12 best-selling adventure books like Dune (Dune, #1) by Frank Herbert

Cover of Dune (Dune, #1) by Frank Herbert

Dune (Dune, #1)

By: Frank Herbert

4.27

Format: 658 pages, Hardcover

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble famil…

"Fear is the mind-killer."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Hope clouds observation."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Fear is the mind-killer."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Hope clouds observation."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

If you liked the adventure plot in Dune (Dune, #1) by Frank Herbert , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.66

Format: 1007 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings, book one of The Stor… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You learned this,"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

"One can have a wit, but not a witless"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

"The hallmark of insecurity is bravado."

-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

"I didn’t say Tvlakv isn’t a bastard. He’s just a likable bastard."

-Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

2. The Hobbit

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

3.77

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of… read more

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  • classics
  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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3. The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.48

Format: 541 pages, Hardcover

What if the whole world were a dead, blasted wasteland? Mistborn For a thousand years the ash f… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Visit?"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

"How do you do that?"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

"There's always another secret.' -Kelsier"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

"Men rarely see their own actions as unjustified."

-Brandon Sanderson, The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

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4. Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

By: Pierce Brown

4.27

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

"I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they l… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Break the chains, my love."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Rather a drink be my master than a man."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Death is easy when you've already tried to find it."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Dreamers like your wife are limited, little Helldiver."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

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5. The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin

4.08

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals in… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It’s easy to be led to the abyss."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"Your lack of fear is based on your ignorance."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"Intellectuals always make a fuss about nothing."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

"A woman should be like water, able to flow over and around anything."

-Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

Cover of Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) by Orson Scott Card

6. Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

By: Orson Scott Card

4.31

Format: 324 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in… read more

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  • classics
  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Remember, the enemy's gate is down."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

"We have to go. I'm almost happy here."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

"None of us could be happy for long, doing nothing."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

"Ender Wiggin isn't a killer. He just wins—thoroughly."

-Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

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7. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

By: Dan Simmons

4.27

Format: 500 pages, Mass Market Paperback

On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature calle… read more

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  • classics
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You have to live to really know things, my love"

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

"In such seconds of decision entire futures are made."

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

"The whole planet reeks of mysticism without revelation."

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

"The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals."

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

Cover of A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin

8. A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

By: George R.R. Martin

4.44

Format: 835 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land wh… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Winter is coming."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

"Don’t call me Lord Snow."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

"If I look back I am lost."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

"The things I do for love."

-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

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9. The Martian

By: Andy Weir

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s s… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"Hey,"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"Elrond,"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"Do you believe in God, Venkat?"

-Andy Weir, The Martian

"WATNEY: Look! A pair of boobs! -> (.Y.)."

-Andy Weir, The Martian

10. Ready Player One

By: Ernest Cline

4.00

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is … read more

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Cover of Foundation (Foundation, #1) by Isaac Asimov

11. Foundation (Foundation, #1)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.17

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

The first novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series Fo… read more

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  • classics
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Past glories are poor feeding."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"Weak emperors mean strong viceroys. "

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"I shall not be alive a half decade hence,"

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."

-Isaac Asimov, Foundation (Foundation, #1)

12. The Lord of the Rings: The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring

By: Gary Russell

3.75

Format: 288 pages,

With complete and unrestricted access to artowrk created over a five-year period, this authoritativ… read more

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Cover of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams

13. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

By: Douglas Adams

4.23

Format: 216 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked o… read more

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  • novels
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Don't Panic."

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"Ow! My brains!"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"But the plans were on display…"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

"How many roads must a man walk down?"

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

Cover of Dune (Dune, #1) by Frank Herbert

14. Dune (Dune, #1)

By: Frank Herbert

4.27

Format: 658 pages, Hardcover

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble famil… read more

Similar categories in Frank Herbert's Dune (Dune, #1) book and Frank Herbert's Dune (Dune, #1)

  • classics
  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Hope clouds observation."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Fear is the mind-killer."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"There’s a Bene Gesserit saying,"

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

"Humans are almost always lonely."

-Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

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15. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

By: Philip K. Dick

4.09

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans o… read more

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  • classics
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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  • fantasy
"An android,"

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

"Mors certa, vita incerta,"

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

"Mankind needs more empathy."

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

"Frankly, you look more like a goat man to me."

-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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16. 1984

By: George Orwell

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A masterpiece of rebellion and imprisonment where war is peace freedom is slavery and Big Brother i… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Power is not a means; it is an end."

-George Orwell, 1984

"To die hating them, that was freedom."

-George Orwell, 1984

"In the face of pain there are no heroes."

-George Orwell, 1984

"It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words."

-George Orwell, 1984

Cover of The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4) by J.R.R. Tolkien

17. The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.57

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Begin your journey into Middle-earth. The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime … read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Do not spoil the wonder with haste!"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

"Oft hope is born when all is forlorn."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

"Never is too long a word even for me..."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

"What do you fear, lady?' he asked. 'A cage,' she said."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)

Cover of The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3) by J.R.R. Tolkien

18. The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.49

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Begin your journey into Middle-earth. The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime … read more

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  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Yet dawn is ever the hope of men."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

"Fair speech may hide a foul heart."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

"Are we riding far tonight, Gandalf?"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

"The treacherous are ever distrustful."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)

Cover of The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien

19. The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.39

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bi… read more

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  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Fly you fools"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

"You cannot pass!"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

"There is still hope."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

"Handsome is as handsome does"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (Middle Earth, #1)

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The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

Brandon Sanderson

4.66

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

3.77

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The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

Brandon Sanderson

4.48

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Patrick Rothfuss

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A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)

George R.R. Martin

4.42

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The Hobbit: Graphic Novel

J.R.R. Tolkien , David Wenzel , Chuck Dixon , Sean Deming

3.84

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Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1)

Christopher Paolini

3.79

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