Where to Start with Frank Herbert
- Best entry point → Dune
- Best standalone → The Godmakers
- Start the Dune #1-6 series → Frank Herbert 6-book Collection: The Book of Frank Herbert; The Worlds of Frank Herbert; The Santaroga Barrier; Direct Descent; The Eyes of Heisenberg; Destination:Void
- What readers keep coming back to → Dune Messiah
- Highest rated by readers → Children of Dune (Dune #3)
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Frank Herbert 6-book Collection: The Book of Frank Herbert; The Worlds of Frank Herbert; The Santaroga Barrier; Direct Descent; The Eyes of Heisenberg; Destination:Void
Dune #1-6
★ 4.04 BLT Score (4.1K ratings)★ 4.51 Goodreads (4.1K) - 8
The Lazarus Effect
The Pandora Sequence • Book 2
by Frank Herbert, Bill Ransom
★ 3.85 BLT Score (4.0K ratings)★ 3.77 Goodreads (4.0K) - 9
The Ascension Factor
The Pandora Sequence • Book 3
by Bill Ransom, Frank Herbert
★ 3.81 BLT Score (1.7K ratings)★ 3.74 Goodreads (1.7K) - 10
The Road to Dune
Dune
by Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
★ 3.79 BLT Score (6.2K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (6.2K) - 11
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Whipping Star
ConSentiency Universe • Book 1
★ 3.67 BLT Score (4.0K ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (4.0K) - 15
Great Classic Science Fiction
Great Classic Stories (BBC Audio)
by H.G. Wells, James H. Schmitz, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert, Fritz Leiber, Andre Norton
★ 3.65 BLT Score (522 ratings)★ 3.42 Goodreads (522) - 16
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Man of Two Worlds
by Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert
★ 3.54 BLT Score (947 ratings)★ 3.45 Goodreads (947) - 20
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