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)
  • TheShadowKnows@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There is one spoiler which may impact the attempt to read the series in this order, but I do not think that it will ruin your enjoyment of the series if you chose to read it this way. You will have gone through about 9-10 books before encountering it, and it really might be a good revelation at that point anyhow.

    I originally read the books in publication order, but upon rereading I opt to read in chronological.

    My suggestion is to read in chronological order. The pace and story telling also plays will in that order. It has a good cadence of story driven and character driven styles that makes the journey more palatable.