Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Series

I’m getting really into reading second hand science fiction from the
1950s onwards. I read a few (but nowhere near all) of the Foundation
series as a child, and I remember liking them a lot. Stolen from Wikipedia
as well as other online sources, here is a list of the books in The
Foundation series in Asimov’s suggested reading order:

	Year	Title	Notes
	1950	I, Robot	Robot short stories. First collection, which were all included in The Complete Robot, though it also contains binding text (Mind and Iron), no longer in The Complete Robot.
	1964	The Rest of the Robots	Robot short stories. This collection isn’t recommended, as the stories appear in The Complete Robot as well.
	1982	The Complete Robot	Robot short stories. Collection of Asimov stories written between 1940 and 1976.
	1986	Robot Dreams	Robot short stories. Anthologized in a book with the same title.
	1990	Robot Visions	Robot short stories. Anthologized in a book with the same title. This collection contains Mirror Image, which is referenced in The Robots Of Dawn and occurs after The Naked Sun.
	1992	The Positronic Man	Robot novel based on Asimov’s short story The Bicentennial Man, co-written by Robert Silverberg.
	1954	The Caves of Steel	Robot novel.
	1957	The Naked Sun	Robot novel.
	1983	The Robots of Dawn	Robot novel.
	1985	Robots and Empire	Robot novel.
	1993	Isaac Asimov’s Caliban	Caliban trilogy by Roger MacBride Allen. These three books were quite hard to get, as they’re no longer for sale.
	1994	Isaac Asimov’s Inferno	Caliban trilogy by Roger MacBride Allen. These three books were quite hard to get, as they’re no longer for sale.
	1996	Isaac Asimov’s Utopia	Caliban trilogy by Roger MacBride Allen. These three books were quite hard to get, as they’re no longer for sale.
	1951	The Stars, Like Dust	Galactic Empire series.
	1952	The Currents of Space	Galactic Empire series.
	1950	Pebble in the Sky	Galactic Empire series.
	1988	Prelude to Foundation	Foundation novel.
	1993	Forward the Foundation	Foundation novel. Finished by Asimov’s wife after his death from unfinished work. Combines a series of short stories: “Forward the Foundation”, became Part I, “Eto Demerzel”. “Cleon the Emperor” became Part II, “Cleon I”, and “The Consort” became Part III, “Dors Venabili”. Also includes “Wanda Seldon” and “Epilogue”.
	1951	Foundation	Foundation trilogy.
	1952	Foundation and Empire	Foundation trilogy.
	1953	Second Foundation	Foundation trilogy.
	1997	Foundation’s Fear	Second Foundation trilogy by Gregory Benford. The general concensus seems to be that this book isn’t very good, but the other two are worth reading. Perhaps skip this one (although the other two will make less sense unless you read a plot synopsis of this book).
	1998	Foundation and Chaos	Second Foundation trilogy by Greg Bear.
	1999	Foundation’s Triumph	Second Foundation trilogy by David Brin.
	1982	Foundation’s Edge	Final chronological Foundation books.
	1986	Foundation and Earth	Final chronological Foundation books.

Next step, read them.

Update:
this
amazon list is also useful as it
has a guide to the short story books and how they overlap, as well as a
bunch more robot books written by other authors.

Update:
this Foundation
Series timeline is useful too.

Update:
this page
contains a useful list mapping short stories to later Foundation books.