Foundation Books in Order
Isaac Asimov's epic of psychohistory follows the Foundation, a colony established to preserve civilization and shorten a coming dark age after the fall of the Galactic Empire. Spanning the original 1950s trilogy plus later sequels and prequels, it is one of science fiction's most influential future-history sagas.
Publication order
In the order the books were originally released.
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Buy on Amazon1951 · Isaac Asimov
As the vast Galactic Empire begins its slow collapse, mathematician Hari Seldon uses his science of psychohistory to predict thirty millennia of…
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Buy on Amazon1952 · Isaac Asimov
Generations after its founding, the small Foundation has grown into a formidable power, but the dying Galactic Empire makes one last bid to crush it.…
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Buy on Amazon1953 · Isaac Asimov
With the Mule's power threatening to unravel Seldon's plan, the search begins for the elusive Second Foundation, a secret order of mental scientists…
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Buy on Amazon1982 · Isaac Asimov
Centuries on, a young councilman named Golan Trevize insists the Second Foundation still secretly steers humanity's course, a heresy that gets him…
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Buy on Amazon1986 · Isaac Asimov
Following his fateful decision, Golan Trevize sets out to understand why he chose as he did, convinced the answer lies on the long-forgotten…
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Buy on Amazon1988 · Isaac Asimov
A young Hari Seldon arrives on the imperial capital world of Trantor and presents a paper suggesting the future might, in theory, be predicted.…
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Buy on Amazon1993 · Isaac Asimov
Now an aging man, Hari Seldon races to complete psychohistory and lay the groundwork for the two Foundations as the Galactic Empire decays around…
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Companion & related books
Short-story collections and companion titles in this series.
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Buy on Amazon1950 · Isaac Asimov
This omnibus collects the three original novels, Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation, charting the fall of a galactic empire and…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Foundation books in?
Publication order — Publication order — the order in which the books were first published. This is the standard, most widely recommended way to read the series. Start with “Foundation.”
How many books are in the Foundation series?
We list 7 books by Isaac Asimov , published between 1951–1993.
Where can I buy the Foundation books?
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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted an error? We continuously correct the catalog.