Iain M. Banks

Iain M. Banks

Iain M. Banks also wrote as: Iain Banks.

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

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Iain M. Banks Stats: The highest rated book by Iain M. Banks on Book Notification is Surface Detail, the 9th novel in the Culture series. The second-highest rated book is The Player of Games (Culture #2).

The most read book by Iain M. Banks on Book Notification is Consider Phlebas, the first novel in the Culture series. The second most read book is The Player of Games (Culture #2).

Below is a complete list of Iain M. Banks books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Iain M. Banks is the Culture Series.

List of Culture Books in Publication Order

Culture stories featuring a post-scarcity utopia of humanoids and AIs.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.3
Consider Phlebas
1987
Go
2
8.5
The Player of Games
1988
Go
3
6.3
The State of the Art
1989
Go
4
8
Use of Weapons
1990
Go
5
8.3
Excession
1996
Go
6
7.9
Inversions
1998
Go
7
7.8
Look to Windward
2000
Go
8
8.1
Matter
2008
Go
9
8.8
Surface Detail
2010
Go
10
7.7
The Hydrogen Sonata
2012
Go
11
8
The Culture: The Drawings
2023
Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are The Algebraist, Against a Dark Background, and Feersum Endjinn.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.3
Against a Dark Background
1993
Go
2
7.7
Feersum Endjinn
1994
Go
3
7.5
The Algebraist
2004
Go
4
7
Transition
2009
Go

List of Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine Books in Publication Order

Classic science fiction collected from various magazine issues.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Shoreline of Infinity 1 (By: Noel Chidwick)
2015
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2
Shoreline of Infinity 2 (With: Anton Rose, Duncan Lunan, Megan Neumann, Steve Green, Ian Hunter, Noel Chidwick, Ken Poyner, Iain Maloney, Ken McLeod, Michael Fontana, Tyler J Petty, Ryan L. Daly, Bethany Ruth Anderson, Steve Simpson, Kathy Steinemann, Ann Craig, Elsa Bouet, Russell Jones)
2015
Go
3
Shoreline of Infinity 3 (By: Jane Yolen, Edd Vick, Marge Simon, David Lindsay, Ian Hunter, Noel Chidwick, Guy Stewart, Sára Júlia, J.K. Fulton, Miriam Johnson, Thomas Broderick, Tracey S. Rosenberg, Dee Raspin, Sara Ljeskovac)
2016
Go
4
Shoreline of Infinity 4 (By: Ken MacLeod, Holly Schofield, Tricia Sullivan, Gary Gibson, Ruth E.J. Booth, Shelly Bryant, Robert Neilson, Paul Holmes, Noel Chidwick, Andrew J. Wilson, Caroline Grebbell, Michael Stroh, Clive Tern, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Benjamin Dodds, Sára Júlia, J. Leslie Mitchell)
2016
Go
5
Shoreline of Infinity 5 (By: Craig Thompson, George MacDonald, Ruth E.J. Booth, Thomas Clark, Paul Holmes, Noel Chidwick, Sára Júlia, Monica Burns, Iain Maloney, Andrew Blair, Rob Butler, Adam Connors, Jack Schouten, Simon Mordem, Ruth Aylett, Stuart Beel, Net Newman, Daniel Rosen, Gary Dalkin)
2016
Go
6
Shoreline of Infinity 6 (By: Noel Chidwick)
2016
Go
7
Shoreline of Infinity 7 (By: Andrew Lang, Shannon Connor Winward, May Kendall, David L. Clements, Ruth E.J. Booth, Tim Major, Paul Holmes, Noel Chidwick, Monica Burns, Dan Grace, Davyne DeSye, Katie Gray, Mark Toner, Terry Jackman, Daniel Soule, Steve Pickering)
2017
Go
8
Shoreline of Infinity 8 (By: Noel Chidwick)
2017
Go
9
Shoreline of Infinity 8½ (With: Jane Yolen, Charles Stross, Ken MacLeod, Adam Roberts, Nalo Hopkinson, Jo Walton, Marge Simon, Gary Gibson, Ada Palmer, Ruth E.J. Booth, Thomas Clark, Noel Chidwick, Pippa Goldschmidt, Andrew J. Wilson, Caroline Grebbell, Benjamin Dodds, Iain Maloney, Des Raspin, Katie Gray, Mark Toner, Shelley Bryant, Grahame Barrasford Young, Russell Jones)
2017
Go
10
Shoreline of Infinity 9 (By: Noel Chidwick)
2017
Go
11
Shoreline of Infinity 10 (By: Die Booth, Noel Chidwick, Ephiny Gale, Daniel Rosen, Marija Smits, Matthew Castle, SK Farrell, Serna Johe, K.E. Macphee, Chris Baily)
2017
Go
12
Shoreline of Infinity 11 (By: Karen Heuler)
2018
Go
13
Shoreline of Infinity 12 (By: Noel Chidwick)
2018
Go
14
Shoreline of Infinity 13 (By: Premee Mohamed, Bo Balder, Tim Major, Noel Chidwick, Preston Grassmann, Rachel Armstrong, Caroline Grebbell, Esme Carpenter, Laura Young)
2018
Go
15
Shoreline of Infinity 14 (By: Ken MacLeod, Neil Williamson, Cat Hellisen, Andrew Reichard, Noel Chidwick, Eris Young, Thomas Broderick, Emma Levin, Rhiannon Grist, Vicki Jarrett)
2019
Go
16
Shoreline of Infinity 15 (By: Gareth L. Powell, Callum McSorley, Tim Major, Tiffany Meuret, Noel Chidwick, Teika Marija Smits, DA D’Amico, Lidia Molina Whyte, E.M. Faulds, J.G. Sarmiento)
2019
Go
17
Shoreline of Infinity 16 (By: Allen Ashley, Ahmed A. Khan, Noel Chidwick, Rachel Plummer, Helen French, Laura Duerr, Petra Kuppers, Kate Macdonald, Vicki Jarrett, Calum L Macleoid)
2019
Go
18
Shoreline of Infinity 17 (By: Chris Beckett, Bo Balder, Ruth E.J. Booth, Noel Chidwick, Brian M. Milton, Dave Ring, Simon Fung, S.A.M. Rundell, Peyman Saremian, Jeremey Nelson)
2020
Go
19
Shoreline of Infinity 18 (By: Noel Chidwick)
2020
Go
20
Shoreline of Infinity 19 (By: Ian Watson, Tony Ballantyne, Chris Beckett, F.J. Bergmann, Sherry Shahan, Raman Mundair, Noel Chidwick, Pippa Goldschmidt, Davide Mana, Mariah Montoya, Teika Marija Smits, Hûw Steer, Anya Ow, Gregory A. Austin)
2020
Go
21
Shoreline of Infinity 20 (By: Noel Chidwick)
2021
Go
22
Shoreline of Infinity 21 (By: Noel Chidwick)
2021
Go
23
Shoreline of Infinity 22 (By: Noel Chidwick)
2021
Go
24
Shoreline of Infinity 23 (By: Noel Chidwick)
2021
Go
25
Shoreline of Infinity 24 (By: Noel Chidwick)
2021
Go
26
Shoreline of Infinity 25 (By: Elana Gomel, Gary Gibson, Cat Hellisen, Noel Chidwick, E. M. Faulds, David L Clements, Simon Nagel, Alex Storer)
2021
Go
27
Shoreline of Infinity 26 (By: Eris Young)
2021
Go
28
Shoreline of Infinity 27 (By: Callum McSorley, Noel Chidwick, Christopher Collingwood, Alex Storer, Jack Schouten, Jo Ross-Barrett, RV Neville)
2021
Go
29
Shoreline of Infinity 28 (By: Ely Percy)
2021
Go
30
Shoreline of Infinity 29 (By: Noel Chidwick)
2021
Go
31
Shoreline of Infinity 30 (By: Eric Brown, Gary Gibson, Cat Hellisen, Noel Chidwick, Christopher R. Muscato, Teika Marina Smits, Raymond W Gallacher)
2022
Go
32
Shoreline of Infinity 31 (By: Ken MacLeod, Andy McKell, Chris Barnham, Bo Balder, Ruth E.J. Booth, Heather Valentine, Noel Chidwick, Lindz McLeod, Adam Marx)
2022
Go
33
Shoreline of Infinity 32 (By: Jane Yolen, Adam Roberts, Sofia Samatar, Cat Hellisen, Noel Chidwick, Teika Marija Smits, Dave Weaver, Bethany Davis, Laura Scotland, Woody Dismukes, Edmind Fines)
2022
Go
34
Shoreline of Infinity 33 (By: T.L. Huchu, Callum McSorley, Noel Chidwick, Benjamin C. Kinney, Lucy Zhang, Brent Baldwin, M.H. Ayinde, M. Luke McDonell, David Lawrie, Jesse Rowell)
2022
Go
35
Shoreline of Infinity 34 (By: Ian Whates, Vaughan Stanger, Eris Young, L.R. Lam, Lyndsey Croal, Moussa Ould Ebnou, Robert Bagnall, Louis Evans, Emma Levin)
2023
Go
36
Shoreline of Infinity 35 (By: Ken MacLeod, Eric Brown, John Buchan, Callum McSorley, Noel Chidwick, Rachel Plummer, Jeda Pearl, T.H. Dray, Beth Nuttall)
2023
Go
37
Shoreline of Infinity 36 (By: Kim Stanley Robinson, Noel Chidwick, Christopher R. Muscato, Lyndsey Croal, Tania Chen, Rhiannon Grist, Gessica Sakamoto Martini, Knighton Knighton, Sara Kate Ellis, Greta Colombani)
2023
Go
38
Shoreline of Infinity 37 (By: Andrew Knighton)
2024
Go
39
Shoreline of Infinity 38 (By: Tim Major, David McGillveray, Ruth E.J. Booth, Noel Chidwick, Paul McQuade, Andrew Kozma, Jeda Pearl, Bram E. Gieben, Anna Ziemons-McLean, Anna Cheung, Dylan Kwok, LeeAnn Perry, M.A.R. Rinaldi, S.J. Groenewegen)
2024
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40
Shoreline of Infinity 39 (By: Eugen Bacon, Noel Chidwick, Douglas Gwilym, Kenzie Lappin, Jamie M Boyd, M Shedric Simpson, Darryl A Smith, Caitriana NicNeacail, Ruth EJ Booth)
2025
Go
41
Shoreline of Infinity 40 (By: Chris Kelso, Noel Chidwick, Pippa Goldschmidt, Hiron Ennes, John J Kennedy, Scott Payne, T. Lucas Earle, Franki Halliwell, Timothy Quinn, Joyce Bingham)
2026
Go
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List of Iain M. Banks Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Arrows Of Eros
1989
Go
2
Dark
2000
Go
3
The Space Opera Renaissance
2006
Go
4
Crime Scenes Revisited: Scottish Popular Fiction
2006
Go
5
Shoreline of Infinity 3
2016
Go
6
Shoreline of Infinity 4
2016
Go
7
Shoreline of Infinity 8½
2017
Go
8
Shoreline of Infinity 11
2018
Go
9
Shoreline of Infinity 15
2019
Go
10
Shoreline of Infinity 25
2021
Go
11
Burning Brightly
2021
Go
12
Shoreline of Infinity 34
2023
Go
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Iain M. Banks

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

Iain M. Banks is known for writing in the Science Fiction and Literary Fiction genres.

Iain M. Banks was the author of the Culture series which consists of 11 novels. The Culture series started in 1987 with the novel Consider Phlebas. The most recently released novel in the Culture series was The Culture: The Drawings which was released in 2023. There are no upcoming novels for the Culture series.

Iain M. Banks: Awards & Accolades

Iain M. Banks won the British Fantasy Award, The Karl Edward Wagner Award, in 2013.

The following novels by Iain M. Banks were also nominated for these awards:

  • Use of Weapons: Arthur C. Clarke Award, Best Science Fiction Novel (1991).
  • The Wasp Factory: Otherwise Award, Retrospective Award (1995).
  • Excession: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (1997).
  • Feersum Endjinn: Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work (1998).
  • The Player of Games: Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work (2002).
  • The Algebraist: Hugo Award, Best Novel (2005).
  • The Hydrogen Sonata: Goodreads Awards, Best Science Fiction (2012).
  • The Culture: The Drawings: Hugo Award, Best Related Work (2024).

Iain M. Banks: Lists & Other Mentions

Related Authors

Fans of Iain M. Banks also enjoy these authors:

  1. Iain Banks, author of: The Wasp Factory.
  2. Emily St. John Mandel, author of: Station Eleven.
  3. Kurt Vonnegut Jr., author of: Slaughterhouse-Five.
  4. Aldous Huxley, author of: Brave New World.
  5. Arthur C. Clarke, author of the Space Odyssey Series.
  6. Richard K. Morgan, author of the Takeshi Kovacs Series.
  7. Joe Haldeman, author of The Forever War Series.
  8. Peng Shepherd, author of: The Cartographers.
  9. Emily Tesh, author of: Some Desperate Glory.
  10. Richard Powers, author of: The Overstory.

Iain M. Banks: F.A.Q

When was Iain M. Banks Born?

Iain M. Banks was born on February 16th, 1954.

When did Iain M. Banks die?

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

Where was Iain M. Banks Born?

Iain M. Banks was born in Dunfermline, Scotland.

What awards has Iain M. Banks won?

Iain M. Banks has won the following awards: The Karl Edward Wagner Award at the British Fantasy Award (2013).

What was the first book Iain M. Banks wrote?

The first book written by Iain M. Banks was Consider Phlebas, published in 1987.

What was the most recent book Iain M. Banks wrote?

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

What is the most popular book by Iain M. Banks?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Iain M. Banks book is Consider Phlebas. Here are his most popular books and their average ratings:
  1. Consider Phlebas (7.31)
  2. The Player of Games (8.54)
  3. Use of Weapons (8.00)
  4. Excession (8.25)
  5. Surface Detail (8.83)

What genres does Iain M. Banks Write?

Iain M. Banks primarily writes in the Literary Fiction and Science Fiction genres. His work includes sub-genres such as Psychological Fiction, Space Opera, and Dystopian / Utopian Science Fiction.

How many books has Iain M. Banks written?

Iain M. Banks has written 16 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 11 books in the Culture Series, 4 Standalone Novels, 1 book in the Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine Series.

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