Brian Herbert

American author Brian Herbert was born on June 29th, 1947 and lives in Washington state with his wife, Jan. Herbert writes predominantly science fiction novels, and he is also known as the oldest son of science fiction author Frank Herbert, who was famous for writing the Dune series. Herbert has taken over the continued writing responsibilities of the Dune Saga series after his father died, collaborating with science fiction and fantasy author Kevin J.

The best place to start is the Dune series, the earliest of Brian Herbert's multi-book series: it opens with Dune World (1963) and runs to 28 books across 1963–2023, ending with Princess of Dune (2023). Brian Herbert's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Brian Herbert has 96 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1963 and 2024. 74 of them belong to 18 named series — the largest being the Dune series with 28 books — and 22 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Brian Herbert's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Dune (1963–2023, 28 books), Dune Collections (1965–2022, 6 books) and World of Darkness (1996, 1 book), plus 15 more.

This guide splits Brian Herbert's 96 books into 18 named series and 22 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Dune (28 books, 1963–2023); Dune Collections (6 books, 1965–2022); Legends Of Dune (5 books, 2002–2004); Dune: House Atreides Graphic Novels (4 books, 2021–2022); Great Schools Of Dune (3 books, 2011–2016), plus 13 further series.