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Author · born 2 January 1920 · died 6 April 1992

Isaac Asimov books: page counts

22 books by Isaac Asimov with enough editions on Open Library to give a reliable page count.

Books
22
with page data
Longest
864
The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science
Shortest
192
The End of Eternity

Pages per book

Median page count, in order of first publication.

Forward the Foundation432Foundation227Foundation and Earth494Foundation and Empire230Foundation's Edge426I, Robot218Nightfall339Pebble in the Sky223Prelude to Foundation448Robot Dreams349Robots and Empire445Second Foundation225The Caves of Steel204The Currents of Space217The End of Eternity192The Foundation Trilogy377The Gods Themselves288The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science864The Naked Sun215The Positronic Man241The Robots of Dawn419The Stars, Like Dust218
Forward the Foundati…432Foundation227Foundation and Earth494Foundation and Empire230Foundation's Edge426I, Robot218Nightfall339Pebble in the Sky223Prelude to Foundation448Robot Dreams349Robots and Empire445Second Foundation225The Caves of Steel204The Currents of Space217The End of Eternity192The Foundation Trilo…377The Gods Themselves288The Intelligent Man'…864The Naked Sun215The Positronic Man241The Robots of Dawn419The Stars, Like Dust218
Open Library edition records.

Every book

BookFirst publishedMedian pagesRangeReading time
Forward the Foundation–432415–4807 h 37 min
Foundation–227189–4354 h
Foundation and Earth–494356–5128 h 42 min
Foundation and Empire–230172–4834 h 03 min
Foundation's Edge–426326–7367 h 31 min
I, Robot–218104–3043 h 51 min
Nightfall–339277–3525 h 59 min
Pebble in the Sky–223153–2563 h 56 min
Prelude to Foundation–448403–4937 h 54 min
Robot Dreams–349349–4746 h 09 min
Robots and Empire–446349–5127 h 51 min
Second Foundation–225187–4733 h 58 min
The Caves of Steel–204189–2883 h 36 min
The Currents of Space–217176–2563 h 50 min
The End of Eternity–192176–2563 h 23 min

Reading all 22 takes about 129 h 58 min at average speed (7,292 pages).

Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).