Frank Herbert Reading Order

24 books (1958–2015)

Start with Astounding Science FictionVol LX, #5, the first of 24 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Astounding Science FictionVol LX, #5 1958Buy 🇺🇸
2	Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1964 1964Buy 🇺🇸
3	Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 1965 1965Buy 🇺🇸
4	Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1965 1965Buy 🇺🇸
5	Amazing Stories, Vol. 41, No. 4 1967Buy 🇺🇸
6	Analog Science Fiction and Fact, August 1967 1967Buy 🇺🇸
7	Backdrop of Stars 1968Buy 🇺🇸
8	Analog 7 1969Buy 🇺🇸
9	On Our Way to the Future 1970Buy 🇺🇸
10	Frontiers 1: Tomorrow's Alternatives 1973Buy 🇺🇸
11	Bug-Eyed Monsters 1974Buy 🇺🇸
12	Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... 1974Buy 🇺🇸
13	Science Fiction Today and Tomorrow: A Discursive Symposium 1975Buy 🇺🇸
14	Nebula Awards 15 1981Buy 🇺🇸
15	Weekend Book of Science Fiction 1981Buy 🇺🇸
16	Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction 1984Buy 🇺🇸
17	Analog: Writers' Choice Volume II 1984Buy 🇺🇸
18	Election Day 2084 1984Buy 🇺🇸
19	Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow 1987Buy 🇺🇸
20	More Fantastic Stories 2009Buy 🇺🇸
21	Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2 2010Buy 🇺🇸
22	The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction 2010Buy 🇺🇸
23	Lieu: Science Fiction Short Stories 2015Buy 🇺🇸
24	Pulse Pounders 2015Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1969–1977)

Start with Whipping Star and read in order.

#	Title
1	Whipping Star 1969Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Dosadi Experiment 1977Buy 🇺🇸

26 books (1965–2023)

Start with Dune, the first of 26 books in the Dune series.

#	Title
1	Dune 1965Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dune Messiah 1969Buy 🇺🇸
3	Children of Dune 1976Buy 🇺🇸
4	God Emperor of Dune 1981Buy 🇺🇸
5	Heretics of Dune 1984Buy 🇺🇸
6	Chapterhouse: Dune 1985Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Battles of Dune(By: Felix Salten) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
8	House Atreides(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
9	House Harkonnen(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
10	Fremen Justice(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
11	House Corrino(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Butlerian Jihad(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Machine Crusade(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Battle of Corrin(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
15	Hunters of Dune(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
16	Sandworms of Dune(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
17	Paul of Dune(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Winds of Dune(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
19	Sisterhood of Dune(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
20	Mentats of Dune(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
21	Navigators of Dune(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
22	Red Plague(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Duke of Caladan(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
24	The Lady of Caladan(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
25	The Heir of Caladan(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
26	Princess of Dune(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2023Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1965–2022)

Start with The Illustrated Dune, the first of 6 books in the Dune Collections series.

#	Title
1	The Illustrated Dune 1965Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Dune Encyclopedia(By: Willis Everett McNelly) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	Songs of Muad'dib(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Road to Dune(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
5	Tales of Dune(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
6	Sands of Dune(By: Brian Herbert,Kevin J. Anderson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸

41 books (1985–2025)

Start with L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1, the first of 41 books in the L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future series.

#	Title
1	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 1986Buy 🇺🇸
3	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3 1987Buy 🇺🇸
4	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4 1988Buy 🇺🇸
5	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5 1989Buy 🇺🇸
6	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 6 1990Buy 🇺🇸
7	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7 1991Buy 🇺🇸
8	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8 1992Buy 🇺🇸
9	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future9 1993Buy 🇺🇸
10	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10 1994Buy 🇺🇸
11	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11 1995Buy 🇺🇸
12	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12 1996Buy 🇺🇸
13	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13 1997Buy 🇺🇸
14	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14 1998Buy 🇺🇸
15	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15 1999Buy 🇺🇸
16	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16 2000Buy 🇺🇸
17	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17 2001Buy 🇺🇸
18	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18 2002Buy 🇺🇸
19	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19 2002Buy 🇺🇸
20	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20 2004Buy 🇺🇸
21	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21 2005Buy 🇺🇸
22	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22 2006Buy 🇺🇸
23	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23 2007Buy 🇺🇸
24	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24 2008Buy 🇺🇸
25	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25 2009Buy 🇺🇸
26	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26 2010Buy 🇺🇸
27	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27 2011Buy 🇺🇸
28	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28 2012Buy 🇺🇸
29	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29 2013Buy 🇺🇸
30	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30 2014Buy 🇺🇸
31	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31 2015Buy 🇺🇸
32	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32 2016Buy 🇺🇸
33	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33 2017Buy 🇺🇸
34	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34 2018Buy 🇺🇸
35	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35 2019Buy 🇺🇸
36	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36 2020Buy 🇺🇸
37	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37 2021Buy 🇺🇸
38	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38 2022Buy 🇺🇸
39	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39 2023Buy 🇺🇸
40	L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40 2024Buy 🇺🇸
41	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41 2025Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1970–1988)

Start with New World Or No World, the first of 6 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	New World Or No World 1970Buy 🇺🇸
2	Threshold: The Blue Angels Experience 1973Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dune Genesis 1980Buy 🇺🇸
4	Without Me You're Nothing 1980Buy 🇺🇸
5	Maker of Dune 1985Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Notebooks of Frank Herbert's Dune 1988Buy 🇺🇸

12 books (1954–1973)

Start with Operation Syndrome, the first of 12 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	Operation Syndrome 1954Buy 🇺🇸
2	Occupation Force 1955Buy 🇺🇸
3	Rat Race 1955Buy 🇺🇸
4	A-W-F Unlimited 1961Buy 🇺🇸
5	Mating Call 1961Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Tactful Saboteur 1964Buy 🇺🇸
7	Committee of the Whole 1965Buy 🇺🇸
8	The GM Effect 1965Buy 🇺🇸
9	Escape Felicity 1966Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Featherbedders 1967Buy 🇺🇸
11	Seed Stock 1970Buy 🇺🇸
12	Gambling Device 1973Buy 🇺🇸

11 books (1970–2016)

Start with The Worlds of Frank Herbert, the first of 11 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	The Worlds of Frank Herbert 1970Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Book of Frank Herbert 1973Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Best of Frank Herbert 1975Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Best of Frank Herbert 1965-70 1975Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Best of Frank Herbert 1952-1964 1977Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Priests Of Psi 1981Buy 🇺🇸
7	Eye 1985Buy 🇺🇸
8	Classic Science Fiction Stories 2009Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Collected Stories of Frank Herbert 2014Buy 🇺🇸
10	Four Unpublished Novels 2016Buy 🇺🇸
11	Frank Herbert: Unpublished Stories 2016Buy 🇺🇸

19 books (1956–2014)

Start with The Dragon in the Sea / Under Pressure / 21st Century Sub, the first of 19 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Dragon in the Sea / Under Pressure / 21st Century Sub 1956Buy 🇺🇸
2	Missing Link 1959Buy 🇺🇸
3	Operation Haystack 1959Buy 🇺🇸
4	Try to Remember 1961Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Eyes of Heisenberg 1966Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Green Brain 1966Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Heaven Makers 1968Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Santaroga Barrier 1968Buy 🇺🇸
9	Soul Catcher 1972Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Godmakers 1972Buy 🇺🇸
11	Hellstrom's Hive 1973Buy 🇺🇸
12	Direct Descent 1980Buy 🇺🇸
13	The White Plague 1982Buy 🇺🇸
14	Man of Two Worlds 1986Buy 🇺🇸
15	Old Rambling House 2010Buy 🇺🇸
16	High-Opp 2012Buy 🇺🇸
17	A Game of Authors 2013Buy 🇺🇸
18	Angels' Fall 2013Buy 🇺🇸
19	A Thorn in the Bush 2014Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1966–1988)

Start with Destination Void, the first of 4 books in the The Pandora Sequence series.

#	Title
1	Destination Void 1966Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Jesus Incident(With: Bill Ransom) 1979Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Lazarus Effect(With: Bill Ransom) 1983Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Ascension Factor(With: Bill Ransom) 1988Buy 🇺🇸