{"id":6092,"date":"2024-12-16T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=6092"},"modified":"2024-12-16T16:32:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T21:32:51","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-256-dune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-256-dune\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 256 &#8211; Dune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <em>Dune<\/em> by Frank Herbert. Listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-256-dune\/\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/eleventh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/eleventh-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Adventure Zone: The 11th Hour by Clint McElroy, Carey Pietsch, et al\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/eleventh-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/eleventh-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/eleventh.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/conrete.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/conrete-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/conrete-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/conrete-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/conrete.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fifth.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fifth-144x220.jpeg\" alt=\"The Fifth Season by NK Jemison\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fifth-144x220.jpeg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fifth-196x300.jpeg 196w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/fifth.jpeg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250793782\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour by Clint McElroy, Carey Pietsch, et al<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780062846723\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780316229296\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fifth Season <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by N.K Jemisin<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/gideon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/gideon-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"Gideon the Ninth\u00a0by Tamsyn Muir\u00a0\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/gideon-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/gideon-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/gideon.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/majesty.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/majesty-147x220.jpeg\" alt=\"Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/majesty-147x220.jpeg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/majesty-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/majesty.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lefthand.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lefthand-123x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin\u00a0\" width=\"123\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lefthand-123x220.jpg 123w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lefthand-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lefthand.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250313188\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gideon the Ninth<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0by Tamsyn Muir\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780143137146\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her Majesty&#8217;s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780441478125\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Left Hand of Darkness<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Ursula K. Le Guin\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/leviathan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6097\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/leviathan-142x220.jpg\" alt=\"Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse series) by James S.A. Corey\" width=\"142\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/leviathan-142x220.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/leviathan-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/leviathan.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/whatmoves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/whatmoves-138x220.jpg\" alt=\"What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher\" width=\"138\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/whatmoves-138x220.jpg 138w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/whatmoves-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/whatmoves.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wizard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wizard-134x220.jpg\" alt=\"A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin\" width=\"134\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wizard-134x220.jpg 134w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wizard-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wizard.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780316129084\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leviathan Wakes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (The Expanse series) by James S.A. Corey<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250830814\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780547773742\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/poker.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/poker-148x220.png\" alt=\"Poker Face\" width=\"148\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/poker-148x220.png 148w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/poker-202x300.png 202w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/poker.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/starwars.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/starwars-150x213.jpg\" alt=\"Star Wars: A New Hope\" width=\"150\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/starwars-150x213.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/starwars-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/starwars.jpg 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/stream-tv\/poker-face\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poker Face (TV show)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/movies\/star-wars-a-new-hope-episode-iv\/12fVeZxD2fWJ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Star Wars: A New Hope<\/em> (movie)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Dune by Frank Herbert. Listen to the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1315,1583,1585,2519,2520,1888,2268,1762,2521,48,30,454,1804,2523,2522],"class_list":["post-6092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-angie-thomas","tag-carey-pietsch","tag-clint-mcelroy","tag-dune","tag-frank-herbert","tag-james-s-a-corey","tag-juno-dawson","tag-n-k-jemisin","tag-poker-face","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-star-wars","tag-t-kingfisher","tag-tamsyn-muir","tag-ursula-k-le-guin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6092"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6104,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6092\/revisions\/6104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}