Robot Dreams vs The Naked Sun: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Robots in fiction, Robots, Fiction

Cover of Robot Dreams

Robot Dreams Isaac Asimov · 1986 ★★★★☆ 4.2 481 pages · ≈ 8 h 54 m · Moderate

This is a collection of short Asimov stories. "Little Lost Robot" (1947), a Robot story "Robot Dreams" (1986), a Robot story "Breeds There a Man...?" (1951) "Hostess" (1951) "Sally" (1953), a Robot…

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Cover of The Naked Sun

The Naked Sun Isaac Asimov · 1954 ★★★★☆ 4.2 293 pages · ≈ 5 h 26 m · Moderate

On the remote planet Solaria the first murder for two hundred years has been committed. The Solarians are Spacers with a civilisation based on robots instead of slaves - and some pretty weird taboos and phobias. Into…

Space colonies Investigation American literature Murder

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The verdict

Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
The Naked Sun is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for Robot Dreams.
The Naked Sun has the widest readership — 65721 ratings behind its score.

How to choose

Want a one-evening read? The Naked Sun ≈ 5h vs 8h for Robot Dreams Want the crowd-tested pick? The Naked Sun 65721 ratings vs 13771 for Robot Dreams

Scores by source

	Robot Dreams	The Naked Sun
Goodreads	4.2 (13771)	4.2 (65721)
Hardcover	3.9 (66)	4.1 (439)
Apple Books	—	4.5 (455)

Reception

	Robot Dreams	The Naked Sun
Ratings	13771	65721
Editions	26	53
Citations	—	42
Film adaptations	1	1
Want to read	10080	22783
Reading it now	792	1354
Written reviews	662	2818
Wikipedia attention	121	2989
Pages	481	293

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