Order of John Banville Books / Benjamin Black
John Banville is an Irish novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Banville often writes under the pen name of Benjamin Black. He is known for dark humour and a precise, forensic-like style that is dense and thick like poetry. He has recently taken the reigns of Raymond Chandler‘s Philip Marlowe character (as Benjamin Black).
John Banville made his debut as a published author in 1970 with the collection entitled Long Lankin. His first novel was Nightspawn, which was published in 1971. Below is a list of John Banville’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Philip Marlowe Books
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The Big Sleep |
(1939) |
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Farewell, My Lovely |
(1940) |
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The High Window |
(1942) |
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The Lady in the Lake |
(1943) |
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The Little Sister |
(1949) |
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The Long Goodbye |
(1953) |
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Playback |
(1958) |
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Poodle Springs |
(1989) |
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Perchance to Dream |
(1991) |
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The Black-Eyed Blonde |
(2014) |
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Only to Sleep |
(2018) |
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The Goodbye Coast |
(2022) |
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The Second Murderer |
(2023) |
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Publication Order of Quirke Books
(as Benjamin Black)
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Christine Falls |
(2006) |
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The Silver Swan |
(2007) |
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Elegy for April |
(2010) |
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A Death in Summer |
(2011) |
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Vengeance |
(2012) |
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Holy Orders |
(2013) |
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Even the Dead |
(2015) |
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April in Spain |
(2021) |
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The Lock-Up |
(2023) |
Publication Order of The Revolutions Trilogy Books
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Doctor Copernicus |
(1976) |
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Kepler |
(1981) |
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The Newton Letter |
(1982) |
Publication Order of The Cleave Trilogy Books
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Eclipse |
(2000) |
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Shroud |
(2002) |
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Ancient Light |
(2012) |
Publication Order of Frames: The Freddie Montgomery Trilogy Books
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The Book of Evidence |
(1989) |
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Ghosts |
(1993) |
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Athena |
(1995) |
Publication Order of St. John Strafford Books
(as Benjamin Black)
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The Secret Guests |
(2020) |
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Snow |
(2020) |
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April in Spain |
(2021) |
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The Lock-Up |
(2023) |
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The Drowned |
(2024) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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Nightspawn |
(1971) |
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Birchwood |
(1973) |
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Mefisto |
(1986) |
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The Untouchable |
(1997) |
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The Sea |
(2005) |
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The Lemur |
(2008) |
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The Infinities |
(2009) |
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The Blue Guitar |
(2015) |
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Wolf on a String / Prague Nights |
(2017) |
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Mrs. Osmond |
(2017) |
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The Singularities |
(2022) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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God’s Gift |
(2001) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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Long Lankin |
(1970) |
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The Supreme Fictions of John Banville |
(1999) |
Publication Order of Plays
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The Broken Jug |
(1994) |
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Conversation in the Mountains |
(2020) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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Possessed of a Past: A John Banville Reader |
(2012) |
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Time Pieces |
(2016) |
Publication Order of Writer and the City Books
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The Flaneur |
(2001) |
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Florence, a Delicate Case |
(2002) |
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Prague Pictures |
(2003) |
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Ghost Town: Tales of Manhattan Then and Now |
(2005) |
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Oxford Revisited: A City Revisited |
(2008) |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers |
(2005) |
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The Paris Review Issue 188 |
(2009) |
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Imagined Lives |
(2010) |
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The Picador Book of 40 |
(2012) |
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Best European Fiction 2013 |
(2012) |
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Review of Contemporary Fiction: Roberto Calasso Issue |
(2019) |
Notes: This list excludes The Ark, of which only 200 copies were published in 1996. The Quirke, Phillip Marlowe and Tax Free books were published under the pen name of Benjamin Black. The Philip Marlowe series is based on the work of Raymond Chandler.
Imagined Lives: Portraits of Unknown People also includes contributions from Tracy Chevalier, Julian Fellowes, Alexander McCall Smith, Terry Pratchett, Sarah Singleton, Joanna Trollope and Minette Walters. The anthology Best European Fiction 2013 was edited with Aleksandar Hemon.