Asimov’s Foundation Reading Lists

Asimov’s monumental work can be read two ways:

By publication order – preserves the mystery and plot twists.

  1. Foundation (1951)
  2. Foundation and Empire (1952)
  3. Second Foundation (1953)
  4. Foundation’s Edge (1982)
  5. Foundation and Earth (1986)
  6. Prelude to Foundation (1988)
  7. Forward the Foundation (1993)

By chronological order aligned with in-universe timeline

  1. Prelude to Foundation
  2. Forward to Foundation
  3. Foundation
  4. Foundation and Empire
  5. Second Foundation
  6. Foundation’s Edge
  7. Foundation and Earth

One response to “Asimov’s Foundation Reading Lists”

  1. Rodolpho Avatar

    Demerzel has a synthetic skin that is identical to human skin, so I changed the post’s image to reflect that.

    Here’s the original post image.

    I learned last weekend that many people consider Hari Seldon as being Asimov’s fictional persona. Cool. It makes total sense.

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