 Words in Genesis

049 Words from the exodus

093 Asimov’s guide to the Bible, volume one

099 Asimov’s guide to the Bible, volume two

127 Story of Ruth, The

195 Animals of the Bible

225 In the beginning

Literature [Back to top]

041 Words from the myths

104 Asimov’s guide to Shakespeare, volume one

105 Asimov’s guide to Shakespeare, volume two

130 Asimov’s annotated 'Don Juan'

154 Asimov’s annotated 'Paradise lost'

181 Familiar poems, annotated

191 Asimov’s Sherlockian limericks

222 Annotated 'Gulliver’s travels,' The

362 How to enjoy writing: A book of aid and comfort

373 Asimov’s annotated Gilbert and Sullivan

Humor [Back to top]

112 Sensuous dirty old man, The

114 Isaac Asimov’s treasury of humor

166 Lecherous limericks

177 More lecherous limericks

185 Still more lecherous limericks

196 Limericks: Too gross (w/John Ciardi)

240 Grossery of limericks, A (w/John Ciardi)

305 Isaac Asimov’s limericks for children

490 Asimov laughs again

Autobiography [Back to top]

201 In memory yet green

216 In joy still felt

507 I. Asimov: A memoir

510 Yours, Isaac Asimov

Miscellaneous [Back to top]

210 Isaac Asimov’s book of facts

259 Isaac Asimov presents superquiz

284 Isaac Asimov presents superquiz 2

321 Living in the future

344 Futuredays: A Nineteenth century vision of the year 2000

358 Isaac Asimov presents superquiz 3

374 Isaac Asimov presents from Harding to Hiroshima

377 Isaac Asimov’s book of science and nature quotations

396 Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Story-a-Monthª 1989 Calendar

425 Isaac Asimov presents superquiz 4

433 Complete science fair handbook, The

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