>>24688419

If you want to read the series, here's what I'd recommend.


Original series by Frank Herbert:
>Dune (1965)
>Dune Messiah (1969)
>Children of Dune (1976)
>God Emperor of Dune (1981)
>Heretics of Dune (1984)
>Chapterhouse: Dune (1985)

The ONLY books you should read by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson:
>Hunters of Dune (2006)
>Sandworms of Dune (2007)

Companion books:
>Songs of Muad'Dib: The Poetry of Frank Herbert (1992)
>The Road to Dune (2005)
>"The Road to Dune" short story in Frank Herbert's collection Eye (1985)

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I liked it but went off the rails a bit.

>>24688490
*the sequels went off the rails a bit

>>24688419
Dune is absolutely worth reading even by itself and the series is nice because there's a few places in the series you can just stop at.
If you liked Dune you can read Messiah which is basically just a big epilogue of Dune.
If you liked Messiah then read Children but I found it to be a slog but God Emperor makes up for it and ends the main series.
Then unless you really really like Herbert you can skip the last 2 because they're the first two parts of a separate (but still in-universe) trilogy that he died before finishing.

>>24688549
this

>>24688549
>the first two parts of a separate (but still in-universe) trilogy that he died before finishing.

I mean his son did finish it based on his notes, although he split it into two books. They’re the only two books by Brian Herbert that are worth reading. Hunters of Dune and Sandworms of Dune.

>>24688549
>God Emperor makes up for it and ends the main series
No, it starts the second series.
Its only function is to set the scene for Heretics and Chapter House.

>>24688419
The first one is worth reading. Messiah is boring imo