Iain Banks

Iain Banks also wrote as: Iain M. Banks.

Iain Banks was born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland on February 16th, 1954 and passed away at the age of 59 on June 9th, 2013.

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Iain Banks Stats: The highest rated book by Iain Banks on Book Notification is Surface Detail, the 9th novel in the Culture series. The second-highest rated book is The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture #10).

The most read book by Iain Banks on Book Notification is Consider Phlebas, the first novel in the Culture series. The second most read book is Use of Weapons (Culture #4).

Below is a complete list of Iain Banks books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Culture Books in Publication Order (as Iain M. Banks)

	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	7.1 Consider Phlebas	1987	Loading... Go
2	7.8 The Player of Games	1988	Loading... Go
3	6 The State of the Art	1989	Loading... Go
4	7.7 Use of Weapons	1990	Loading... Go
5	7.2 Excession	1996	Loading... Go
6	7.3 Inversions	1998	Loading... Go
7	7.5 Look to Windward	2000	Loading... Go
8	8 Matter	2008	Loading... Go
9	8.4 Surface Detail	2010	Loading... Go
10	8.3 The Hydrogen Sonata	2012	Loading... Go
11	The Culture: The Drawings	2023	Loading... Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	7.3 The Wasp Factory	1984	Loading... Go
2	8 Walking on Glass	1985	Loading... Go
3	8.5 The Bridge	1986	Loading... Go
4	8 Espedair Street	1987	Loading... Go
5	6 Canal Dreams	1989	Loading... Go
6	6 The Crow Road	1992	Loading... Go
7	9 Complicity	1993	Loading... Go
8	7.3 Against a Dark Background ( As: Iain M. Banks)	1993	Loading... Go
9	7 Feersum Endjinn ( As: Iain M. Banks)	1994	Loading... Go
10	8 Whit	1995	Loading... Go
11	6 A Song of Stone	1997	Loading... Go
12	The Business	1999	Loading... Go
13	4 Dead Air	2002	Loading... Go
14	8 The Algebraist ( As: Iain M. Banks)	2004	Loading... Go
15	10 The Steep Approach to Garbadale	2005	Loading... Go
16	8 Transition ( As: Iain M. Banks)	2009	Loading... Go
17	8 Stonemouth	2012	Loading... Go
18	9 The Quarry	2013	Loading... Go

List of Collections in Publication Order

	Read	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1		Poems (With: Ken MacLeod)	2015	Loading... Go

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

	Read	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1		2 Raw Spirit	2003	Loading... Go

List of Iain Banks Anthologies in Publication Order

#	Title Avg.	Year	Book Link
1	Tales From the Forbidden Planet	1987	Loading... Go
2	Arrows Of Eros	1989	Loading... Go
3	Dark	2000	Loading... Go
4	8 The Space Opera Renaissance	2006	Loading... Go
5	Crime Scenes Revisited: Scottish Popular Fiction	2006	Loading... Go
6	Shoreline of Infinity 8½: Edinburgh International Book Festival Special Edition	2017	Loading... Go
7	Burning Brightly	2021	Loading... Go
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Iain Banks

Iain Banks was born on February 16th, 1954. Iain passed away June 9th, 2013 at 59 years old. Iain Banks was born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

Iain Banks is probably best known for their Standalone Novels. There are currently 18 novels available. The first standalone was released in 1984 with the novel The Wasp Factory. The most recently released novel was The Quarry which was released in 2013.

Iain Banks also wrote the Culture series which has 11 books including Consider Phlebas and The Player of Games.

Iain Banks: Awards & Accolades

Banks' book, The Quarry was nominated for the British Book Awards, UK Author of the Year, in 2013.

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George Orwell, author of the novel: 1984.

Iain Banks: F.A.Q

When was Iain Banks Born?

Iain Banks was born on February 16th, 1954.

When did Iain Banks die?

Iain Banks died on June 9th, 2013 at 59 years old.

Where was Iain Banks Born?

Iain Banks was born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, .

What was the first book Iain Banks wrote?

The first book written by Iain Banks was The Wasp Factory, published in 1984.

What was the most recent book Iain Banks wrote?

Their most recently released work was The Culture: The Drawings on November 7th, 2023.

How many books has Iain Banks written?

Iain Banks has written 31 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 11 books in the Culture Series, 18 Standalone Novels, 1 book in the Collections, 1 book in the Non-Fiction Books, 4 Standalone Novels.

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