Dune Universe Books

Although there are only six Frank Herbert Dune books, with the addition of the Brain Herbert & Kevin J Anderson prequels and sequels there become quite a few to read. Below is a list of them in published order (which is likely the way they are expected to be read but as I didn’t write them that is only my hypothesis). From what I have read elsewhere (but can’t remember so please don’t take as gospel), the prelude and legends of dune were written from the notes left by Frank Herbert and were used to get everything together to finish the story (which resulted in the Dune Sequel books). If you are not too fussed about reading all the spin offs and background stories, I would recommend reading the 6 main sequence books and then the 2 sequel books.

The Dune Sequence (6 Books)

• Dune (1965)
• Dune Messiah (1969)
• Children of Dune (1976)
• God Emperor of Dune (1981)
• Heretics of Dune (1984)
• Chapterhouse: Dune (1985)

Prelude to Dune (3 Books)

• House Atreides (1999)
• House Harkonnen (2000)
• House Corrino (2001)

Legends of Dune (3 Books)

• The Butlerian Jihad (2002)
• The Machine Crusade (2003)
• The Battle of Corrin (2004)

The Dune Sequels (2 Books)

• Hunters of Dune (2006)
• Sandworms of Dune (2007)

Heroes of Dune (2 Books)

• Paul of Dune (2008)
• The Winds of Dune (2009)

Great Schools of Dune (3 Books)

• Sisterhood of Dune (2011)
• Mentats of Dune (2014)
• Navigators of Dune (2016)

The Caladan Trilogy (3 Books)

• The Duke of Caladan (2020)
• The Lady of Caladan (2021)
• The Heir of Caladan (2022)

I’ve put links to the UK Amazon Kindle store mostly so I can buy them when I get to the point of reading them or if they go on offer before that.

Cover Image

This is a picture taken from the Dunes to the south of Tywyn.

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