Scottish writer (1954–2013) · 1954-2013
Iain Banks Books in Order
39 books · 1 series · 1984-2020
Iain Menzies Banks was a Scottish author, writing mainstream fiction as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks. His books have been adapted for theatre, radio, and television. In 2008, The Times named Banks in their list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.
Biography from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0 .
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Consider Phlebas | 1987 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | The Player of Games | 1988 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | Use of Weapons | 1990 | Amazon |
| 4 |  | The State of the Art | 1989 | Amazon |
| 5 |  | Excession | 1996 | Amazon |
| 6 |  | Inversions | 1998 | Amazon |
| 7 |  | Look to Windward | 2000 | Amazon |
| 8 |  | Matter | 2008 | Amazon |
| 9 |  | Surface Detail | 2010 | Amazon |
| 10 |  | The Hydrogen Sonata | 2012 | Amazon |
Standalone books
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | The Wasp Factory | 1984 | Amazon |
| 2 |  | Walking on Glass | 1985 | Amazon |
| 3 |  | The Bridge | 1986 | Amazon |
| 4 | A Gift from the Culture | 1987 | Amazon | |
| 5 | Cleaning Up | 1987 | Amazon | |
| 6 | Descendant | 1987 | Amazon | |
| 7 |  | Espedair Street | 1987 | Amazon |
| 8 | Scratch | 1987 | Amazon | |
| 9 | Road of Skulls | 1988 | Amazon | |
| 10 |  | Canal Dreams | 1989 | Amazon |
| 11 | Odd Attachment | 1989 | Amazon | |
| 12 | Piece | 1989 | Amazon | |
| 13 |  | The Crow Road | 1992 | Amazon |
| 14 |  | Against a Dark Background | 1993 | Amazon |
| 15 |  | Complicity | 1993 | Amazon |
| 16 |  | Feersum Endjinn | 1994 | Amazon |
| 17 |  | Whit | 1995 | Amazon |
| 18 |  | A Song of Stone | 1997 | Amazon |
| 19 |  | The Business | 1999 | Amazon |
| 20 | Iain Banks Hb S/Wx5 Amazon | 2001 | Amazon | |
| 21 |  | Dead Air | 2002 | Amazon |
| 22 |  | Raw Spirit | 2003 | Amazon |
| 23 |  | The Algebraist | 2004 | Amazon |
| 24 |  | The Steep Approach to Garbadale | 2007 | Amazon |
| 25 |  | Transition | 2009 | Amazon |
| 26 |  | Stonemouth | 2012 | Amazon |
| 27 |  | The Quarry | 2013 | Amazon |
| 28 |  | Poems | 2015 | Amazon |
| 29 | Culture | 2020 | Amazon |
Reading Iain Banks in order
Iain Banks has 1 series in our catalogue. Each one above is listed in reading order with its position number, so you can start at book one and work forward.
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