Just starting to read the series and the order is not so straight forward.

Apparently this is Asimov’s suggested order:

  • The Complete Robot (1982) and/or I, Robot (1950)
  • Caves of Steel (1954)
  • The Naked Sun (1957)
  • The Robots of Dawn (1983)
  • Robots and Empire (1985)
  • The Currents of Space (1952)
  • The Stars, Like Dust (1951)
  • Pebble in the Sky (1950)
  • Prelude to Foundation (1988)
  • Forward the Foundation (1993)
  • Foundation (1951)
  • Foundation and Empire (1952)
  • Second Foundation (1953)
  • Foundation’s Edge (1982)
  • Foundation and Earth (1986)
  • mceldritch@lemmy.world
    9·
    1 year ago

    I would read them in publication order. I read Prelude to Foundation before Foundation and I would not recommend it.

    • leftzero@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, publication order seems like the best option to avoid possible spoilers in the prequels.

    • AmosBurton@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      1 year ago

      Thanks for your input! Do you mean all of the books? Because the Empire series is completely in reverse (not a big fan of that style).

      • mceldritch@lemmy.world
        4·
        1 year ago

        I’d read the original Foundation trilogy first then the Robot and Empire novels, then the last 4 Foundation novels last.

        Then for bonus points… The End of Eternity.