Frank Herbert

Franck Patrick Herbert Jr. was born on 8th October 1920 and he died on February 11th, 1986, he was a renowned science fiction writer from the United States and there are numerous works that have made him one of the most inspirational sci-fi writers of all time. The novel Dune had five sequels and coupled with this Franck was a photographer, newspaper journalist, book reviewer, short story writer, lecturer, and ecological consultant. Early life Franck Herbert was born and raised in Tacoma Washington by his parents Eileen McCarthy Herbert and Franck Patrick Herbert Sr.

The best place to start is the Dune series, the earliest of Frank 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). Frank Herbert's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Frank Herbert has 154 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1954 and 2025. 81 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Dune series with 28 books — and 73 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. Frank 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 The Pandora Sequence (1966–1988, 4 books), plus 1 more.

This guide splits Frank Herbert's 154 books into 5 named series and 73 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Dune (28 books, 1963–2023); Dune Collections (6 books, 1965–2022); The Pandora Sequence (4 books, 1966–1988); ConSentiency Universe (2 books, 1969–1977); L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future (41 books, 1985–2025).