Isaac Asimov published hundreds of anthologies over his career, but the vast majority of these were 'co-edited' by Martin H. Greenberg and sometimes others. Virtually all were theme anthologies, and many focused on specific audience (e.g. young readers) or were constrained by source (e.g. from his eponymous magazine). But early in his career he did two substantial solo volumes, Tomorrow's Children in 1966 and Where Do We Go From Here? in 1971. Both books have thoughtful introductions; the first also provides anecdotal introductions to the stories, a pattern that continued through most of the other volumes grouped on this page.

Among others that followed was Before the Golden Age, his only other solo anthology (whose contents were not pre-selected, as in anthologies of awards winners); that book is included on the Decade Bests page.

Of all the others a small selection is included here: two 1979 books that appeared in hardcover; two "Future" anthologies from 1980 and 1981 in paperback (one of stories whose titles are questions; the second of stories told in first person); a huge 1982 hardcover of stories on 50 great SF themes, arranged alphabetically by theme; a 1983 hardcover about origins, with co-editor George Zebrowski and including nonfiction and Biblical selections; and a 1984 hardcover about robots and computers with co-editor Patricia S. Warrick.

Asimov includes his own stories 13 times across these nine books. After that the most reprinted authors are Arthur C. Clarke (6), Philip K. Dick, Robert Sheckley, and Clifford D. Simak (4 each).