I picked them up again 30 years later and didn't enjoy the original as much as I'd remembered, but found the sequels much better than before.Īt this time, I read all the Dune books written by Brian and Kevin also. I read the originals years ago before he died and felt increasing disappointment with each successive book.
Having said this, if you enjoy the original, keep going until you feel it's no longer entertaining. Anderson) makes his entire postulate in that volume. Now that you have the information in prequels (yes, some not always as great as Frank Herbert's work, but many based on his ideas and outlines), re-read Dune and enjoy how the rich history of the Universe folds into the gem that Dune is.ĭune is the only essential book in the entire series, as Frank Herbert (as well as his son Brian, writing with Kevin J. Now, important: re-read Dune or even entire original trilogy. Wikipedia has a great table showing which short stories go with which novels.
I may have missed a couple of short stories, but you should read them in correct chronological order. Once it's finished, it should go before future books. Ideally, should be read after Prelude trilogy (putting them in correct chronological order), but this series is still being published, so for now it goes last. Immediate Prequels and Stories ("Great Schools of Dune" and "Prelude to Dune" series): Dune: The Faces of a Martyr (short story).Prequels, far past (" Legends of Dune" series + short stories): Once done with these, it's time to see how the Dune Universe got to where it is now, reading the prequels in in-universe chronological order. If you read prequels first, the magic of the novel structure and revelations that Frank Herbert intended is going to be violated. However, the in-quel books are well regarded and can be read together, in chronological order. Many people (subjective opinion) consider Herbert's Dune series to be far better than Anderson+Brian Herbert's prequels. 2 short stories ("A Whisper on Caladan Seas", "Dune: Wedding Silk").Herbert's letters related to publishing Dune.Road to Dune set (2005, not related to FH's short story above) by KA/BH:.Herbert's Dune trilogy (main timeline), with 2 chronologically-inserted Anderson books from " Heroes of Dune" interquel and couple of KA/BH short stories: I would recommend the following rough order:
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