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John Banville Books / Benjamin Black Books in Order
Every John Banville Books / Benjamin Black book in publication order — 38 in total, spanning 1970–2020.
Publication Order of Philip Marlowe Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Black-Eyed Blonde (As: Benjamin Black) | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Quirke Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christine Falls | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Silver Swan | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Elegy for April | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | A Death in Summer | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Vengeance | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Holy Orders | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Even the Dead | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of The Revolutions Trilogy Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doctor Copernicus | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Kepler | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Newton Letter | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of The Cleave Trilogy Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eclipse | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Shroud | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Ancient Light | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Frames: The Freddie Montgomery Trilogy Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Book of Evidence | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Ghosts | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Athena | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Tax Free Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tax Free | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | More Confessions from a Serial Tax Cheat | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nightspawn | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Birchwood | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Mefisto | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Untouchable | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Sea | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Infinities | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Blue Guitar | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Prague Nights | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Mrs. Osmond | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Snow | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | God's Gift | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long Lankin | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Supreme Fictions of John Banville | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Plays
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Broken Jug | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Conversation in the Mountains | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Possessed of a Past: A John Banville Reader | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Time Pieces | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imagined Lives | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Best European Fiction 2013 | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 38, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long Lankin | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Nightspawn | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Birchwood | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Doctor Copernicus | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Kepler | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Newton Letter | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Mefisto | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Book of Evidence | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Ghosts | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Broken Jug | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Athena | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Untouchable | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Supreme Fictions of John Banville | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Eclipse | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | God's Gift | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Shroud | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Sea | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Christine Falls | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | The Silver Swan | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Tax Free | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | More Confessions from a Serial Tax Cheat | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | The Infinities | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Elegy for April | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Imagined Lives | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | A Death in Summer | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Vengeance | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Ancient Light | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Possessed of a Past: A John Banville Reader | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Best European Fiction 2013 | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Holy Orders | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | The Black-Eyed Blonde (As: Benjamin Black) | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Even the Dead | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | The Blue Guitar | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Time Pieces | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Prague Nights | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Mrs. Osmond | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Snow | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Conversation in the Mountains | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
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