Asimov would have been 102 today, so there are some books one might want to read in celebration.

• 102 Great Ideas of Science

• 203 Extraterrestrial Civilizations
• 204 How Did We Find Out About Our Human Roots?

• 304 Election Day 2084: Science Fiction Stories on the Politics of the Future
• 305 Isaac Asimov’s Limericks for Children
• 306 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 12, 1950

• 405 The Sport of Crime
• 406 How Did We Find Out About Microwaves?
• 407 Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 19, 1957
• 408 Asimov’s Galaxy: Reflections on Science Fiction

• 506 The Future in Space
• 507 I. Asimov: A Memoir
• 508 Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection
• 509 I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay
• 510 Yours, Isaac Asimov

The book numbers for anything published in 1992 or later are to be taken with a shaker or two of salt, of course, meaning none of the 500s are 100% certain. Still, there can be no doubt that among the fifteen books listed here, the two one might want to read are I. Asimov and Yours, Isaac Asimov; the former would be my choice. Extraterrestrial Civilizations is a solid third.

The remainder are, for the most part, either anthologies or non-fiction for pre-teens.

One (I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay) is not, strictly speaking, and I only include it in my list on a technicality, and even then only because I like it so much.

Another, The Future in Space is likely not to have any input from Asimov at all and only gets listed because I’ve been too lazy to follow through on that.

Finally, Gold deserves an honorable mention at least, but as is true with most of Asimov’s later anthologies, it includes stories both good and not-so-good; as a result, I tend not to think very highly of it.