Order of The Culture Books
The Culture is a series of science fiction novels by Scottish author Iain M. Banks. In the series, Banks has created an interstellar society with socialist, utopian and anarchistic values. In this fictional universe, Earth does exist elsewhere in the universe.
The Culture series started in 1987 with Consider Phlebas. Since then, there is usually a new book in the series every couple of years (with a few gaps here and there). Below is a list of Iain M. Banks’ The Culture books in order of when they were originally published and chronologically:
Publication Order of Culture Books
| Consider Phlebas | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Player of Games | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The State of the Art | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Use of Weapons | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Excession | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Inversions | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Look to Windward | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Matter | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Surface Detail | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Hydrogen Sonata | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Culture Companion Books
| The Culture: The Drawings | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |