Dune #1

About this book

Arrakis is the harshest world in the known universe – an endless ocean of sand, ruled by giant sandworms and scorched by a merciless sun. It is also the only source of melange, the spice that extends life, expands the mind and makes interstellar travel possible. Whoever controls Arrakis controls the empire. When Duke Leto Atreides is ordered to take over the planet from his bitter rivals, the Harkonnens, he knows it is a trap. His son Paul, trained in the arts of war and in the secret disciplines of his mother's Bene Gesserit order, is about to learn just how deadly that trap is. Betrayed and driven into the deep desert, Paul and his mother Jessica find refuge among the Fremen – the fierce desert people who have waited generations for a messiah. To survive, Paul must become something more than a duke's son. What he becomes may change the fate of humanity. First published in 1965, Dune won the first Nebula Award for Best Novel and shared the Hugo Award, and it has become the best-selling science fiction novel of all time. A story of politics, religion, ecology and power, it inspired generations of writers, filmmakers and game designers – and remains as gripping today as the day it was written. Read Dune online the moment you buy – on your phone, tablet or computer, with no app to install. Start with a free preview of the opening chapters.

Author

Frank Herbert

Length

~755 pages

Reading time

15 h 3 min

Chapters

22

Released

October 18, 2026

Languages

🇬🇧 EN · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇧🇷 PT-BR · 🇲🇽 ES-MX · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇺🇦 UK · 🇨🇿 CS · 🇸🇰 SK · 🇬🇷 EL · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇷🇸 SR · 🇸🇮 SL · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇪🇪 ET · 🇸🇪 SV · 🇩🇰 DA · 🇳🇴 NB · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇯🇵 JA · 🇰🇷 KO · 🇨🇳 ZH · 🇹🇼 ZH-TW · 🇮🇩 ID · 🇻🇳 VI · 🇹🇭 TH · 🇮🇳 HI · 🇸🇦 AR · 🇮🇱 HE

Formats

eBook · Print edition

Print format

Paperback, 13.5 × 21 cm, 755 pages

ISBN

9780441172719

Age rating

Teen 13+