In the Authors note at the beginning of " Prelude to Foundation" Asimov write's, "The books were not written in (perhaps)the order they should be read." Listed chronologically in terms of future history and not publication date: "The Complete Robot" "The Caves Of Steel" "The Naked Sun" "The Robots of Dawn" "Robots and Empire" "The Currents of Space" "The Stars , Like Dust" "Pebble In The Sky" "Prelude to Foundation" "Foundation" "Foundation and Empire" "Second Foundation" "Foundations Edge" "Foundation and Earth" He did not include "Forward the Foundation" in the list as it had not been published yet. I would place it after "Prelude to Foundation". I read the books in the following order: 1,2,and 3. Foundation Trilogy 4. "Foundation's Edge" 5. "Foundation and Earth" 6. "Prelude to Foundation" 7. "Forward the Foundation" Either way they are all great books. After Asimov's death other author's have gone on to write more Foundation novels. Has anyone read any of the new one's?