In a writing career spanning 53 years (1939–1992), science fiction and popular science author Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) wrote and published 40 novels, 383 short stories, over 280 non-fiction books, and edited about 147 others.
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
Pebble in the Sky* (Doubleday) I, Robot* (Gnome Press)
1951
The Stars, Like Dust-- * (Doubleday) Foundation* (Gnome Press)
1952
David Starr, Space Ranger*† (Doubleday) Foundation and Empire* (Gnome Press) The Currents of Space* (Doubleday) Biochemistry and Human Metabolism (Williams & Wilkins)
1953
Second Foundation* (Gnome Press) Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids*† (Doubleday)
1954
The Caves of Steel* (Doubleday) Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus*† (Doubleday) The Chemicals of Life: Enzymes, Vitamins, and Hormones (Abelard-Schuman)
1955
The End of Eternity* (Doubleday) The Martian Way and Other Stories* (Doubleday) Races and People (Abelard-Schuman); co-written with William C. Boyd, illustrations by John Bradford
1956
Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury*† (Doubleday) Chemistry and Human Health (McGraw-Hill) Inside the Atom (Abelard-Schuman)
1957
The Naked Sun* (Doubleday) Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter*† (Doubleday) Building Blocks of the Universe (Abelard-Schuman) Earth Is Room Enough: Science Fiction: Tales of Our Own Planet* (Doubleday) Only a Trillion (Abelard-Schuman)
1958
The World of Carbon (Abelard-Schuman) Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn*† (Doubleday) The World of Nitrogen (Abelard-Schuman) The Death Dealers* (Avon) Republished as A Whiff of Death (19??)
1959
Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future* (Doubleday) The Clock We Live On (Abelard-Schuman) Words of Science, and the History Behind Them† (Houghton Mifflin) Realm of Numbers (Houghton Mifflin) Breakthroughs in Science (Houghton Mifflin)
1960
The Living River (Abelard-Schuman) The Kingdom of the Sun (Abelard-Schuman) Realm of Measure (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; illustrations 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; illustrations by William Barss) The Genetic Code (Orion Press) The Human Body: Its Structure and Operation (Houghton Mifflin; illustrations by Anthony Ravielli) Revised/expanded edition, 1992 View from a Height (Doubleday) The Kite That Won the Revolution† (Houghton Mifflin)
1964
The Human Brain: Its Capacities and Functions (Houghton Mifflin) A Short History of Biology (Natural History Press) Quick and Easy Math (Houghton Mifflin) Adding a Dimension (Doubleday) Planets for Man (Random House), with Stephen H. Dole The Rest of the Robots* (Doubleday) Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (Doubleday) 2nd edition, 1972 3rd edition, 1983
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 HeatVol. II: Light, Magnetism, and ElectricityVol. III: The Electron, Proton, and NeutronThe 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)