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The Gods Themselves was awesome!! What to read next?
The Gods Themselves was awesome!! What to read next?

hello everyone, i just finished reading "The Gods Themselves" after having it reccomended to me and i really liked it! im seeing some ppl say the first and last part were mediocre but i enjoyed all three of them very much :) I have only read Nemesis before this one and I really like how Asimov brings a perspective to sci fi that i wouldnt consider on my own which was very refreshing (i enjoyed lamont's fight against the pump, simply everything about the triad, and seeing how different lunarites live and their culture & perspective.) i definitely want to read more from Asimov and ive been wanting to get into the robot series after finishing this one, which i just did.
From what I can tell, the order for the robot books is:

Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, The Robots of Dawn, Robots and Empire

But i have also seen multiple mentions of short series that from what i can tell are vital to understanding the plot, but i dont know where to place them. if someone could give me a reading order including what's neccecary for the overarching plot or not, i'd really appreciate it :)

i am reading on my e-ink tablet so if anyone knows something that has like, all the robot stuff to read in one epub or something similar that would be amazing


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I just read my first book by Asimov, I Robot, and really enjoyed it. What's next?
I just read my first book by Asimov, I Robot, and really enjoyed it. What's next?

I want to read The Robots of Dawn next because that's listed as Book 1 in the Robot Series, but ChatGPT says that I should read Book 3, The Caves of Steel next. What gives? Why book 3 first?

Or is ChatGPT completely wrong, as it sometimes is, and go with The Robots of Dawn? What is everybody's opinion on my next book?


Confusion on Robot Series reading order as Google Play Books says The Robots of Dawn is book 1, but that one should actually be read last. And the book to read first in the series is The Caves of Steel (book 3).
Confusion on Robot Series reading order as Google Play Books says The Robots of Dawn is book 1, but that one should actually be read last. And the book to read first in the series is The Caves of Steel (book 3).

This is to clarify my previous post on what to read after I, Robot. I wanted to read The Robots of Dawn only because Google Play Books says that's book one in the series. That seems to be a mistake on Google Play Books side. And it also says The Caves of Steel is book 3. But I will go with everybody's recommendation and buy Caves next.

I took a screenshot of that page in Google Play Books to post here, but it seems images aren't allowed.

Thank you for everybody's help in my previous post.