Where to Start with Isaac Asimov
- Best entry point → I, Robot
- Best standalone → Nemesis
- Start the Foundation (Publication Order) #1-3 series → The Foundation Trilogy: Foundation / Foundation and Empire / Second Foundation / The Stars, Like Dust / The Naked Sun / I, Robot
- What fans keep coming back to → Foundation
- Best narrator for Isaac Asimov → The Naked Sun
- Highest rated by listeners → Second Foundation (Foundation (Publication Order) #3)
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Second Foundation
Foundation (Publication Order) • Book 3
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.46 ABR Score (212.2K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (204.3K) ★ 4.65 Audible (7.9K)9h 21m listening time • Released 2010Scott Brick's measured, intelligent narration transforms this mind-bending finale into something genuinely suspenseful—he finds the psychological tension beneath Asimov's intricate plotting and makes you feel the paranoia of not knowing who's really in control.
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Foundation's Edge
Foundation (Publication Order) • Book 4
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.45 ABR Score (104.1K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (99.4K) ★ 4.75 Audible (4.7K)16h 14m listening time • Released 2011Scott Brick's measured, intelligent delivery turns Asimov's grand-scale sci-fi chess match into something genuinely gripping—he makes the philosophical debates feel as urgent as the mystery itself.
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Foundation and Empire
Foundation (Publication Order) • Book 2
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.43 ABR Score (237.9K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (228.2K) ★ 4.63 Audible (9.6K)9h 33m listening time • Released 2010Scott Brick makes the political intrigue and galactic chess moves sing—his pacing transforms what could be dense sci-fi philosophy into pure narrative momentum across nine hours you won't want to pause.
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The Naked Sun
Robot • Book 2
by Isaac Asimov, Chris Moore
Narrated by William Dufris
★ 4.42 ABR Score (67.3K ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (64.3K) ★ 4.75 Audible (3.0K)7h 41m listening time • Released 2014 - 5
The Robots of Dawn
Robot • Book 3
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by William Dufris
★ 4.41 ABR Score (58.4K ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (55.5K) ★ 4.74 Audible (2.9K)15h 43m listening time • Released 2014 - 6
Prelude to Foundation
Foundation (Publication Order) • Book 6
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.41 ABR Score (101.4K ratings)★ 4.17 Goodreads (97.1K) ★ 4.71 Audible (4.3K)14h 55m listening time • Released 2011Scott Brick's measured, intelligent narration is perfect for Asimov's cerebral plotting—he makes the intricate political maneuvering and mathematical concepts feel genuinely thrilling rather than lecture-y.
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I, Robot
Robots
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.31 ABR Score (390.1K ratings)★ 4.21 Goodreads (381.7K) ★ 4.46 Audible (8.4K)8h 20m listening time • Released 2004The nine stories that defined our cultural understanding of artificial intelligence — Asimov's Three Laws are still the framework everyone argues from today.
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Foundation
Foundation • Book 3
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.29 ABR Score (620.2K ratings)★ 4.17 Goodreads (600.9K) ★ 4.4 Audible (19.4K)8h 38m listening time • Released 2010Asimov's complete original trilogy collected — the full arc of Hari Seldon's plan to shorten the dark ages of civilization by thousands of years.
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The Foundation Trilogy: Foundation / Foundation and Empire / Second Foundation / The Stars, Like Dust / The Naked Sun / I, Robot
Foundation (Publication Order) #1-3 • Book 1
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by Jon Lindstrom
★ 4.22 ABR Score (110.1K ratings)★ 4.42 Goodreads (109.2K) ★ 4.38 Audible (900)8h 13m listening time • Released 2020 - 10
Robot Dreams
Robot #0.4
by Isaac Asimov, Ralph McQuarrie
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.17 ABR Score (14.4K ratings)★ 4.17 Goodreads (13.5K) ★ 4.55 Audible (923)14h 34m listening time • Released 2014George Guidall's measured, thoughtful delivery transforms Asimov's robot stories into something unexpectedly moving—he finds the loneliness and longing beneath the logic puzzles, making these decades-old tales feel urgently human.
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Pebble in the Sky
Galactic Empire • Book 3
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by Jon Lindstrom
★ 4.08 ABR Score (28.3K ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (27.7K) ★ 4.62 Audible (590)8h 35m listening time • Released 2020 - 12
Forward the Foundation
Foundation (Publication Order) • Book 7
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by Larry McKeever
★ 4.08 ABR Score (65.3K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (62.2K) ★ 4.29 Audible (3.1K)16h 10m listening time • Released 2011 - 13
Nemesis
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 3.95 ABR Score (20.6K ratings)★ 3.81 Goodreads (19.4K) ★ 4.42 Audible (1.2K)14h 20m listening time • Released 2019Scott Brick's measured, intelligent delivery elevates what could be a dry hard-sci-fi premise into something genuinely gripping—he finds the human stakes buried inside Asimov's sprawling solar system. If you want speculative fiction that trusts your brain but doesn't bore you, this is the rare narrator who makes that balance work.
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Robots e Imperio : Serie de los robots 5
by Isaac Asimov
Narrated by Guillermo Romero
★ 3.61 ABR Score (25 ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (10) ★ 4.8 Audible (15)15h 55m listening time • Released 2023
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