Here is a list of the best Frank Herbert books, some I have read myself, some that I did research on, and all have great reviews!
- Dune (1983)
- Dune Messiah (Berkley SF, N1847) (1970)
- God Emperor of Dune (1983)
- Children of Dune (2019)
- Heretics of Dune (2019)
- Destination: Void: Prequel to the Pandora Sequence (2012)
- The Pandora Sequence: The Jesus Incident, The Lazarus Effect, The Ascension Factor (2012)
- Dune Boxed Set (1988)
- Dosadi Experiment (02) by Herbert, Frank [Mass Market Paperback (2002)] (2002)
- Chapterhouse: Dune (2019)
- The Godmakers (2013)
- Frank Herbert: Unpublished Stories (2016)
- Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert (2004)
- The Dragon in the Sea (2008)
Dune (1983)
“UniqueI know nothing comparable to it except .” — Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud’dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family–and would bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream.
Dune Messiah (Berkley SF, N1847) (1970)
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God Emperor of Dune (1983)
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Children of Dune (2019)
The Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Muad’Dib, disappeared in the desert wastelands of Arrakis nine years ago.
Heretics of Dune (2019)
Leto Atreides, the God Emperor of Dune, is dead. In the fifteen hundred years since his passing, the Empire has fallen into ruin. The great Scattering saw millions abandon the crumbling civilization and spread out beyond the reaches of known space. The planet Arrakis—now called Rakis—has reverted to its desert climate, and its great sandworms are dying.Now the Lost Ones are returning home in pursuit of power.
Destination: Void: Prequel to the Pandora Sequence (2012)
The starship Earthling, filled with thousands of hibernating colonists en route to a new world at Tau Ceti, is stranded beyond the solar system when the ship’s three Organic Mental Cores—disembodied human brains that control the vessel’s functions—go insane.
The Pandora Sequence: The Jesus Incident, The Lazarus Effect, The Ascension Factor (2012)
All three novels in the Pandora Sequence by Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom, sequels to Frank Herbert’s Destination: Void.The Jesus Incident—A sentient Ship with godlike powers (and aspirations) delivers the last survivors of humanity to a horrific, poisonous planet, Pandora—rife with deadly Nerve-Runners, Hooded Dashers, airborne jellyfish, and intelligent kelp.
Dune Boxed Set (1988)
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Dosadi Experiment (02) by Herbert, Frank [Mass Market Paperback (2002)] (2002)
Dosadi Experiment (02) by Herbert, Frank [Mass Market Paperback (2002)]
Chapterhouse: Dune (2019)
The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. The remnants of the Old Empire have been consumed by the violent matriarchal cult known as the Honored Matres. Only one faction remains a viable threat to their total conquest—the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune’s power.Under the leadership of Mother Superior Darwi Odrade, the Bene Gesserit have colonized a green world on the planet Chapterhouse and are turning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile.
The Godmakers (2013)
On the edge of a war-weary and devastated galaxy, charismatic Lewis Orne makes planetfall on Hamal. His assignment: to detect any signs of latent aggression in this planet’s population. To his astonishment, he finds that his own latent extrasensory powers have suddenly blossomed, and he is invited to join the company of “gods” on this planet. And people place certain expectations on their gods….
Frank Herbert: Unpublished Stories (2016)
Even the author of DUNE—the best-selling science fiction novel of all time—had trouble getting published. At first.Frank Herbert wanted to be a writer, and though today his name is practically synonymous with world-building and epic science fiction, Herbert didn’t start out with a particular genre in mind. He wrote mainstream stories, mysteries, thrillers, mens’ adventure pieces, humorous slice-of-life tales.
Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert (2004)
This amazing and complex epic, combining politics, religion, human evolution, and ecology, has captured the imagination of generations of readers. One of the most popular science fiction novels ever written, it has become a worldwide phenomenon, winning awards, selling millions of copies around the world.
The Dragon in the Sea (2008)
In the endless war between East and West, oil has become the ultimate prize. Nuclear-powered subtugs brave enemy waters to tap into hidden oil reserves beneath the East’s continental shelf. But the last twenty missions have never returned. Have sleeper agents infiltrated the elite submarine service, or are the crews simply cracking under the pressure?Psychologist John Ramsay has gone undercover aboard a Hell Diver subtug.
Best Frank Herbert Books Everyone Should Read
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International Impacts On Social Policy: Short Histories In Global Perspective
Author(s): Frank Nullmeier, Delia González de Reufels, Herbert Obinger
ID: 3299147, Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, Year: 2022, Size: 8 Mb, Format: pdf
Frank Herbert's "Dune": A Critical Companion
Author(s): Kara Kennedy
ID: 3642178, Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, Year: 2022, Size: 2 Mb, Format: pdf
Our Changing World-View: Ten Lectures on Recent Movements of Thought in Science, Economics, Education, Literature and Philosophy
Author(s): Jan Christian Smuts; John Patrick Dalton; Robert Broom; John Young Thomson Greig; John Frederick Vicars Phillips; Ian D MacCrone; Theodorus Johannes Haarhof; Sally Herbert Frankel; Reinhold Frederick Alfred Hoernlé; Cecil Sydney Richards
ID: 3659967, Publisher: NYU Press, Year: 2021, Size: 770 Kb, Format: epub
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