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).

I have recently picked up the Robin Hobb’s books again. I remember reading the stories about Fitz, the Fool, princes, castles, potions, magic and adolescence before I went to University. I remember getting hooked on the books and not being able to put them down. I saw a copy of maybe Fool’s Assassin or Fool’s Quest when I was looking a book store for a gift and after reading the blurb and checking the backstore realised that a lot had happened that I had either forgotten about or never actually read.