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John Banville Books in Order

Find every John Banville book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 60 books / 14 series

Irish author John Banville, best known for his literary novels and the crime series featuring pathologist Quirke (written under the pseudonym Benjamin Black), won the 2005 Man Booker Prize for *The Sea*. This page provides the John Banville books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All John Banville Books in Chronological Order

1939 The Big Sleep(By: Raymond Chandler) POoPMB / 1 Buy
1940 Farewell, My Lovely(By: Raymond Chandler) POoPMB / 2 Buy
1942 The High Window(By: Raymond Chandler) POoPMB / 3 Buy
1943 The Lady in the Lake(By: Raymond Chandler) POoPMB / 4 Buy
1949 The Little Sister(By: Raymond Chandler) POoPMB / 5 Buy
1953 The Long Goodbye(By: Raymond Chandler) POoPMB / 6 Buy
1958 Playback(By: Raymond Chandler) POoPMB / 7 Buy
1970 Long Lankin POoSSC / 1 Buy
1971 Nightspawn POoSN / 1 Buy
1973 Birchwood POoSN / 2 Buy
1976 Doctor Copernicus POoTRTB / 1 Buy
1981 Kepler POoTRTB / 2 Buy
1982 The Newton Letter POoTRTB / 3 Buy
1986 Mefisto POoSN / 3 Buy
1989 The Book of Evidence POoFTFMTB / 1 Buy
1989 Poodle Springs(By: Robert B. Parker,Raymond Chandler) POoPMB / 8 Buy
1991 Perchance to Dream(By: Robert B. Parker) POoPMB / 9 Buy
1993 Ghosts POoFTFMTB / 2 Buy
1994 The Broken Jug POoP / 1 Buy
1995 Athena POoFTFMTB / 3 Buy
1997 The Untouchable POoSN / 4 Buy
1999 The Supreme Fictions of John Banville POoSSC / 2 Buy
2000 Eclipse POoTCTB / 1 Buy
2001 The Flaneur(By: Edmund White) POoWatCB / 1 Buy
2001 God's Gift POoSS / 1 Buy
2002 Florence, a Delicate Case(By: David Leavitt) POoWatCB / 2 Buy
2002 Shroud POoTCTB / 2 Buy
2003 Prague Pictures POoWatCB / 3 Buy
2005 Ghost Town: Tales of Manhattan Then and Now(By: Patrick McGrath) POoWatCB / 4 Buy
2005 The Sea POoSN / 5 Buy
2006 Christine Falls POoQB / 1 Buy
2007 The Silver Swan POoQB / 2 Buy
2008 Oxford Revisited: A City Revisited(By: Justin Cartwright) POoWatCB / 5 Buy
2008 The Lemur(As:Benjamin Black) POoSN / 6 Buy
2009 The Infinities POoSN / 7 Buy
2010 Elegy for April POoQB / 3 Buy
2011 A Death in Summer POoQB / 4 Buy
2012 Possessed of a Past: A John Banville Reader POoNB / 1 Buy
2012 Ancient Light POoTCTB / 3 Buy
2012 Vengeance POoQB / 5 Buy
2013 Holy Orders POoQB / 6 Buy
2014 The Black-Eyed Blonde / Marlowe(As: Benjamin Black) POoPMB / 10 Buy
2015 Even the Dead POoQB / 7 Buy
2015 The Blue Guitar POoSN / 8 Buy
2016 Time Pieces POoNB / 2 Buy
2017 Wolf on a String / Prague Nights(As:Benjamin Black) POoSN / 9 Buy
2017 Mrs. Osmond POoSN / 10 Buy
2018 Only to Sleep(By: Lawrence Osborne) POoPMB / 11 Buy
2020 The Secret Guests(As: Benjamin Black) POoSJSB / 1 Buy
2020 Snow POoSJSB / 2 Buy
2020 Conversation in the Mountains POoP / 2 Buy
2021 April in Spain POoQB / 8 Buy
2022 The Singularities POoSN / 11 Buy
2022 The Goodbye Coast(By: Joe Ide) POoPMB / 12 Buy
2023 The Lock-Up POoSJSB / 4 Buy
2023 The Second Murderer(By: Denise Mina) POoPMB / 13 Buy
2024 Timeless Voices, Modern Echoes POoBBPC / 1 Buy
2024 Timeless Voices, Modern Echoes(As: Benjamin Black) POoPC / 1 Buy
2024 The Drowned POoSJSB / 5 Buy
2025 Venetian Vespers POoSN / 12 Buy

John Banville Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 Timeless Voices, Modern Echoes(As: Benjamin Black) 2024 Buy
01 The Big Sleep(By: Raymond Chandler) 1939 Buy
02 Farewell, My Lovely(By: Raymond Chandler) 1940 Buy
03 The High Window(By: Raymond Chandler) 1942 Buy
04 The Lady in the Lake(By: Raymond Chandler) 1943 Buy
05 The Little Sister(By: Raymond Chandler) 1949 Buy
06 The Long Goodbye(By: Raymond Chandler) 1953 Buy
07 Playback(By: Raymond Chandler) 1958 Buy
08 Poodle Springs(By: Robert B. Parker,Raymond Chandler) 1989 Buy
09 Perchance to Dream(By: Robert B. Parker) 1991 Buy
10 The Black-Eyed Blonde / Marlowe(As: Benjamin Black) 2014 Buy
11 Only to Sleep(By: Lawrence Osborne) 2018 Buy
12 The Goodbye Coast(By: Joe Ide) 2022 Buy
13 The Second Murderer(By: Denise Mina) 2023 Buy
01 Long Lankin 1970 Buy
02 The Supreme Fictions of John Banville 1999 Buy
Quirke Books in Reading Order 8 books / 2006-2021
01 Christine Falls 2006 Buy
02 The Silver Swan 2007 Buy
03 Elegy for April 2010 Buy
04 A Death in Summer 2011 Buy
05 Vengeance 2012 Buy
06 Holy Orders 2013 Buy
07 Even the Dead 2015 Buy
08 April in Spain 2021 Buy
01 Possessed of a Past: A John Banville Reader 2012 Buy
02 Time Pieces 2016 Buy
Plays Books in Reading Order 2 books / 1994-2020
01 The Broken Jug 1994 Buy
02 Conversation in the Mountains 2020 Buy
01 God's Gift 2001 Buy
01 Timeless Voices, Modern Echoes 2024 Buy
01 Eclipse 2000 Buy
02 Shroud 2002 Buy
03 Ancient Light 2012 Buy
01 The Secret Guests(As: Benjamin Black) 2020 Buy
02 Snow 2020 Buy
04 The Lock-Up 2023 Buy
05 The Drowned 2024 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 12 books / 1971-2025
01 Nightspawn 1971 Buy
02 Birchwood 1973 Buy
03 Mefisto 1986 Buy
04 The Untouchable 1997 Buy
05 The Sea 2005 Buy
06 The Lemur(As:Benjamin Black) 2008 Buy
07 The Infinities 2009 Buy
08 The Blue Guitar 2015 Buy
09 Wolf on a String / Prague Nights(As:Benjamin Black) 2017 Buy
10 Mrs. Osmond 2017 Buy
11 The Singularities 2022 Buy
12 Venetian Vespers 2025 Buy
01 Doctor Copernicus 1976 Buy
02 Kepler 1981 Buy
03 The Newton Letter 1982 Buy
01 The Book of Evidence 1989 Buy
02 Ghosts 1993 Buy
03 Athena 1995 Buy
01 The Flaneur(By: Edmund White) 2001 Buy
02 Florence, a Delicate Case(By: David Leavitt) 2002 Buy
03 Prague Pictures 2003 Buy
04 Ghost Town: Tales of Manhattan Then and Now(By: Patrick McGrath) 2005 Buy
05 Oxford Revisited: A City Revisited(By: Justin Cartwright) 2008 Buy

Where to start with John Banville

What is the best order to read John Banville books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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