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24 alternatives to Foundation

Isaac Asimov's best rated book, another scifi classic

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Foundation launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Foundation▲61
Isaac Asimov’s seminal SF Foundation trilogy
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
The Last Question by Isaac Asimov▲76
We are the creator and the creation at the same time.
2016 · goodreads.com · its alternatives →
3
Dune▲62
The science fiction masterpiece that defined a generation
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
Foundation (or as known The Foundation Trilogy) ▲10
Brilliant.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
Asimov's Foundation Trilogy▲5
Introduction by Paul Krugman
2015 · foliosociety.com · its alternatives →
6
Prosper!▲55
How to create a world worth inheriting
2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →
7
Cosmos ▲66
Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
A History of Silicon Valley▲71
The greatest creation of wealth in the history of the planet
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
Compare! 📚▲190
See the overlap of top founders' recommended books
2021 · mostrecommendedbooks.com · its alternatives →
10
Sapiens▲185
A brief history of humankind
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
11
Best-Books.dev▲152
Compiling 1000's of programming books list in one place.
2020 · its alternatives →
12
Essentialism▲80
The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
Black Hole Focus▲70
freaking awesome self improvement/motivational book
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
What To Read After...?▲91
AI-powered book recommendations
2023 · its alternatives →
15
Essentialism▲70
The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
Black Swan▲80
The impact of the highly improbable
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
Riffle's Book Expert▲79
Inspired book suggestions from real experts, not algorithms.
2016 · rifflebooks.com · its alternatives →
18
10:04▲65
Metafiction by a genius grant winner
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
Talk Like TED▲92
The 9 public-speaking secrets of the world's top minds
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned▲61
The myth of the objective
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
EmoLibro▲92
Get top book picks, for your mood, for the present
2023 · squidandfish.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
22
Foundation: Galactic Frontier▲103
Adventure into Issac Asimov's epic sci-fi universe
2025 · foundation.game · its alternatives →
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BestSFBooks, Mashup of the Best SF/Fantasy Books▲78
I'm releasing BestSFBooks today: http://www.bestsfbooks.com I was inspired by this HN post from a few weeks ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2978027 BestSFBooks ranks science fiction/fantasy books according to how many awards they've won or been nominated for. I included all the big ones (Hugo, Nebula, etc.) and also more obscure awards that I like such as SF Site Editor's choice. Once I had all the awards in there it was easy to start creating a New Book list based on award winning authors. I could tell the app was working as soon as I saw the two book lists on the home page.…
2011 · bestsfbooks.com · its alternatives →
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Exlibrium: Book One▲58
The most popular and critically acclaimed Russian comic book
2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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