Dune vs Dune Messiah: Which Should You Read?

Dune Frank Herbert · 1965 ★★★★☆ 4.3 784 pages · ≈ 14 h 31 m · Moderate

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the "spice" melange, a drug capable of…

Dune Messiah Frank Herbert · 1969 ★★★★☆ 3.9 304 pages · ≈ 5 h 38 m · Moderate

Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles—the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known—and feared—as the man christened Muad’Dib. As Emperor of…