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Robot Reading Order
Robot by Isaac Asimov has 4 main books (1954–1985), plus 1 novella or companion. Start with The Caves of Steel (1954) and read the numbered books in order.
By Isaac Asimov
Robot books in order
Your reading speed
- 4 h 18 min
- 3 h 57 min
- 7 h 48 min
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- 7 h 50 min
- 4 h 17 min
Main books together: 1,365 pages, about 23 h 53 min at 238 words per minute.
Page counts: median across editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
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Robot: common questions
- How many books are in the Robot series?
- There are 4 main books in Robot, plus 1 novella or companion book. The most recent main book listed here is Robots and Empire (1985).
- What order should I read Robot in?
- Read Robot in its numbered order: The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, The Robots of Dawn, Robots and Empire.
- What is the first Robot book?
- The first book is The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov, published in 1954.
- How long does it take to read the whole Robot series?
- The 4 main books add up to about 1,365 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 24 hours of reading, or about 48 days at 30 minutes a day.
- Do I need to read the Robot novellas?
- The 1 novella or companion book (I, Robot) sit outside the main numbering. You can follow the main story without them; their numbers (like 0.5 or 2.5) show where they fit between the main books.