Foundation Reading Order
1 series · 200 books
Isaac Asimov's Foundation series spans seven decades of science fiction innovation, beginning with his landmark 1951 novel that imagines a vast galactic empire on the brink of collapse and the mathematician who develops a science of psychohistory to preserve civilization. The series blends hard science fiction concepts with epic scope, exploring themes of knowledge, power, and humanity's ability to shape its own destiny across centuries. Asimov continued expanding this universe throughout his career, adding prequels and sequels that deepened the mythology while maintaining the intellectual rigor that made the original trilogy a cornerstone of the genre.
Standalone Novels Series
200 books
Start with Adhesion and Microorganism Pathogenicity, the first of 200 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Adhesion and Microorganism Pathogenicity |
| 2 | Adrenergic Mechanisms |
| 3 | Aetiology of Diabetes Mellitus and Its Complications |
| 4 | Ageing in Transient Tissues Vol. 2 |
| 5 | Animal Behaviour and Drug Action |
| 6 | Anterior Pituitary Secretion Vol. 4, Bk. 1 |
| 7 | Applications of Plant Cell and Tissue Culture |
| 8 | Atherogenesis |
| 9 | Autoimmunity and Autoimmune Disease |
| 10 | Bacterial Episomes and Plasmids |
| 11 | Basement Membranes and Cell Movement (Symposium No.108) (CIBA Foundation Symposia) |
| 12 | Better Crops for Food |
| 13 | Better Crops for Food (Ciba Foundation Symposium, No 97) |
| 14 | Bioassay of Anterior Pituitary and Adrenocortical Hormones Vol. 5 |
| 15 | Biochemistry of Human Genetics |
| 16 | Biological Asymmetry and Handedness |
| 17 | Biological Roles of Copper |
| 18 | Biology of Nicotine Dependence |
| 19 | Biology of Vitamin E |
| 20 | Bone Structure and Metabolism |
| 21 | Brain and Mind |
| 22 | Calcium and the Cell |
| 23 | Carbon-Fluorine Compounds |
| 24 | Cardiomyopathies |
| 25 | Cell Differentiation |
| 26 | Cell Fusion. Ciba Foundation Symposium No.103 (CIBA Foundation Symposia) |
| 27 | Cell Patterning |
| 28 | Cellular Basis of Morphogenesis |
| 29 | Cellular Biology of Myxovirus Infections |
| 30 | Cerebral Vascular Smooth Muscle and Its Control |
| 31 | Chemical Structure of Proteins |
| 32 | Chemistry and Biology of Mucopolysaccharides |
| 33 | Chemistry and Biology of Pteridines |
| 34 | Chemistry and Biology of Purines |
| 35 | Chemistry and biology of pteridines |
| 36 | Ciba Foundation Symposium |
| 37 | Ciba Foundation Symposium - Bilharziasis |
| 38 | Ciba Foundation Symposium - Breathing - Hering-Breuer Centenary Symposium |
| 39 | Ciba Foundation Symposium - Cellular Injury |
| 40 | Ciba Foundation Symposium - Hormonal Factors in Carbohydrate Metabolism |
| 41 | Ciba Foundation Symposium - Immunoassay of Hormones |
| 42 | Ciba Foundation Symposium - Interferon |
| 43 | Ciba Foundation Symposium - Peripheral Circulation in Man |
| 44 | Ciba Foundation Symposium - Regulation of Cell Metabolism |
| 45 | Ciba Foundation Symposium - Strategy of the Viral Genome |
| 46 | Ciba Foundation Symposium - Systemic Mycoses |
| 47 | Ciba Foundation Symposium - Transcultural Psychiatry |
| 48 | Ciba Foundation Symposium 103 - Cell Fusion |
| 49 | Ciba Foundation Symposium 115 - Abortion - Medical Progress and Social Implications |
| 50 | Ciba Foundation Symposium 51 - Iron Metabolism |
| 51 | Ciba Foundation Symposium 55 - Hepatotrophic Factors |
| 52 | Ciba Foundation Symposium 62 - Sex, Hormones and Behaviour |
| 53 | Ciba Foundation Symposium 96 - Fetal Antigens and Cancer |
| 54 | Circulatory and Respiratory Mass Transport |
| 55 | Civilization and Science |
| 56 | Colour Vision |
| 57 | Communication in Science |
| 58 | Complement |
| 59 | Conflict in Society |
| 60 | Congenital Disorders of Erythropoiesis |
| 61 | Control Processes in Multicellular Organisms |
| 62 | Corneal Graft Failure |
| 63 | Crop Protection and Sustainable Agriculture |
| 64 | Decision Making in National Science Policy |
| 65 | Development of Mammalian Absorptive Processes |
| 66 | Development of the Lung |
| 67 | Development of the Vascular System |
| 68 | Development of the Vascular System. Ciba Foundation Symposium No.100 (CIBA Foundation Symposia) |
| 69 | Disorders of Language |
| 70 | Drug Concentrations in Neuropsychiatry |
| 71 | Drug Responses in Man |
| 72 | Energy Transformation in Biological Systems |
| 73 | Environmental Chemicals Enzyme Function and Human Disease |
| 74 | Environmental Chemicals, Enzyme Function and Human Disease |
| 75 | Enzyme Defects and Immune Dysfunction |
| 76 | Enzymes in Organic Synthesis |
| 77 | Estimation of Steroid Hormones |
| 78 | Experimental Tuberculosis - Bacillus and Host (With an Addendum on Leprosy) |
| 79 | Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Consciousness |
| 80 | Family and Its Future |
| 81 | Fetus and Birth |
| 82 | Fetus and Independent Life |
| 83 | Fibrosis |
| 84 | Fibrosis. Ciba Foundation Symposium No.114 (Fibrosis) |
| 85 | Freezing of Mammalian Embryos |
| 86 | Functions of the Proteoglycans |
| 87 | Functions of the Septo-Hippocampal System |
| 88 | Future as an Academic Discipline |
| 89 | Future of Philanthropic Foundations |
| 90 | Gas Chromatography in Biology and Medicine |
| 91 | Germline Development |
| 92 | Growth Control in Cell Cultures |
| 93 | Growth Factors As Drugs for Neurological and Sensory Disorders |
| 94 | Growth Factors in Biology and Medicine |
| 95 | Growth of the Nervous System |
| 96 | Health and Industrial Growth |
| 97 | Health of Mankind |
| 98 | Hearing Mechanisms in Vertebrates |
| 99 | High Altitude Physiology - Cardiac and Respiratory Aspects |
| 100 | Higher-Order Processing in the Visual System |
| 101 | Homeostatic Regulators |
| 102 | Hormonal Influences in Water Metabolism |
| 103 | Hormone Production in Endocrine Tumours |
| 104 | Human Adrenal Cortex |
| 105 | Human Cataract Formation |
| 106 | Human Cataract Formation. Ciba Foundation Symposium No.106 |
| 107 | Human Rights in Health |
| 108 | Hypertension-Humoral and Neurogenic Factors |
| 109 | Immunology of the Gut |
| 110 | Internal Secretions of the Pancreas Vol. 9 |
| 111 | Ionizion Radiations and Cell Metabolism |
| 112 | Junctional Complexes of Epithelial Cells |
| 113 | Kidney |
| 114 | Lifespan of Animals |
| 115 | Lipids, Malnutrition and the Developing Brain |
| 116 | Lipids, Malnutrition and the Developing Brain (Ciba Foundation Symposium) |
| 117 | Lysosomes |
| 118 | Major Mental Handicap |
| 119 | Malaria and the Red Cell. Ciba Foundation Symposium No.94 |
| 120 | Malaria and the RedCell |
| 121 | Mammalian Germ Cells |
| 122 | Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy |
| 123 | Mechanisms of Alcohol Damage in Utero |
| 124 | Mechanisms of Alcohol Damage in Utero (Ciba Foundation Symposia) |
| 125 | Medical Care of Prisoners and Detainees |
| 126 | Medical Care of Prisoners and Detainees |
| 127 | Medical Research Systems in Europe |
| 128 | Membrane Recycling. Ciba Foundation Symposium No.92 |
| 129 | Mentally Abnormal Offender |
| 130 | Metabolic Acidosis |
| 131 | Metabolic Activities of the Lung |
| 132 | Metabolic Breakdown of Steroids Vol. 2, Bk. II |
| 133 | Microbial Toxins and Diarrhoeal Disease |
| 134 | Microenvironments in Haemopoietic and Lymphoid Differentiation |
| 135 | Mobility and Function in Protein and Nucleic Acids. Ciba Foundation Symposium No.93 |
| 136 | Mobility and Function in Proteins and Nucleic Acids |
| 137 | Molecular Approaches to Human Polygenic Disease |
| 138 | Molecular Properties of Drug Receptors |
| 139 | Motor Areas of the Cerebral Cortex |
| 140 | Mucus and Mucosa |
| 141 | Mutation as a Cellular Process |
| 142 | Myotatic, Kinesthetic and Vestibular Mechanisms |
| 143 | Nature of Viruses |
| 144 | Neurological Basis of Behaviour |
| 145 | Neuropharmacology of Insects |
| 146 | Neuropharmacology of Insects. Ciba Foundation Symposium No.88 |
| 147 | Non-Reproductive Actions of Sex Steroids |
| 148 | Novel Diarrhoea Viruses |
| 149 | Origins and Development of Adaptation |
| 150 | Origins and Development of Adaptation. Ciba Foundation Symposium No.102 |
| 151 | Origins and Development of High Ability |
| 152 | Paper Electrophoresis |
| 153 | Parasites in the Immunized Host |
| 154 | Pathogenic Mycoplasmas |
| 155 | Peptide Transport in Bacteria and Mammalian Gut |
| 156 | Peptides of the Pars Intermedia. Ciba Foundation Symposium No.81 |
| 157 | Phosphorus in the Enviroment |
| 158 | Photoperiodic Regulation of Insect and Molluscan Hormones |
| 159 | Photoperiodism, Metatonin and the Pineal |
| 160 | Photosensitizing Compounds |
| 161 | Physiological Basis of Starling's Law of the Heart |
| 162 | Physiology, Emotion and Psychosomatic Illness |
| 163 | Pineal Gland |
| 164 | Plant Resistance to Viruses |
| 165 | Poisioned Patient |
| 166 | Porphyrin Biosynthesis and Metabolism |
| 167 | Preservation and Transplantation of Normal Tissues |
| 168 | Proton Passage Across Cell Membranes |
| 169 | Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism |
| 170 | Receptors, Antibodies and Disease |
| 171 | Receptors, Antibodies and Disease. Ciba Foundation Symposium No.90 |
| 172 | Regulation and Mode of Action of Thyroid Hormones Vol. 10 |
| 173 | Regulation of the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle |
| 174 | Research and the Ageing Population |
| 175 | Retinoids, Differentiation and Disease |
| 176 | Selective Neuronal Death |
| 177 | Sensorineural Hearing Loss |
| 178 | Silicon Biochemistry |
| 179 | Somatostatin and Its Receptors |
| 180 | Spinal Cord |
| 181 | Steroid Hormone Administration |
| 182 | Steroid Hormones and Enzymes |
| 183 | Steroid Hormones and Tumour Growth |
| 184 | Submolecular Biology and Cancer |
| 185 | Substance P in the Nervous System |
| 186 | Substance P in the Nervous System. Ciba Foundation Symposium No.91 (Substance P in the Nervous System) |
| 187 | Sulphur in Biology |
| 188 | T Cell Subsets in Infectious and Autoimmune Diseases |
| 189 | Taste and Smell in Vertebrates |
| 190 | Teamwork for World Health |
| 191 | Telomeres and Telomerase |
| 192 | Temperamental Differences in Infants and Young Children |
| 193 | Temperamental Differences in Infants and Young Children. Ciba Foundation Symposium No.89 |
| 194 | The structure and function of chromatin |
| 195 | Tinnitus |
| 196 | Touch, Heat and Pain |
| 197 | Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis |
| 198 | Tumour Necrosis Factor and Related Cytotoxins |
| 199 | Vaccines Against Virally Induced Cancers |
| 200 | Visceral Circulation |
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- Foundation has written 200 books across 1 series.