#20 in Classics
Second Foundation
8.48.4 / 10
Score out of 101,303 ratingsConfidence 90%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
- 235
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
Part of a seriesFoundation seriesVolume 5 of 7
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About the book
Second Foundation is the third novel of the Foundation Trilogy, the third published of the Foundation Series by the American writer Isaac Asimov, and the fifth in the in-universe chronology. It was first published in 1953 by Gnome Press.
Reading order · Foundation series
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.5 across 1,303 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 90% of the weight and the score stays at 8.4 — the Classics average of 7.7 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.7 | 140 | 11% |
| Google Books | 7.0 | 5 | 0% |
| Hardcover | 8.4 | 1.2K | 89% |
Frequently asked
How long is Second Foundation?
It has 235 pages — shorter than 89% of the ranked books in Classics.
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