Non-Fiction Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Non-Fiction books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
The Chemicals of Life
Buy on Amazon1954
Is Anyone There?
Buy on Amazon1956
Inside The Atom
Buy on Amazon1956
Only a Trillion / Marvels of Science
Buy on Amazon1957
Building Blocks of the Universe
Buy on Amazon1957
Fact and Fancy
Buy on Amazon1958
The World of Nitrogen
Buy on Amazon1958
Worlds Within Worlds
Buy on Amazon1958
The World of Carbon
Buy on Amazon1958
The Clock We Live On
Buy on Amazon1959
Words of Science and The History Behind Them
Buy on Amazon1959
Realm of Numbers
Buy on Amazon1959
The Wellsprings of Life
Buy on Amazon1960
Asimov's New Guide to Science
Buy on Amazon1960
Satellites in Outer Space
Buy on Amazon1960
The Double Planet
Buy on Amazon1960
Words from the Myths
Buy on Amazon1961
The Realm of Algebra
Buy on Amazon1961
The Bloodstream
Buy on Amazon1961
The Genetic Code
Buy on Amazon1962
The Search for the Elements
Buy on Amazon1962
Words on the Map
Buy on Amazon1962
The Human Brain
Buy on Amazon1963
The Human Body
Buy on Amazon1963
Words from the Exodus
Buy on Amazon1963
View from a Height
Buy on Amazon1963
Adding a Dimension
Buy on Amazon1964
Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
Buy on Amazon1964
A Short History of Biology
Buy on Amazon1964
Quick and Easy Math
Buy on Amazon1964
A Short History of Chemistry
Buy on Amazon1965
An Easy Introduction to the Slide Rule
Buy on Amazon1965
From Earth to Heaven
Buy on Amazon1965
Of Time, Space, and Other Things
Buy on Amazon1965
Understanding Physics
Buy on Amazon1966
Understanding Physics Light Magnetism and Electricity
Buy on Amazon1966
Understanding Physics the Electron Proton and Neutron
Buy on Amazon1966
Universe From Flat Earth to Quasar
Buy on Amazon1966
The Noble Gases
Buy on Amazon1966
Asimov's Guide to the Bible
Buy on Amazon1967
Environments Out There
Buy on Amazon1967
Science, Numbers, And I
Buy on Amazon1968
Photosynthesis
Buy on Amazon1968
Words from History.
Buy on Amazon1968
The Neutrino
Buy on Amazon1969
Space Dictionary
Buy on Amazon1969
The Physical Sciences
Buy on Amazon1969
Opus 100
Buy on Amazon1969
ABC's of space
Buy on Amazon1969
Light
Buy on Amazon1970
ABC's of the Ocean
Buy on Amazon1971
The Sensuous Dirty Old Man
Buy on Amazon1971
ABC's of the Earth
Buy on Amazon1971
The Stars In Their Courses
Buy on Amazon1971
What Makes the Sun Shine?
Buy on Amazon1971
The Left Hand of the Electron
Buy on Amazon1972
More Words of Science
Buy on Amazon1972
The Biological Sciences
Buy on Amazon1972
The Solar System and Back
Buy on Amazon1972
ABC's of Ecology
Buy on Amazon1972
Asimov's Guide to Science
Buy on Amazon1972
The Tragedy of the Moon
Buy on Amazon1973
Today and Tomorrow and ...
Buy on Amazon1973
Please Explain
Buy on Amazon1973
Jupiter, the Largest Planet
Buy on Amazon1973
Asimov on Astronomy
Buy on Amazon1974
Towards Tomorrow
Buy on Amazon1974
Asimov on Chemistry
Buy on Amazon1974
Science Past, Science Future
Buy on Amazon1975
Eyes on the Universe
Buy on Amazon1975
The Solar System
Buy on Amazon1975
Of Matters Great and Small
Buy on Amazon1975
The Planet That Wasn't
Buy on Amazon1976
Asimov on Physics
Buy on Amazon1976
Life and Energy
Buy on Amazon1976
Alpha Centauri, The Nearest Star
Buy on Amazon1976
The Exploding Suns
Buy on Amazon1977
The Tyrannosaurus Prescription and 100 Other Essays
Buy on Amazon1977
The Collapsing Universe
Buy on Amazon1977
Life and Time
Buy on Amazon1978
Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright
Buy on Amazon1978
Asimov on Numbers
Buy on Amazon1978
Extraterrestrial Civilizations
Buy on Amazon1979
Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts
Buy on Amazon1979
The Road to Infinity
Buy on Amazon1979
The Intelligent Man's Guide to the Physical Sciences
Buy on Amazon1979
A Choice of Catastrophes
Buy on Amazon1979
Jupiter
Buy on Amazon1980
About Black Holes
Buy on Amazon1980
The Subatomic Monster
Buy on Amazon1981
Would You Believe?
Buy on Amazon1981
The Book of Facts, Volume 2
Buy on Amazon1981
Change!
Buy on Amazon1981
Asimov on Science Fiction
Buy on Amazon1981
Venus, Near Neighbor of the Sun
Buy on Amazon1981
In the Beginning
Buy on Amazon1981
Exploring The Earth And The Cosmos
Buy on Amazon1982
The Roving Mind
Buy on Amazon1983
Counting the Eons
Buy on Amazon1983
The Sun Shines Bright
Buy on Amazon1983
X Stands for Unknown
Buy on Amazon1983
The Measure of the Universe
Buy on Amazon1983
The History of Physics
Buy on Amazon1984
Isaac Asimov on the Human Body and the Human Brain
Buy on Amazon1985
Asimov's Guide to Halley's Comet
Buy on Amazon1985
Living In the Future
Buy on Amazon1985
Opus 300
Buy on Amazon1985
The Dangers of Intelligence and Other Science Essays
Buy on Amazon1986
Beginnings
Buy on Amazon1987
Far as Human Eye Could See
Buy on Amazon1987
Beyond the Stars
Buy on Amazon1987
The Relativity of Wrong
Buy on Amazon1988
Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space
Buy on Amazon1988
Asimov's Galaxy
Buy on Amazon1988
Asimov's Chronology of the World
Buy on Amazon1989
Jupiter, the Spotted Giant
Buy on Amazon1989
Asimov on Science
Buy on Amazon1989
Little Library of Dinosaurs
Buy on Amazon1989
Out of the Everywhere
Buy on Amazon1990
Projects in Astronomy
Buy on Amazon1990
March of the Millennia (With: Frank White)
Buy on Amazon1990
Atom
Buy on Amazon1991
Star Cycles
Buy on Amazon1991
The Wall Chart of Science and Invention
Buy on Amazon1991
Christopher Columbus
Buy on Amazon1991
Why Do Stars Twinkle?
Buy on Amazon1991
Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
Buy on Amazon1991
What is an Eclipse?
Buy on Amazon1991
Why Does The Moon Change Shape?
Buy on Amazon1991
Henry Hudson
Buy on Amazon1991
Our Angry Earth
Buy on Amazon1991
Why Does Litter Cause Problems?
Buy on Amazon1992
The Secret of the Universe
Buy on Amazon1992
How is Paper Made?
Buy on Amazon1992
How Do Big Ships Float?
Buy on Amazon1992
Why Do We Need to Brush Our Teeth?
Buy on Amazon1993
My First Book of Animals From A to Z
Buy on Amazon1994
Our Planetary System
Buy on Amazon1994
Isaac Asimov's The Rocky Planets
Buy on Amazon1994
Yours, Isaac Asimov
Buy on Amazon1995
Facts and Trivia
Buy on Amazon1998
The Moon
Buy on Amazon2002
Realm of Measure
Buy on Amazon2003
Space Junk
Buy on Amazon2005
Astronomy Projects
Buy on Amazon2005
How to Save the Planet
Buy on Amazon2017
The Sun
Buy on Amazon1973
The Earth's Moon
Buy on Amazon1985
Did Comets Kill the Dinosaurs?
Buy on Amazon1987
UFOs
Buy on Amazon1988
Uranus
Buy on Amazon1988
How Was the Universe Born?
Buy on Amazon1988
Rockets, Probes, and Satellites
Buy on Amazon1988
Our Solar System
Buy on Amazon1988
The Space Spotter's Guide
Buy on Amazon1988
Ancient Astronomy
Buy on Amazon1988
Earth
Buy on Amazon1988
Saturn
Buy on Amazon1988
Colonizing the Planets and Stars
Buy on Amazon1989
Is There Life on Other Planets?
Buy on Amazon1989
The Birth and Death of Stars
Buy on Amazon1989
Science Fiction, Science Fact
Buy on Amazon1989
Mythology and The Universe
Buy on Amazon1989
Space Garbage
Buy on Amazon1989
The World's Space Programs
Buy on Amazon1990
Astronomy Today
Buy on Amazon1990
Piloted Space Flights
Buy on Amazon1990
Black Holes, Pulsars and Quasars
Buy on Amazon2005
Comets and Meteors
Buy on Amazon1973
The Red Planet
Buy on Amazon1977
Science Fiction: Vision Of Tomorrow
Buy on Amazon1981
Venus
Buy on Amazon1981
Neptune
Buy on Amazon1984
Comet! (By: )
Buy on Amazon1985
Death from Space
Buy on Amazon1987
The Asteroids
Buy on Amazon1988
Our Milky Way and Other Galaxies
Buy on Amazon1988
Pluto
Buy on Amazon1989
Folklore and Legends of the Universe
Buy on Amazon1989
Mercury, the Quick Planet
Buy on Amazon1989
The Future in Space
Buy on Amazon1993
Space Colonies
Buy on Amazon1995
A Stargazer's Guide
Buy on Amazon1995
Pollution in Space
Buy on Amazon1995
Space Explorers
Buy on Amazon1995
UFOs (By: )
Buy on Amazon1995
The Birth of Our Universe (By: )
Buy on Amazon1995
Our Planet Earth
Buy on Amazon1995
Aliens and Extraterrestrials
Buy on Amazon1995
Planet of Extremes: Jupiter
Buy on Amazon1995
Modern Astronomy (By: )
Buy on Amazon1996
The 21st Century in Space
Buy on Amazon1996
Index
Buy on Amazon1996
Global Space Programs
Buy on Amazon1997
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Non-Fiction series is publication order: 1. The Chemicals of Life (1954), 2. Is Anyone There? (1956), 3. Inside The Atom (1956), 4. Only a Trillion / Marvels of Science (1957), 5. Building Blocks of the Universe (1957), and 189 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Non-Fiction series by Isaac Asimov contains 194 books. The series began in 1954 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Non-Fiction series is written by Isaac Asimov. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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