by American sci-fi author spans six volumes. The science fiction epic has been supplemented with numerous novels that tell the history of the battle for the highly valuable desert planet, Arrakis.
The first trilogy of Dune novels imagines a distant future in which humans have colonized space. Artificial intelligence or “thinking machines” have been banned. House Atreides and House Harkonnen fight relentlessly over the barren desert planet of Arrakis, home to the Fremen. On the planet, sandworms and sandtrout are used to produce “the spice”— a mind-altering drug with which the future can be predicted.
The main protagonists in the trilogy are Paul Atreides and his rival, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen. The first three titles uncover how Paul Atreides became the Fremen’s leader after defeating House Harkonnen. Duke Leto Atreides is Paul Atreides’s father, and Lady Jessica is his mother. Duke Leto was once given feudal rule over Arrakis by Emperor Shaddam IV. His son takes up that legacy by winning the battle for Arrakis. The Fremen make him their Muad'Dib and Emperor. But Paul cannot stop the relentless jihad the Fremen are waging across the galaxy. As global war shakes and divides House Atreides, Paul is drawn deeper and deeper into horrifying power struggles.
How many volumes does Dune have?
The science fiction epic is called the Dune Saga, after its original title, Dune, and consists of six volumes. Following are the Dune audiobooks in order so you can follow the storylines and events of Dune:
Dune (1965)
Dune Messiah (1969)
Children of Dune (1976)
God Emperor of Dune (1981)
Heretics of Dune (1984)
Chapterhouse: Dune (1985)
After Frank Herbert died in 1986, his son Brian Herbert teamed up with the American writer to complete the seventh volume his father had started and went on to add an eighth title:
Hunters of Dune (2006)
Sandworms of Dune (2007)
Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson also collaborated on , a collection of short stories published in 2009. Some of these stories came from ideas left behind by Frank Herbert. In 2012, the duo released the first book of their Great Schools of Dune prequel trilogy, , which is also a sequel to their trilogy.
Is Dune a trilogy?
The Dune series includes two trilogies. The first trilogy consists of , , and .
