Iain Banks

Iain Banks — 13 titles in the rankings, first published between 1987 and 2012. They average 7.9, above the 7.8 the whole catalogue averages. One series has a reading order worth keeping to.

Editor’s note For the Culture novels, don’t start with Consider Phlebas: it is the most-read and the lowest-rated. Start with The Player of Games, his best-rated book; the novels stand alone, so any order works after that. He also wrote literary fiction as Iain Banks, starting with The Wasp Factory.

Ranked titles

13 books

Average score

7.9

Total ratings

4.7K

First published

1987–2012

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