Editing Isaac Asimov (section)

== Bibliography{{anchor|Selected_bibliography}} ==
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{{blockquote|Over a space of 40 years, I published an average of 1,000 words a day. Over the space of the second 20 years, I published an average of 1,700 words a day.|Asimov, 1994<ref>{{cite book |last=Asimov |first=Isaac |title=I. Asimov: A Memoir | year=1994|page=562}}</ref>}}
Depending on the counting convention used,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Seiler |first1=Edward |last2=Hatcher |first2=Richard |url=http://www.asimovonline.com/asimov_FAQ.html#starters1 |title=Just how many books did Asimov write? |publisher=Isaac Asimov Home Page |date=2014 |access-date=August 4, 2016 |archive-date=October 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016074817/http://www.asimovonline.com/asimov_FAQ.html#starters1 |url-status=live }}</ref> and including all titles, charts, and edited collections, there may be currently over 500 books in Asimov's bibliography—as well as his individual short stories, individual essays, and criticism. For his 100th, 200th, and 300th books (based on his personal count), Asimov published ''[[Opus 100]]'' (1969), ''[[Opus 200]]'' (1979), and ''[[Opus 300]]'' (1984), celebrating his writing.<ref name="Asimov 1969"/><ref name="Asimov 1979"/><ref name="Asimov 1984"/> An extensive bibliography of Isaac Asimov's works has been compiled by Ed Seiler.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asimovonline.com/|title=Welcome to AsimovOnline|website=www.asimovonline.com|access-date=July 2, 2002|archive-date=October 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027015906/http://www.asimovonline.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>  His book writing rate was analysed, showing that he wrote faster as he wrote more.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ohlsson|first=Stellan|date=November 1, 1992|title=The Learning Curve for Writing Books: Evidence from Professor Asimov|url=https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.1992.tb00051.x|journal=Psychological Science|language=en|volume=3|issue=6|pages=380–382|doi=10.1111/j.1467-9280.1992.tb00051.x|s2cid=143699055|issn=0956-7976}}</ref>

An online exhibit in [[West Virginia University Libraries]]' virtually complete Asimov Collection displays features, visuals, and descriptions of some of his more than 600 books, games, audio recordings, videos, and wall charts. Many first, rare, and autographed editions are in the Libraries' Rare Book Room. Book jackets and autographs are presented online along with descriptions and images of children's books, science fiction art, multimedia, and other materials in the collection.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/exhibits/asimov/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103061742/http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/exhibits/asimov/ |archive-date=January 3, 2014 |title=WVU Libraries Asimov Collection}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/collections/rare-books|title=West Virginia and Regional History Center &#124; Rare Books|website=wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu|access-date=July 25, 2020|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803125001/https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/collections/rare-books|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Science fiction ===
==== "Greater Foundation" series ====
{{Main|Robot series|l1=''Robot'' series|Galactic Empire series|l2=''Galactic Empire'' series|Foundation (book series)|l3=''Foundation'' series}}
The ''Robot'' series was originally separate from the ''Foundation'' series. The Galactic Empire novels were published as independent stories, set earlier in the same future as ''Foundation''. Later in life, Asimov synthesized the ''Robot'' series into a single coherent "history" that appeared in the extension of the ''Foundation'' series.<ref>Asimov, I. ''Prelude to Foundation'' (Grafton, 1989), p. 9.</ref>

All of these books were published by [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday & Co]], except the original Foundation trilogy which was originally published by Gnome Books before being bought and republished by Doubleday.
* '''The Robot series:'''
** {{cite book <!-- Citation bot bypass-->|title=The Caves of Steel |date=1954 |isbn=0-553-29340-0|title-link=The Caves of Steel }} (first [[Elijah Baley]] SF-crime novel)
** {{cite book <!-- Citation bot bypass-->|title=The Naked Sun |date=1957 |isbn=0-553-29339-7|title-link=The Naked Sun }} (second Elijah Baley SF-crime novel)
** {{cite book <!-- Citation bot bypass-->|title=The Robots of Dawn |date=1983 |isbn=0-553-29949-2|title-link=The Robots of Dawn }} (third Elijah Baley SF-crime novel)
** {{cite book <!-- Citation bot bypass-->|title=Robots and Empire |date=1985 |isbn=978-0-586-06200-5|title-link=Robots and Empire }} (sequel to the Elijah Baley trilogy)
* '''Galactic Empire novels:'''
** {{cite book <!-- Citation bot bypass-->|title=Pebble in the Sky |date=1950 |isbn=0-553-29342-7|title-link=Pebble in the Sky }} (early Galactic Empire)
** {{cite book <!-- Citation bot bypass-->|title=The Stars, Like Dust |date=1951 |isbn=0-553-29343-5|title-link=The Stars, Like Dust }} (long before the Empire)
** {{cite book <!-- Citation bot bypass-->|title=The Currents of Space |date=1952 |isbn=0-553-29341-9|title-link=The Currents of Space }} (Republic of Trantor still expanding)
* '''Foundation prequels:'''
** {{cite book <!-- Citation bot bypass-->|title=Prelude to Foundation |date=1988 |isbn=0-553-27839-8|title-link=Prelude to Foundation }}
** {{cite book <!-- Citation bot bypass-->|title=Forward the Foundation |date=1993 |isbn=0-553-40488-1|title-link=Forward the Foundation }}
* '''Original ''Foundation'' trilogy:'''
** {{cite book <!-- Citation bot bypass-->|title=Foundation |date=1951 |isbn=0-553-29335-4|title-link=Foundation (Isaac Asimov novel) }}
** {{cite book <!-- Citation bot bypass-->|title=Foundation and Empire |date=1952 |isbn=0-553-29337-0|title-link=Foundation and Empire }} (also published with the title 'The Man Who Upset the Universe' as a 35¢ Ace paperback, D-125, in about 1952)
** {{cite book <!-- Citation bot bypass-->|title=Second Foundation |date=1953 |isbn=0-553-29336-2|title-link=Second Foundation }}
* '''Extended Foundation series:'''
** {{cite book <!-- Citation bot bypass-->|title=Foundation's Edge |date=1982 |isbn=0-553-29338-9|title-link=Foundation's Edge }}
** {{cite book <!-- Citation bot bypass-->|title=Foundation and Earth |date=1986 |isbn=0-553-58757-9|title-link=Foundation and Earth }}

==== Lucky Starr series (as Paul French) ====
{{Main|Lucky Starr series}}
All published by [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday & Co]]
* ''[[David Starr, Space Ranger]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn]]'' (1958)

==== Norby Chronicles (with Janet Asimov) ====
{{Main|Norby}}
All published by Walker & Company
* ''[[Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot]]'' (1983)
* ''Norby's Other Secret'' (1984)
* ''Norby and the Lost Princess'' (1985)
* ''Norby and the Invaders'' (1985)
* ''Norby and the Queen's Necklace'' (1986)
* ''Norby Finds a Villain'' (1987)
* ''Norby Down to Earth'' (1988)
* ''Norby and Yobo's Great Adventure'' (1989)
* ''Norby and the Oldest Dragon'' (1990)
* ''Norby and the Court Jester'' (1991)

==== Novels not part of a series ====
Novels marked with an asterisk (*) have minor connections to [[Foundation universe|''Foundation'' universe]].
* ''[[The End of Eternity]]'' (1955), [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] (*)
* ''[[Fantastic Voyage]]'' (1966), [[Bantam Books]] (paperback) and [[Houghton Mifflin]] (hardback) (a novelization of the movie)
* ''[[The Gods Themselves]]'' (1972), Doubleday
* ''[[Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain]]'' (1987), Doubleday (not a sequel to ''Fantastic Voyage,'' but a similar, independent story)
* ''[[Nemesis (Asimov)|Nemesis]]'' (1989), Bantam Doubleday Dell (*)
* ''[[Nightfall (Asimov novelette and novel)|Nightfall]]'' (1990), Doubleday, with [[Robert Silverberg]] (based on "Nightfall", a 1941 short story written by Asimov)
* ''Child of Time'' (1992), Bantam Doubleday Dell, with Robert Silverberg (based on "[[The Ugly Little Boy]]", a 1958 short story written by Asimov)
* ''[[The Positronic Man]]'' (1992), Bantam Doubleday Dell, with Robert Silverberg (*) (based on ''[[The Bicentennial Man]]'', a 1976 novella written by Asimov)

==== Short-story collections ====
{{see also|Isaac Asimov short stories bibliography}}
* {{cite book |title=I, Robot |date=1950 |publisher=Gnome Books initially, later [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday & Co]] |isbn=0-553-29438-5|title-link=I, Robot }}
* {{cite book |title=The Martian Way and Other Stories |date=1955 |publisher=Doubleday |isbn=0-8376-0463-X|title-link=The Martian Way and Other Stories }}
* {{cite book |title=Earth Is Room Enough |date=1957|publisher=Doubleday |isbn=0-449-24125-4|title-link=Earth Is Room Enough }}
* {{cite book |title=Nine Tomorrows |date=1959|publisher=Doubleday |isbn=0-449-24084-3|title-link=Nine Tomorrows }}
* {{cite book |title=The Rest of the Robots |date=1964 |publisher=Doubleday |isbn=0-385-09041-2|title-link=The Rest of the Robots }}
* {{cite book |title=Through a Glass, Clearly |date=1967|publisher=[[New English Library]]|isbn=0-86025-124-1|title-link=Through a Glass, Clearly }}
* {{cite book |title=Asimov's Mysteries |date=1968|publisher=Doubleday |title-link=Asimov's Mysteries}}
* {{cite book |title=Nightfall and Other Stories |date=1969 |publisher=Doubleday |isbn=0-449-01969-1|title-link=Nightfall and Other Stories }}
* {{cite book |title=The Early Asimov |date=1972|publisher=Doubleday |isbn=0-449-02850-X|title-link=The Early Asimov }}
* {{cite book |title=The Best of Isaac Asimov |date=1973 |publisher=Sphere |isbn=0-7221-1256-4|title-link=The Best of Isaac Asimov }}
* {{cite book |title=Buy Jupiter and Other Stories |date=1975|publisher=Doubleday |isbn=0-385-05077-1|title-link=Buy Jupiter and Other Stories }}
* {{cite book |title=The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories|publisher=Doubleday |date=1976 |isbn=0-575-02240-X|title-link=The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories }}
* {{cite book |title=The Complete Robot |date=1982|publisher=Doubleday |title-link=The Complete Robot}}
* {{cite book |title=The Winds of Change and Other Stories |date=1983 |publisher=Doubleday |isbn=0-385-18099-3|title-link=The Winds of Change and Other Stories }}
* {{cite book |title=The Edge of Tomorrow |date=1985 |publisher=Tor |isbn=0-312-93200-6|title-link=The Edge of Tomorrow (1985 book) }}
* {{cite book |title=The Alternate Asimovs |date=1986|publisher=Doubleday |isbn=0-385-19784-5|title-link=The Alternate Asimovs }}
* {{cite book |title=The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov |date=1986|publisher=Doubleday |title-link=The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov}}
* {{cite book |title=Robot Dreams |date=1986|publisher=Byron Preiss |isbn=0-441-73154-6|title-link=Robot Dreams (short story collection) }}
* {{cite book |title=Azazel |date=1988|publisher=Doubleday |title-link=Azazel (Asimov)#Azazel, the collection}}
* {{cite book |title=Robot Visions |date=1990|publisher=Byron Preiss|isbn=0-451-45064-7|title-link=Robot Visions }}
* {{cite book|title=Gold|date=1995|publisher=Harper Prism|isbn=0-553-28339-1|title-link=Gold (Asimov book)}}
* {{cite book|title=Magic|date=1996|publisher=Harper Prism|isbn=0-00-224622-8|title-link=Magic (short story collection)}}

=== Mysteries ===
==== Novels ====
* ''[[The Death Dealers]]'' (1958), [[Avon Books]], republished as ''A Whiff of Death'' by [[Walker & Company]]
* ''[[Murder at the ABA]]'' (1976), Doubleday, also published as ''Authorized Murder''

==== Short-story collections ====
===== Black Widowers series =====
{{Main|Black Widowers}}
* ''[[Tales of the Black Widowers]]'' (1974), Doubleday
* ''[[More Tales of the Black Widowers]]'' (1976), Doubleday
* ''[[Casebook of the Black Widowers]]'' (1980), Doubleday
* ''[[Banquets of the Black Widowers]]'' (1984), Doubleday
* ''[[Puzzles of the Black Widowers]]'' (1990), Doubleday
* ''[[The Return of the Black Widowers]]'' (2003), [[Carroll & Graf]]

===== Other mysteries =====
* ''[[Asimov's Mysteries]]'' (1968), Doubleday
* ''[[The Key Word and Other Mysteries]]'' (1977), Walker
* ''[[The Union Club Mysteries]]'' (1983), Doubleday
* ''[[The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries]]'' (1985), Walker
* ''[[The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov]]'' (1986), Doubleday

=== Nonfiction ===
==== Popular science ====
=====Collections of Asimov's essays for ''F&SF''=====
The following books collected essays which were originally published as monthly columns in ''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'' and collected by [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday & Co]]
# ''[[Fact and Fancy]]'' (1962)
# ''[[View from a Height]]'' (1963)
# ''[[Adding a Dimension]]'' (1964)
# ''[[Of Time and Space and Other Things]]'' (1965)
# ''[[From Earth to Heaven]]'' (1966)
# ''[[Science, Numbers, and I]]'' (1968)
# ''[[The Solar System and Back]]'' (1970)
# ''[[The Stars in Their Courses]]'' (1971)
# ''[[The Left Hand of the Electron]]'' (1972)
# ''[[The Tragedy of the Moon]]'' (1973)
# ''Asimov On Astronomy'' (updated version of essays in previous collections) (1974) {{ISBN|978-0-517-27924-3}}
# ''Asimov On Chemistry'' (updated version of essays in previous collections) (1974)
# ''[[Of Matters Great and Small]]'' (1975)
# ''Asimov On Physics'' (updated version of essays in previous collections) (1976) {{ISBN|978-0-385-00958-4}}
# ''[[The Planet That Wasn't]]'' (1976)
# ''Asimov On Numbers'' (updated version of essays in previous collections) (1976)
# ''[[Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright]]'' (1977)
# ''[[The Road to Infinity]]'' (1979)
# ''[[The Sun Shines Bright (book)|The Sun Shines Bright]]'' (1981)
# ''[[Counting the Eons]]'' (1983)
# ''[[X Stands for Unknown]]'' (1984)
# ''[[The Subatomic Monster]]'' (1985)
# ''[[Far as Human Eye Could See]]'' (1987)
# ''[[The Relativity of Wrong]]'' (1988)
# ''Asimov on Science: A 30 Year Retrospective 1959–1989'' (1989) (features the first essay in the introduction)
# ''[[Out of the Everywhere]]'' (1990)
# ''[[The Secret of the Universe]]'' (1991)

=====Other general science essay collections=====
* ''[[Only a Trillion]]'' (1957), Abelard-Schuman, {{ISBN|978-0-441-63121-6}}; (1976) revised and updated ed.
* ''[[Is Anyone There?]]'' (1967), Doubleday, {{ISBN|0-385-08401-3}} (which includes the article in which he coined the term "[[spome]]")
* ''[[Today and Tomorrow and—]]'' (1973), Doubleday
* ''Science Past, Science Future'' (1975), Doubleday, {{ISBN|978-0-385-09923-3}}
* ''[[Please Explain]]'' (1975), Houghton Mifflin, {{ISBN|978-0-440-96804-7}}
* ''Life and Time'' (1978), Doubleday
* ''The Roving Mind'' (1983), [[Prometheus Books]], new edition 1997, {{ISBN|1-57392-181-5}}
* ''The Dangers of Intelligence'' (1986), Houghton Mifflin
* ''Past, Present and Future'' (1987), Prometheus Books, {{ISBN|978-0-87975-393-1}}
* ''The Tyrannosaurus Prescription'' (1989), Prometheus Books
* ''Frontiers'' (1990), Dutton
* ''Frontiers II'' (1993), Dutton

=====Other science books by Asimov=====
* ''[[The Chemicals of Life (book)|The Chemicals of Life]]'' (1954), [[Abelard-Schuman]] {{ISBN|978-0-451-62418-5}}
* ''[[Inside the Atom]]'' (1956), Abelard-Schuman, {{ISBN|978-0-200-71444-0}}
* ''[[Building Blocks of the Universe]]'' (1957; revised 1974), Abelard-Schuman, {{ISBN|978-0-200-71099-2}}
* ''[[The World of Carbon (book)|The World of Carbon]]'' (1958), Abelard-Schuman, {{ISBN|978-0-02-091350-4}}
* ''[[The World of Nitrogen (book)|The World of Nitrogen]]'' (1958), Abelard-Schuman, {{ISBN|978-0-02-091400-6}}
* ''[[Words of Science and the History Behind Them]]'' (1959), [[Houghton Mifflin]] {{ISBN|978-0-395-06571-6}}
* ''[[The Clock We Live On (book)|The Clock We Live On]]'' (1959), Abelard-Schuman, {{ISBN|978-0-200-71100-5}}
* ''[[Breakthroughs in Science]]'' (1959), Houghton Mifflin, {{ISBN|978-0-395-06561-7}}
* ''[[Realm of Numbers]]'' (1959), Houghton Mifflin, {{ISBN|978-0-395-06566-2}}
* ''[[Realm of Measure]]'' (1960), Houghton Mifflin
* ''[[The Wellsprings of Life]]'' (1960), Abelard-Schuman, {{ISBN|978-0-451-03245-4}}
* ''[[Life and Energy]]'' (1962), Doubleday, {{ISBN|978-0-380-00942-8}}
* ''[[The Genetic Code]]'' (1962), The Orion Press
* ''[[The Human Body: Its Structure and Operation]]'' (1963), Houghton Mifflin, {{ISBN|978-0-451-02430-5}}, {{ISBN|978-0-451-62707-0}} (revised)
* ''[[The Human Brain: Its Capacities and Functions (book)|The Human Brain: Its Capacities and Functions]]'' (1963), Houghton Mifflin, {{ISBN|978-0-451-62867-1}}
* ''Planets for Man'' (with [[Stephen H. Dole]]) (1964), [[Random House]], reprinted by [[RAND]] in 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-8330-4226-2}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rand.org/pubs/commercial_books/CB183-1/ |title=Planets for Man |publisher=RAND |date=September 15, 2010 |access-date=June 23, 2012 |archive-date=July 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714130318/http://www.rand.org/pubs/commercial_books/CB183-1/ |url-status=live |last1=Dole |first1=Stephen H. |last2=Asimov |first2=Isaac }}</ref>
* ''[[An Easy Introduction to the Slide Rule]]'' (1965), Houghton Mifflin, {{ISBN|978-0-395-06575-4}}
* ''[[The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science]]'' (1965), [[Basic Books]]
** The title varied with each of the four editions, the last being ''Asimov's New Guide to Science'' (1984) {{ISBN|978-0-14-017213-3}}
* ''[[The Universe: From Flat Earth to Quasar (book)|The Universe: From Flat Earth to Quasar]]'' (1966), Walker, {{ISBN|978-0-380-01596-2}}
* ''[[The Neutrino (book)|The Neutrino]]'' (1966), Doubleday, [[ASIN]] B002JK525W
* ''[[Understanding Physics Vol. I, Motion, Sound, and Heat]]'' (1966), Walker, {{ISBN|978-0-451-00329-4}}
* ''[[Understanding Physics Vol. II, Light, Magnetism, and Electricity]]'' (1966), Walker, {{ISBN|978-0-451-61942-6}}
* ''[[Understanding Physics Vol. III, The Electron, Proton, and Neutron]]'' (1966), Walker, {{ISBN|978-0-451-62634-9}}
* ''[[Photosynthesis (book)|Photosynthesis]]'' (1969), Basic Books, {{ISBN|978-0-465-05703-0}}
* ''[[Our World in Space (book)|Our World in Space]]'' (1974), New York Graphic, {{ISBN|978-0-8212-0434-4}}
* ''[[Eyes on the Universe: A History of the Telescope]]'' (1976), Andre Deutsch Limited, {{ISBN|0-233-96760-5}}
* ''[[The Collapsing Universe (book)|The Collapsing Universe]]'' (1977), Walker, {{ISBN|0-671-81738-8}}
* ''[[Extraterrestrial Civilizations]]'' (1979), Crown, {{ISBN|978-0-449-90020-8}}
* ''A Choice of Catastrophes'' (1979), Simon & Schuster, {{ISBN|978-0-671-22701-2}}
* ''[[Visions of the Universe]]'' with illustrations by [[Kazuaki Iwasaki]] (1981), Cosmos Store, {{ISBN|978-0-939540-01-3}}
* ''[[Exploring the Earth and the Cosmos]]'' (1982), Crown, {{ISBN|978-0-517-54667-3}}
* ''[[The Measure of the Universe]]'' (1983), Harper & Row
* ''[[Think About Space: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?]]'' with co-author Frank White (1989), Walker
* ''[[Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery]]'' (1989), Harper & Row, second edition adds content thru 1993, {{ISBN|978-0-06-270113-8}}
* ''Beginnings: The Story of Origins'' (1989), Walker
* ''[[Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space]]'' (1991), Random House, {{ISBN|978-0-449-22059-7}}
* ''[[Atom: Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos]]'' (1991), Dutton, {{ISBN|978-1-4395-0900-5}}
* ''[[Mysteries of Deep Space: Quasars, Pulsars and Black Holes]]'' (1994) {{ISBN|978-0-8368-1133-9}}
* ''[[Earth's Moon (Asimov)|Earth's Moon]]'' (1988), [[Gareth Stevens]], revised in 2003 by [[Richard Hantula]] {{ISBN|978-1-59102-122-3}}
* ''[[The Sun (Asimov)|The Sun]]'' (1988), Gareth Stevens, revised in 2003 by [[Richard Hantula]] {{ISBN|978-1-59102-122-3}}
* ''[[The Earth (Asimov)|The Earth]]'' (1988), Gareth Stevens, revised in 2004 by Richard Hantula {{ISBN|978-1-59102-177-3}}
* ''[[Jupiter (Asimov)|Jupiter]]'' (1989), Gareth Stevens, revised in 2004 by Richard Hantula {{ISBN|978-1-59102-123-0}}
* ''[[Venus (Asimov)|Venus]]'' (1990), Gareth Stevens, revised in 2004 by Richard Hantula {{ISBN|978-0-8368-3877-0}}

==== Literary works ====
All published by Doubleday
* ''[[Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare]]'', vols I and II (1970), {{ISBN|0-517-26825-6}}
* ''Asimov's Annotated "[[Don Juan (Byron)|Don Juan]]"'' (1972)
* ''Asimov's Annotated "[[Paradise Lost]]"'' (1974)
* ''Familiar Poems, Annotated'' (1976)
* ''Asimov's The Annotated "[[Gulliver's Travels]]"'' (1980)
* ''Asimov's Annotated "[[Gilbert and Sullivan]]"'' (1988)

==== The Bible ====
* ''Words from Genesis'' (1962), [[Houghton Mifflin]]
* ''Words from the Exodus'' (1963), Houghton Mifflin
* ''[[Asimov's Guide to the Bible]]'', vols I and II (1967 and 1969, one-volume ed. 1981), Doubleday, {{ISBN|0-517-34582-X}}
* ''The Story of Ruth'' (1972), Doubleday, {{ISBN|0-385-08594-X}}
* ''In the Beginning'' (1981), Crown

==== Autobiography ====
{{main|Autobiographies of Isaac Asimov}}
* ''In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920–1954'' (1979, [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]])
* ''In Joy Still Felt: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1954–1978'' (1980, Doubleday)
* ''I. Asimov: A Memoir'' (1994, Doubleday)
* ''[[It's Been a Good Life]]'' (2002, [[Prometheus Books]]), condensation of Asimov's three volumes of autobiography, edited by his widow, [[Janet Asimov|Janet Jeppson Asimov]]

==== History ====
All published by [[Houghton Mifflin]] except where otherwise stated
* ''The Kite That Won the Revolution'' (1963), {{ISBN|0-395-06560-7}}
* ''The Greeks: A Great Adventure'' (1965)
* ''The Roman Republic'' (1966)
* ''The Roman Empire'' (1967)
* ''The Egyptians'' (1967)
* ''The Near East'' (1968)
* ''The Dark Ages'' (1968)
* ''Words from History'' (1968)
* ''The Shaping of England'' (1969)
* ''Constantinople: The Forgotten Empire'' (1970)
* ''The Land of Canaan'' (1971)
* ''The Shaping of France'' (1972)
* ''The Shaping of North America: From Earliest Times to 1763'' (1973)
* ''The Birth of the United States: 1763–1816'' (1974)
* ''Our Federal Union: The United States from 1816 to 1865'' (1975), {{ISBN|0-395-20283-3}}
* ''The Golden Door: The United States from 1865 to 1918'' (1977)
* ''[[Asimov's Chronology of the World]]'' (1991), [[HarperCollins]], {{ISBN|0-06-270036-7}}
* ''[[The March of the Millennia]]'' (1991), with co-author Frank White, Walker & Company, {{ISBN|0-8027-7391-5}}

==== Humor ====
*  ''The Sensuous Dirty Old Man'' (1971) (As Dr. A), Walker & Company, {{ISBN|0-451-07199-9}}
* ''[[Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor]]'' (1971), [[Houghton Mifflin]], {{ISBN|0-395-57226-6}}
* ''[[Lecherous Limericks]]'' (1975), Walker, {{ISBN|0-449-22841-X}}
* ''More Lecherous Limericks'' (1976), Walker, {{ISBN|0-8027-7102-5}}
* ''Still More Lecherous Limericks'' (1977), Walker, {{ISBN|0-8027-7106-8}}
* ''Limericks, Two Gross'', with John Ciardi (1978), Norton, {{ISBN|0-393-04530-7}}
* ''A Grossery of Limericks'', with [[John Ciardi]] (1981), Norton, {{ISBN|0-393-33112-1}}
* ''Limericks for Children'' (1984), Caedmon
* ''Asimov Laughs Again'' (1992), [[HarperCollins]]

==== On writing science fiction ====
* ''Asimov on Science Fiction'' (1981), Doubleday
* ''Asimov's Galaxy'' (1989), Doubleday

==== Other nonfiction ====
* ''[[Opus 100]]'' (1969), Houghton Mifflin, {{ISBN|0-395-07351-0}}
* ''[[Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology]]'' (1964), Doubleday (revised edition 1972, {{ISBN|0-385-17771-2}})
* ''[[Opus 200]]'' (1979), Houghton Mifflin, {{ISBN|0-395-27625-X}}
* ''Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts'' (1979), Grosset & Dunlap, {{ISBN|0-517-36111-6}}
* ''[[Opus 300]]'' (1984), Houghton Mifflin, {{ISBN|0-395-36108-7}}
* ''[[Our Angry Earth]]: A Ticking Ecological Bomb'' (1991), with co-author [[Frederik Pohl]], Tor, {{ISBN|0-312-85252-5}}.