Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. How many ‘Dune’ books are there? Frank Herbert wrote six “Dune” books while he was alive, but there are ...

How to read the Frank Herbert series in order. Clare Mulroy. USA TODAY. Like “Lord of the Rings” for the fantasy genre, the “Dune” series is foundational to the modern science fiction genre.

Frank Herbert, who created the series, had a few vague explanations of the Jihad, but never fully explained it. Then, after Frank’s death in 1986, his son Brian took over the series and wrote a ...

"Dune: Prophecy" is based on Frank Herbert's "Dune" and "Sisterhood of Dune," a novel written by his son Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.

Herbert continued publishing in the “Dune” series through 1985. He died in 1986 . Still, with 20 other works, the writings of the “Dune” universe extend nearly 60 years.