And this is the reading order I put together while reading (a quick copy and paste out of one of the novels I reformatted)...
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<h2>Reading Order</h2>
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<ol>
<li>I, Robot: To Protect Mickey Zucker Reichert</li>
<li>I, Robot: To Obey Mickey Zucker Reichert</li>
<li>I, Robot: To Preserve Mickey Zucker Reichert</li>
<li>The Complete Robot <span style="font-size:0.8em">(re-release of <em>I, Robot</em> and <em>Rest of the Robots</em>)</span></li>
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<li>I, Robot Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>Rest of the Robots, The Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>Robot Visions Isaac Asimov</li>
</ol>
<li>Robot Dreams Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>Positronic Man, The Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg</li>
<li>Nemesis Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>Mother Earth Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>The End of Eternity Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>Caves of Steel, The Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>Naked Sun, The Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>Robots of Dawn, The Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>Mirage Mark W. Tiedemann</li>
<li>Chimer Mark W. Tiedemann</li>
<li>Aurora Mark W. Tiedemann</li>
<li>Have Robot, Will Travel Alexander C. Irvine</li>
<li>Robots & Empire Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>Caliban Roger MacBride Allen</li>
<li>Inferno Roger MacBride Allen</li>
<li>Utopia Roger MacBride Allen</li>
<li>Stars, Like Dust, The Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>Currents of Space, The Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>Pebble in the Sky Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>Prelude to Foundation Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>Forward the Foundation Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>Foundations Fear Gregory Benford<sup>1</sup></li>
<li>Foundation and Chaos Greg Bear<sup>2</sup></li>
<li>Foundations Triumph David Brin<sup>3</sup></li>
<li>Foundation Isaac Asimov<sup>4</sup></li>
<li>Foundation and Empire Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>Second Foundation Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>Foundations Edge Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>Foundation and Earth Isaac Asimov</li>
<li>Psychohistorical Crisis Donald Kingsbury</li>
<li>Foundation and Second Empire Jeffery Owen Brown<sup>5</sup></li>
<li>The Robots of the Interregnum Jeffery Owen Brown<sup>5</sup></li>
<li>Book 3 Final Foundation Jeffery Owen Brown<sup>5, 6</sup></li>
</ol>
<p class="noindent"><sup>1</sup> Takes place between Part One and Part Two of <em>Forward the Foundation</em></p>
<p class="noindent"><sup>2</sup> Takes place after Part Five of <em>Forward the Foundation</em> and is a retelling, in greater detail, of <em>Part I-The Psychohistorians</em> in <em>Foundation (1951)</em></p>
<p class="noindent"><sup>3</sup> Takes place after <em>Foundation and Chaos</em></p>
<p class="noindent"><sup>4</sup> Commence reading from <em>Part II-The Encyclopedists</em>. <em>Part I</em> was retold in greater detail <span>(with many parts copied word for word)</span> in <em>Foundation and Chaos</em>.</p>
<p class="noindent"><sup>5</sup> Self published novels distributed freely. <a href="https://ibmjob.dk/" target="_blank">Read more</a></p>
<p class="noindent"><sup>6</sup> Novel incomplete as at July 2021.</p>