Dune books ranking; just the core

A tier list by barisey · filed under Books & Learning · published 23 July 2026

Dune Messiah and Dune are by far the best, I also hope Denis Villeneuve will keep it at that. God Emperor of Dune is also solid, but you need to get through Children of Dune, which is the annoying part, but its the worst there is. I honestly have not read the last 2 books, because I feel like its unnecessary and from what I see it just gets really weird. Might do one on all the books, which will push the last 2 of this series a bit higher, I think that says enough about the others, lol.

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