Dune audiobooks in order
The novels Frank Herbert wrote himself. The later Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson prequels and sequels are a separate, much larger, and much more divisive proposition.
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Frank HerbertNarrated by Scott Brick and Simon Vance with a partial cast; Simon Vance alone on Heretics of Dune · 6 booksPhoto: Robert E. Nylund · Public domain · cropped, via Wikimedia CommonsWhich order should you listen in?
Publication order. Be warned that the series changes character sharply after the first book, and again after the third — plenty of listeners stop at Children of Dune quite happily.
On screen: Films, From 1984. Every series here that has been adapted for the screen →
Dune in publication order
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Dune (1965)Read by Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Simon Vance, Ilyana Kadushin, Byron Jennings, David R. Gordon, Jason Culp, Kent Broadhurst, Oliver Wyman, Patricia Kilgarriff, Scott Sowers · 21h 2m unabridged - 2
Dune Messiah (1969)Read by Scott Brick, Euan Morton, Simon Vance, Katherine Kellgren · 8h 57m unabridged - 3
Children of Dune (1976)Read by Simon Vance, Scott Brick · 16h 51m unabridged - 4
God Emperor of Dune (1981)Read by Simon Vance, Scott Brick, Katherine Kellgren · 15h 48m unabridged - 5
Heretics of Dune (1984)Read by Simon Vance · 18h 4m unabridged - 6
Chapterhouse: Dune (1985)Read by Scott Brick, Simon Vance, Katherine Kellgren, Euan Morton · 16h 42m unabridged