Isaac Asimov’s books (by rating)

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002 I, robot

004 Foundation

006 Foundation and empire

009 Second foundation

011 Caves of steel, The

015 End of eternity, The

016 Races and people

020 Naked sun, The

022 Building blocks of the universe

025 World of carbon, The

027 World of nitrogen, The

029 Nine tomorrows

030 Clock we live on, The

031 Words of science

032 Realm of numbers

038 Wellsprings of life, The

041 Words from the myths

042 Realm of algebra

043 Life and energy

044 Words in Genesis

045 Fact and fancy

046 Words on the map

047 Hugo winners, The

048 Search for the elements, The

049 Words from the exodus

051 Human body, The

053 View from a height

055 Human brain, The

058 Adding a dimension

059 Planets for man

063 Greeks, The: A great adventure

064 Of time and space and other things

068 Noble gases, The

070 Neutrino, The

071 Roman Republic, The

072 Understanding physics, volume one

073 Understanding physics, volume two

074 Understanding physics, volume three

077 Universe, The

078 From earth to heaven

081 Roman Empire, The

086 Egyptians, The

088 Science, numbers and I

091 Near East, The

092 Dark ages,The

093 Asimov’s guide to the Bible, volume one

094 Words from history

095 Photosynthesis

096 Shaping of England, The

099 Asimov’s guide to the Bible, volume two

100 Opus 100

103 Solar system and back, The

104 Asimov’s guide to Shakespeare, volume one

105 Asimov’s guide to Shakespeare, volume two

106 Constantinople, the forgotten empire

109 Stars in their courses, The

110 Where do we go from here?

111 What makes the sun shine?

112 Sensuous dirty old man, The

114 Isaac Asimov’s treasury of humor

116 Land of Canaan, The

119 Left hand of the electron, The

121 Gods themselves, The

122 More words of science

126 Shaping of France, The

127 Story of Ruth, The

137 Shaping of North America, The

142 How did we find out about numbers?

143 Please explain

144 Tragedy of the moon, The

148 Asimov on astronomy

152 Our world in space

155 Tales of the Black Widowers

157 Asimov on chemistry

159 Of matters great and small

165 Eyes on the universe

166 Lecherous limericks

168 Ends of the Earth, The

171 Asimov on physics

175 Planet that wasn’t, The

179 Alpha Centauri, the nearest star

181 Familiar poems, annotated

182 Collapsing universe, The

183 Asimov on numbers

188 Mars, the red planet

192 One hundred great science fiction short-short stories

193 Quasar, quasar, burning bright

201 In memory yet green

202 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 1, 1939

203 Extraterrestrial civilizations

205 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 2, 1940

206 Road to infinity, The

207 Choice of catastrophes, A

209 Thirteen crimes of science fiction, The

213 Future in question, The

214 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 3, 1941

216 In joy still felt

220 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 4, 1942

222 Annotated 'Gulliver’s travels,' The

224 Future I, The

225 In the beginning

227 Asimov on science fiction

228 Venus, near neighbor of the Sun

232 Visions of the universe

233 Catastrophes!

235 Seven cardinal virtues of science fiction

237 Sun shines bright, The

243 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 6, 1944

249 Complete robot, The

251 Flying saucers

252 Exploring the Earth and the cosmos

264 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 8, 1946

266 Counting the eons

268 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 9, 1947

274 Measure of the universe

288 Intergalactic empires

289 Machines that think

290 'X' stands for unknown

293 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 11, 1949

306 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 12, 1950

309 Asimov’s new guide to science

313 Asimov’s guide to Halley’s Comet

315 Hugo winners, The, volume four

317 Exploding suns, The

321 Living in the future

332 It’s such a beautiful day

337 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 14, 1952

347 Best science fiction of Isaac Asimov, The

348 Best mysteries of Isaac Asimov, The

370 Beginnings

372 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 17, 1955

374 Isaac Asimov presents from Harding to Hiroshima

376 Other worlds of Isaac Asimov

378 Relativity of wrong, The

394 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 18, 1956

397 Ghosts

409 All the troubles of the world

410 Franchise

411 Robbie

412 Sally

423 History of Mathematics, The (chart)

427 Asimov on science

431 Asimov’s chronology of science and discovery

433 Complete science fair handbook, The

444 Mammoth book of golden age science fiction, The

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

449 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 20, 1958

450 Out of the everywhere

460 Mammoth book of vintage science fiction, The

461 Complete stories, The, vol. 1

463 Secret of the Universe, The

467 Atom: Journey across the subatomic cosmos

468 Cal

469 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 23, 1961

481 Our angry earth

488 Asimov’s chronology of the world

490 Asimov laughs again

503 Positronic Man, The

507 I. Asimov: A memoir

509 I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay

510 Yours, Isaac Asimov

511 Magic: The final fantasy collection

001 Pebble in the sky

014 Martian way and other stories, The

023 Earth is room enough

083 Is anyone there?

098 Nightfall and other stories

125 Early Asimov, The

138 Today and tomorrow and--

139 Jupiter, the largest planet

140 Ginn science program--Advanced A

141 Ginn science program--Advanced B

174 Good taste

178 More tales of the black widowers

199 Saturn and beyond

200 Opus 200

212 Casebook of the Black Widowers

258 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 7, 1945

272 Roving mind, The

299 How did we find out about computers?

323 Edge of tomorrow, The

326 Subatomic monster, The

354 Far as human eye could see

458 Robots from Asimov’s

493 Complete stories, The, vol. 2

502 Forward the Foundation

512 Return of the Black Widowers

080 Environments out there

097 Twentieth century discovery

151 Before the golden age

300 Opus 300

336 Alternate Asimovs, The

005 David Starr: Space ranger

010 Lucky Starr and the pirates of the asteroids

012 Lucky Starr and the oceans of Venus

017 Lucky Starr and the big sun of Mercury

021 Lucky Starr and the moons of Jupiter

026 Lucky Starr and the rings of Saturn

033 Living river, The [The bloodstream]

036 Breakthroughs in science

076 Tomorrow’s children

123 Electricity and man

131 Worlds within worlds

147 Nebula award stories eight

196 Limericks: Too gross (w/John Ciardi)

218 Space mail

226 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 5, 1943

239 Raintree reading series 1

242 Twelve crimes of Christmas, The

246 TV: 2000

261 Science fiction A to Z

270 Hallucination orbit

312 How did we find out about robots?

325 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 13, 1951

335 How did we find out about DNA?

340 Hugo winners, The, volume five

342 Mythical beasties

353 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 15, 1953

375 How did we find out about superconductivity?

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

402 Unidentified flying objects

407 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 19, 1957

418 Space garbage

435 New Hugo winners, The

441 Pluto: A double planet?

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

453 Neptune: The farthest giant

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

478 Isaac Asimov’s guide to earth and space

479 Ferdinand Magellan: Opening the door to world exploration

485 Why is the air dirty?

486 Where does garbage go?

494 Why are some beaches oily?

497 Why are the rain forests vanishing?

013 Chemicals of life, The

034 Kingdom of the sun, The

035 Realm of measure

040 Double planet, The

050 Genetic code, The

052 Fifty short science fiction tales

057 Quick and easy math

062 Short history of chemistry, A

067 Fantastic voyage

075 Genetic effects of radiation, The

149 Birth of the United States, The

163 Science past--science future

198 Life and time

221 Seven deadly sins of science fiction, The

238 Change!

253 Raintree reading series 2

262 Foundation’s edge

279 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 10, 1948

281 Robots of dawn, The

286 Those amazing electronic thinking machines

328 Robots and empire

329 Amazing stories: Sixty years of the best science fiction

341 Dangers of intelligence, The, and other essays

344 Futuredays: A Nineteenth century vision of the year 2000

346 Tin stars

349 Foundation and earth

350 Robot dreams

357 Past, present, and future

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

373 Asimov’s annotated Gilbert and Sullivan

379 Prelude to Foundation

380 Encounters

392 Mammoth book of classic science fiction

421 Asimov chronicles, The

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

445 Puzzles of the Black Widowers

451 Robot visions

459 Invasions

476 Faeries

024 Only a trillion

028 Death dealers, The [A whiff of death]

069 Inside the atom (3d ed.)

087 Asimov’s mysteries

128 Ginn science program--Intermediate A

129 Ginn science program--Intermediate C

132 Ginn science program--Intermediate B

161 Our federal union

176 Bicentennial man and other stories, The

189 Golden door, The

303 Banquets of the Black Widowers

395 Azazel

508 Gold

066 Easy introduction to the slide rule, An

229 Three by Asimov

054 Kite that won the revolution, The

089 Stars

090 Galaxies

102 Great ideas of science

108 Light

113 Best new thing, The

130 Asimov’s annotated 'Don Juan'

133 How did we find out the earth is round?

135 Sun, The

136 How did we find out about electricity?

153 How did we find out about germs?

154 Asimov’s annotated 'Paradise lost'

156 Earth: Our crowded spaceship

158 How did we find out about vitamins?

162 How did we find out about comets?

169 How did we find out about energy?

172 Murder at the ABA

173 How did we find out about atoms?

180 How did we find out about nuclear power?

194 How did we find out about earthquakes?

197 How did we find out about black holes?

204 How did we find out about our human roots?

208 Science fictional solar system, The

211 How did we find out about Antarctica?

215 How did we find out about oil?

219 Microcosmic tales

223 How did we find out about coal?

230 How did we find out about solar power?

231 How did we find out about volcanoes?

241 Miniature mysteries

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

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

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

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

265 How did we find out about the universe?

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

283 Creations

291 One hundred great fantasy short-short stories

305 Isaac Asimov’s limericks for children

320 How did we find out about the atmosphere?

330 Young ghosts

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

356 How did we find out about blood?

359 How did we find out about sunshine?

363 Devils

368 How did we find out about the brain?

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

388 Sun, The

389 Uranus: The sideways planet

398 Saturn: The ringed beauty

399 How was the Universe born?

400 Earth: Our home base

406 How did we find out about microwaves?

415 Is there life on other planets?

417 Mercury: The quick planet

419 Jupiter, the spotted giant

420 Birth and death of stars, The

439 Colonizing the planets and stars

442 Piloted space flights

443 Comets and meteors

452 How did we find out about lasers?

454 Venus: A shrouded mystery

464 How did we find out about Neptune?

465 How did we find out about Pluto?

471 What is a shooting star?

472 Why do stars twinkle?

473 Why does the moon change shape?

474 Why do we have different seasons?

484 Is our planet warming up?

145 How did we find out about dinosaurs?

160 Solar system, The

167 Heavenly host, The

184 How did we find out about outer space?

186 Hugo winners, The, volume three

190 Key word and other mysteries, The

250 Speculations

256 Big Apple mysteries, The

271 Caught in the organ draft

282 Thirteen horrors of Halloween

292 Raintree reading series 3

295 Murder on the menu

301 Science fictional olympics

314 Cosmic knights

316 Young monsters

322 Robots: Machines in man’s image

327 Disappearing man and other mysteries, The

355 Twelve frights of Christmas, The

360 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 16, 1954

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

408 Asimov’s galaxy: Reflections on science fiction

413 Isaac Asimov presents tales of the occult

416 Science fiction, science fact

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

432 How did we find out about photosynthesis?

438 Mythology and the Universe

440 Astronomy today

446 Norby and the oldest dragon

455 World’s space programs, The

456 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 21, 1959

477 Mammoth book of new world science fiction, The

483 Why are whales vanishing?

487 What causes acid rain?

492 New Hugo winners, The, vol. 2

495 Why are animals endangered?

496 What’s happening to the ozone layer?

498 Why does litter cause problems?

499 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 25, 1963

500 Mammoth book of fantastic science fiction, The

504 Mammoth book of modern science fiction

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

056 Short history of biology, A

060 Rest of the robots, The

079 Moon, The

082 Through a glass, clearly

084 To the ends of the universe

085 Mars

134 Comets and meteors

187 Beginning and the end, The

195 Animals of the Bible

236 Fantastic creatures

244 Space mail 2

247 Laughing space

260 Last man on Earth, The

267 Winds of change and other stories, The

277 Union Club mysteries, The

287 Computer crimes and capers

297 Isaac Asimov presents the best science fiction firsts

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

308 Sherlock Holmes through time and space

331 Baker’s dozen: thirteen short science fiction novels

339 Young star travelers

365 Fantastic voyage II: Destination brain

403 Space spotter’s guide, The

429 Nemesis

457 Nightfall

466 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 22, 1960

491 Isaac Asimov presents the great sf stories 24, 1962

501 Ugly little boy, The

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

007 Currents of space, The

008 Biochemistry and human metabolism

019 Inside the atom

037 Satellites in outer space

039 Intelligent man’s guide to science, The

101 ABC’s of space

146 Best of Isaac Asimov, The

164 Buy Jupiter and other stories

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

345 Science fiction by Asimov

422 Robots

115 Hugo winners, The, volume two

390 History of Biology, The (chart)

470 Christopher Columbus: Navigator to the new world

489 History of Chemistry, The (chart)

506 Future in space, The

117 ABC’s of the earth

124 ABC’s of ecology

177 More lecherous limericks

185 Still more lecherous limericks

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

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

245 Tantalizing locked room mysteries

269 Show business is murder

273 Science fiction weight-loss book, The

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

276 Starships

278 Norby, the mixed-up robot

285 Wizards

294 Witches

298 Norby’s other secret

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

318 Norby and the lost princess

333 Norby and the invaders

351 Norby and the queen’s necklace

361 Young witches and warlocks

364 Norby finds a villain

366 Hound dunnit

393 Monsters

405 Sport of Crime, The

428 Visions of fantasy: Tales from the masters

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

482 Henry Hudson: Arctic Explorer and North American Adventurer

210 Isaac Asimov’s book of facts

217 Who done it?

255 Dragon tales

259 Isaac Asimov presents superquiz

284 Isaac Asimov presents superquiz 2

296 Young mutants

307 Young extraterrestrials

310 Supermen

311 Baker’s dozen: Thirteen short fantasy novels

334 Giants

338 Comets

352 Magical wishes

358 Isaac Asimov presents superquiz 3

367 Space shuttles

371 Atlantis

377 Isaac Asimov’s book of science and nature quotations

401 Ancient astronomy

404 Norby down to earth

414 Purr-fect Crime

425 Isaac Asimov presents superquiz 4

430 Curses

437 Norby and Yobo’s great adventure

475 What is an eclipse?

480 Norby and the court jester

003 Stars, like dust, The

018 Chemistry and human health

061 Asimov’s biographical encyclopedia of science and technology

065 New intelligent man’s guide to science, The

107 ABC’s of the ocean

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

120 Asimov’s guide to science

150 Have you seen these?

191 Asimov’s Sherlockian limericks

319 Spells

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

434 Little treasury of dinosaurs (5 vols.)