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Iain M. Banks Books in Order
Every Iain M. Banks book in publication order — 30 in total, spanning 1984–2015.
Publication Order of Culture Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Consider Phlebas | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Player of Games | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The State of the Art | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Use of Weapons | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Excession | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Inversions | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Look to Windward | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Matter | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Surface Detail | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Hydrogen Sonata | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wasp Factory | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Walking on Glass | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Bridge | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Espedair Street | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Canal Dreams | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Crow Road | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Complicity | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Against a Dark Background | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Feersum Endjinn | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Whit | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | A Song of Stone | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Business | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Dead Air | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Algebraist | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | The Steep Approach To Garbadale | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Transition | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Stonemouth | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Quarry | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raw Spirit | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Poetry Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poems | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 30, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wasp Factory | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Walking on Glass | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Bridge | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Consider Phlebas | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Espedair Street | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Player of Games | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The State of the Art | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Canal Dreams | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Use of Weapons | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Crow Road | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Complicity | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Against a Dark Background | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Feersum Endjinn | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Whit | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Excession | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | A Song of Stone | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Inversions | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Business | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Look to Windward | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Dead Air | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Raw Spirit | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | The Algebraist | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The Steep Approach To Garbadale | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Matter | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Transition | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Surface Detail | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | The Hydrogen Sonata | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Stonemouth | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | The Quarry | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Poems | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
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