Dune: Part Two is hitting screens next month, making now a good time to brush up on your knowledge of spice and sandworms. So here’s how to read the Dune books in order.
Frank Herbert publishedDunein 1965, and it quickly became one of the most successful and acclaimed sci-fi novels of all time.
Herbert followed the first with five sequels, while after his death in 1986, Frank’s son Brian Herbert wrote more sequels and prequels with Kevin J. Anderson – stories that continue to this day today.
Meaning there’s plenty of material mine should Warner Bros. wish to keep making movies after directorDenis Villeneuve has turned Dune Messiah into Dune Part Three.
How to read the Dune books in order
The Dune saga is a complicated series, so like how Denis Villeneuve split the first novel into two movies, we’re creating two lists – one containing just the Frank Herbert books, and the other featuring everything else.
We’re leaving out short stories and comics, and grouping trilogies and novel series together, or this would get very messy.
So this is how to read the Frank Herbert books:
While the following list features all the Dune novels, with each additional work or collection written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson:
Chris Tilly is the TV & Movies Editor at Dexerto. He has a BA in English Literature, an MA in Newspaper Journalism, and over the last 20 years, he’s worked for the likes of Time Out, IGN, and Fandom. Chris loves Star Wars, Marvel, DC, sci-fi, and especially horror, while he knows maybe too much about Alan Partridge. You can email him here: chris.tilly@dexerto.com.
