Frank Herbert
8 October 1920 – 11 February 1986
144 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science-fiction author, best known for his 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. He also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer.
Dune is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and the series is a classic of the science-fiction genre. The series has been adapted numerous times, including the feature film David Lynch's Dune (1984), the miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) and Children of Dune (2003), and a motion picture trilogy currently in production, with Denis Villeneuve's Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024) having been released.
Also published as: Herbert, Frank, herbert-frank, Herbert Frank, Frank Herbert Dost Korpe, Franck Herbert, F Herbert
Most-read books
Dune
4.3 · 1965 · 3.5K want to read
Dune Messiah
3.9 · 1969 · 575 want to read
Children of Dune
4 · 1976 · 295 want to read
God Emperor of Dune
3.9 · 1981 · 181 want to read
Heretics of Dune
3.9 · 1984 · 147 want to read
Chapterhouse Dune
3.9 · 1985 · 140 want to read
Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune
4.2 · 1969 · 37 want to read
White Plague
3.5 · 1982 · 32 want to read
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ..
Frank Herbert
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ..
5 · 1974 · 45 want to read
The Dosadi Experiment
3.8 · 1977 · 24 want to read
Whipping Star
3.3 · 1970 · 33 want to read
The Jesus Incident
3.3 · 1979 · 21 want to read
The Godmakers
3.4 · 1972 · 18 want to read
Destination Void
3.8 · 1966 · 22 want to read
The Dragon in the Sea
4 · 1654 · 19 want to read
House Corrino
3.2 · 2001 · 10 want to read
The Lazarus effect
3 · 1983 · 17 want to read
Dune messiah & Children of Dune
3 · 2002 · 14 want to read
Hellstrom's Hive
4 · 1973 · 18 want to read
The road to Dune
4 · 2005 · 18 want to read
Eye
4 · 1985 · 17 want to read
Soul Catcher
2 · 1972 · 14 want to read
The Santaroga Barrier
4.5 · 1968 · 11 want to read
Man of two worlds
3 · 1985 · 13 want to read