Order of Iain M. Banks Books
Iain Banks (1954-2013) was a Scottish novelist who wrote science fiction as Iain M. Banks, adding his middle initial, to differentiate between his regular literary fiction and his science fiction novels. He is perhaps best known for his The Culture series of books. Banks has been named one of “The 50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945” by The Times daily newspaper in the UK.
Banks made his debut as a published author with The Wasp Factory in 1984. Since that time, he has split his time between his Culture books (the series started in ’87) and standalone novels such as Stonemouth. Below is a list of Iain M. Banks’ books in order of publication and in chronological order:
Publication Order of Culture Books
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Consider Phlebas |
(1987) |
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The Player of Games |
(1988) |
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The State of the Art |
(1989) |
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Use of Weapons |
(1990) |
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Excession |
(1996) |
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Inversions |
(1998) |
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Look to Windward |
(2000) |
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Matter |
(2008) |
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Surface Detail |
(2010) |
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The Hydrogen Sonata |
(2012) |
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The Culture: The Drawings |
(2023) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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Against a Dark Background |
(1993) |
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Feersum Endjinn |
(1994) |
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The Algebraist |
(2004) |
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Transition |
(2009) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Arrows Of Eros |
(1989) |
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Dark |
(2000) |
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The Space Opera Renaissance |
(2006) |
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Crime Scenes Revisited: Scottish Popular Fiction |
(2006) |
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Shoreline of Infinity 8½: Edinburgh International Book Festival Special Edition |
(2017) |
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Burning Brightly |
(2021) |