Book Series Guide

Brian Herbert · series

Heroes of Dune books in order

Dune novels set between major books in Frank Herbert's original sequence.

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  1. 1
    Paul of Dune

    Book 1 · novel · 2008

    Frank Herbert's Dune ended with Paul Muad'Dib in control of the planet Dune. Herbert's next Dune book, Dune Messiah, picked up the story several years later after Paul's armies had conquered the galaxy. But what happened between Dune and…

  2. 2
    The Winds of Dune

    Book 2 · novel · 2009

    Between the end of Frank Herbert's DUNE and his next novel, DUNE MESSIAH, lies an intriguing mystery: how a hero adored by a planet became a tyrant hated by a universe. Paul Atreides is the man who overthrew a corrupt empire and then…

  3. 3
    Princess of Dune

    Book 3 · novel · 2023

    Set two years before Dune, Princess of Dune is the never-before-told story of two key women in the life of Paul Muad’Dib—Princess Irulan, his wife in name only, and Paul’s true love, the Fremen Chani. Both women become central to Paul’s…