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:
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Publication Order of Philip Marlowe Books
| The Big Sleep | (1939) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Farewell, My Lovely | (1940) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The High Window | (1942) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lady in the Lake | (1943) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Little Sister | (1949) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Long Goodbye | (1953) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Playback | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Poodle Springs | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Perchance to Dream | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Black-Eyed Blonde | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Only to Sleep | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Goodbye Coast | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Second Murderer | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Quirke Books
(as Benjamin Black)
| Christine Falls | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Silver Swan | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Elegy for April | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Death in Summer | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Vengeance | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Holy Orders | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Even the Dead | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| April in Spain | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lock-Up | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Revolutions Trilogy Books
| Doctor Copernicus | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Kepler | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Newton Letter | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Cleave Trilogy Books
| Eclipse | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shroud | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ancient Light | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Frames: The Freddie Montgomery Trilogy Books
| The Book of Evidence | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ghosts | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Athena | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of St. John Strafford Books
| The Secret Guests | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Snow | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| April in Spain | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lock-Up | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Drowned | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Tax Free Books
| Tax Free | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| More Confessions from a Serial Tax Cheat | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Nightspawn | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Birchwood | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mefisto | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Untouchable | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sea | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lemur | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Infinities | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Blue Guitar | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Wolf on a String / Prague Nights | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mrs. Osmond | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Singularities | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| God's Gift | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Long Lankin | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Supreme Fictions of John Banville | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Plays
| The Broken Jug | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Conversation in the Mountains | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Possessed of a Past: A John Banville Reader | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Time Pieces | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Writer and the City Books
| The Flaneur | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Florence, a Delicate Case | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Prague Pictures | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ghost Town: Tales of Manhattan Then and Now | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Oxford Revisited: A City Revisited | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Paris Review Issue 188 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Imagined Lives | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Picador Book of 40 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Best European Fiction 2013 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Review of Contemporary Fiction: Roberto Calasso Issue | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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.