Order of Frank Herbert Books

Frank Herbert (1920-1986) was an American author of science fiction. He is best known for his Dune series, which is set in the future and covers issues such as leadership, ecology, religion, evolution, sociobiology. He is considered part of the New Wave literary movement. Following his death, the Dune series was taken over by his son Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.

Frank Herbert came a published author in 1952 with the publication of the non-fiction book Survival and the Atom. He would go on to write his first novel in 1956, which was titled The Dragon in the Sea. Nine years later, he would write Dune. Below is a list of Frank Herbert’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Dune Books

Dune	(1965)
Dune Messiah	(1969)
Children of Dune	(1976)
God Emperor of Dune	(1981)
Heretics of Dune	(1984)
Chapterhouse: Dune	(1985)

Publication Order of Dune Collections

Songs of Muad'dib	(1992)
The Road to Dune	(2005)

Publication Order of Pandora Sequence Books

Destination: Void	(1966)
The Jesus Incident	(1978)
The Lazarus Effect	(1983)
The Ascension Factor	(1988)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Dragon in the Sea	(1956)
The Eyes of Heisenberg	(1966)
The Green Brain	(1966)
The Santaroga Barrier	(1967)
The Heaven Makers	(1968)
Whipping Star	(1970)
Soul Catcher	(1971)
The Godmakers	(1972)
Hellstrom's Hive	(1973)
The Dosadi Experiement	(1977)
Direct Descent	(1980)
The White Plague	(1982)
Man of Two Worlds	(1986)
High-Opp	(2012)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Worlds of Frank Herbert	(1970)
The Priests of Psi	(1971)
The Book of Frank Herbert	(1973)
The Best of Frank Herbert 1952-1964	(1975)
The Best of Frank Herbert 1952-70	(1975)
Eye	(1985)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Survival and the Atom	(1952)
New World or No World	(1970)
Threshold: The Blue Angels Experience	(1973)
The Notebooks of Frank Herbert's Dune	(1988)

Notes: All of the Pandora Sequence books, except for Destination: Void, were co-authored by Bill Ransom. Man of Two Worlds, The Notebooks of Frank Herbert’s Dune and Songs of Muad’dib were co-authored by Brian Herbert. The Road to Dune was co-authored by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert. The Dragon in the Sea was also published as Under Pressure and as 21st Century Sub.

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