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Foundation Books in Order

by Isaac AsimovLiterature & Fiction

7 books and 1 novella from Prelude to Foundation (1988) to Foundation and Earth (1986). Rated 4.5 across 53,911 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Prelude to Foundation

    Novella 0.5 1988 4.7 (26)

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  2. Prelude to Foundation

    Book 1 1988 4.7 (4.4k)

    The first of two prequel novels in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION It is the year 12,020 G.E.

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  3. Forward the Foundation

    Book 2 1993 4.3 (3.1k)

    The second of two prequel novels in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION As Hari Seldon struggles to perfect his revolutionary theory of…

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  4. Foundation

    Book 3 1951 4.4 (19.7k)

    The first novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read For…

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  5. Foundation and Empire

    Book 4 1945 4.6 (9.8k)

    The second novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series Led by its founding father, the psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and utilizing science and technology, the Foundation survived the greed and…

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  6. Second Foundation

    Book 5 1953 4.7 (8k)

    In THE SECOND FOUNDATION, Isaac Asimov addresses the phenomenon of genetic mutation and its potential danger to a civilization.

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  7. Foundation's Edge

    Book 6 1977 4.8 (4.8k)

    The fourth novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION At last, the costly and bitter war between the two Foundations has come to an end.

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  8. Foundation and Earth

    Book 7 1986 4.1 (4.1k)

    The fifth novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION Golan Trevize, former Councilman of the First Foundation, has chosen the future, and…

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Adapted for screen

  • Foundation TV series · Apple TV · 2021– · 3 seasons

About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Foundation is also the best order to read them in. Novellas and short stories sit between the novels they follow, numbered the way the publisher numbers them (0.5 comes after book 0). They are optional — you can skip them without missing the main story. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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