Iain Banks
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BANKS, IAIN, 1954 to 2013

Iain Banks

Scottish writer.

Books
23
Editions tracked
32
First editions
23
Nationality
United Kingdom

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Earliest first editionThe Wasp FactoryMacmillan, 1984 Most editions trackedConsider Phlebas2 editions
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First editions, year by year

  1. 1984The Wasp FactoryMacmillan
  2. 1985Walking on GlassMacmillan
  3. 1986The BridgeMacmillan
  4. 1987Consider PhlebasMacmillan
  5. 1988The Player of GamesMacmillan
  6. 1989The State of the ArtM.V. Ziesing
  7. 1990Use of WeaponsOrbitBooks
  8. 1992The Crow RoadScribners
  9. 1993Against a Dark BackgroundOrbit
  10. 1993ComplicityLittle, Brown
  11. 1994Feersum EndjinnOrbit
  12. 1996Excession Hb D/bx12 and HeaderLittle, Brown
  13. 1997A Song of StoneAbacus
  14. 1998InversionsOrbit
  15. 1999The BusinessSimon & Schuster
  16. 2000Look to WindwardOrbit
  17. 2001Dead AirAbacus
  18. 2004The AlgebraistOrbit
  19. 2007The Steep Approach to GarbadaleLittle, Brown
  20. 2008MatterOrbit
  21. 2009TransitionOrbit
  22. 2010Surface DetailOrbit
  23. 2012The Hydrogen SonataOrion Publishing Group
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When was Iain Banks born?

Iain Banks was born in 1954 and died in 2013.

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We track 23 books by Iain Banks across 32 editions, 23 of them first editions.

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