Robot Series by Isaac Asimov (Caves of Steel, Naked Sun, Robots of Dawn, Robots and Empire)

Preliminary essential Isaac Asimov reading list
1 - I, Robot (1950)
2 - The Caves of Steel (1954) - first Robot Series novel
3 - The Naked Sun (1957) - second Robot Series novel
4 - The Robots of Dawn (1983) - third Robot Series novel
5 - Robots and Empire (1985) - fourth Robot Series novel
6 - The Stars, Like Dust (1951) - first Empire Series novel
7 - The Currents of Space (1952) - second Empire Series novel
8 - Pebble in the Sky (1950) - third Empire Series novel
9 - Foundation (1951) - first of the original Foundation trilogy
10 - Foundation and Empire (1952) - second of the original Foundation trilogy
11 - Second Foundation (1953) - third of the original Foundation trilogy

My recommended reading order of Asimov's writings, as of 2021-08-21.
1 - I, Robot (1950)
2 - Robot Dreams (1986)
3 - The Bicentennial Man (1976) [short story on which The Positronic Man is based. Found in various collections.]
4 - The Positronic Man (1992) co-written with Robert Silverberg [novelization of the short story The Bicentennial Man]
5 - Nemesis (1989)
6 - The Caves of Steel (1954) - first Robot Series novel
7 - The Naked Sun (1957) - second Robot Series novel
8 - The Complete Robot (1982) [contains a short story, Mirror Image (1972), that follows the second Robot series novel]
9 - The Robots of Dawn (1983) - third Robot Series novel
10 - Robots and Empire (1985) - fourth Robot Series novel
11 - Robot Visions (1990) - contains essays that include a major spoiler for Robots and Empire. The essays also contain a minor spoiler for Foundation and Earth and the Robot City series.
12 - The Stars, Like Dust (1951) - first Empire Series novel
13 - The Currents of Space (1952) - second Empire Series novel
14 - Pebble in the Sky (1950) - third Empire Series novel
15 - Prelude to Foundation (1988) - first Foundation Series novel
16 - Forward the Foundation (1993) - second Foundation Series novel
17 - Foundation (1951) - third Foundation Series novel
18 - Foundation and Empire (1952) - fourth Foundation Series novel
19 - Second Foundation (1953) - fifth Foundation Series novel
20 - Foundation's Edge (1982) - sixth Foundation Series novel
21 - Foundation and Earth (1986) - seventh Foundation Series novel
22 - The End of Eternity (1955)
23 - Gold (1995) - final collection of short stories and essays

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[BookZealots]

Those are very good topics and I think we're currently living in the complacency era. I still haven't read a single Asimov. One day.

[tomlabooks]

Naked sun is still probably my favorite. So much fun, all of them ! Asimov running on all his cylinders.

[bethannebruninga-socolar]

Great video! Your recommended reading order is awesome and I hope a lot of people find this video to follow it. :) Hopefully I'll complete the Foundation series this year.

[ReadbyFred]

Great video, thanks for posting. I've been meaning to pick up the Foundation series (I've not read them) - maybe later this year.

[michaelk.vaughan]

Good tip to read The Complete Robot after the first two books. That’s helpful.

[ShannonsChannel]

A robot assistant! That's what I need! :)

[veryliterarykari]

Maybe I’ll get around to some more Asimov! Great video! Are you getting snow? ❄️ We are getting a bit more.

[JesstheBookFreak]

I didn't know that I, Robot was a series of short stories. I've only ever heard of the movie. I'd like to read these in the order you suggest :)