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Russell Banks Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Russell Banks in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 42 books / 4 series

American author Russell Banks is best known for novels like *The Sweet Hereafter* and *Affliction*, adapted into acclaimed films. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, his work explores class and moral complexity. This page provides Russell Banks’ books in order, including both chronological publication and series reading order.

Books by Russell Banks in Publication Order

1852 A Sportsman's Notebook(By: Ivan Turgenev) POoAotSB / 1 Buy
1970 The General Zapped an Angel(By: Howard Fast) POoAotSB / 2 Buy
1974 Snow POoSN / 1 Buy
1975 Searching for Survivors POoC / 1 Buy
1979 The New World POoC / 2 Buy
1981 Trailerpark POoSN / 2 Buy
1981 In the Garden of the North American Martyrs(By: Tobias Wolff) POoAotSB / 3 Buy
1983 Relation of My Imprisonment POoSN / 3 Buy
1985 Continental Drift POoSN / 4 Buy
1985 Family Life POoSN / 5 Buy
1986 Success Stories POoC / 3 Buy
1986 The Book of Jamaica POoSN / 6 Buy
1986 Hamilton Stark POoSN / 7 Buy
1989 Affliction POoSN / 8 Buy
1991 The Sweet Hereafter POoSN / 9 Buy
1995 Rule of the Bone POoSN / 10 Buy
1998 The Essential Tales of Chekhov(By: Anton Chekhov) POoAotSB / 4 Buy
1998 Cloudsplitter POoSN / 11 Buy
1999 The Angel on the Roof POoC / 4 Buy
2004 The Garden Party and Other Stories(By: Katherine Mansfield) POoAotSB / 5 Buy
2004 The Darling POoSN / 12 Buy
2008 Dreaming Up America POoNB / 1 Buy
2008 Wild Nights!(By: Joyce Carol Oates) POoAotSB / 6 Buy
2008 Continent(By: Jim Crace) POoAotSB / 7 Buy
2008 The Reserve POoSN / 13 Buy
2009 Tunneling to the Center of the Earth(By: Kevin Wilson) POoAotSB / 8 Buy
2011 Lost Memory of Skin POoSN / 14 Buy
2012 Monstress(By: Lysley Tenorio) POoAotSB / 9 Buy
2013 A Permanent Member of the Family POoC / 5 Buy
2015 Mr. and Mrs. Baby(By: Mark Strand) POoAotSB / 10 Buy
2016 Voyager POoNB / 2 Buy
2017 The Vanishing Princess(By: Jenny Diski) POoAotSB / 11 Buy
2018 We Are Taking Only What We Need(By: Stephanie Powell Watts) POoAotSB / 12 Buy
2018 Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls(By: Alissa Nutting) POoAotSB / 13 Buy
2018 Catastrophe and Other Stories(By: Dino Buzzati) POoAotSB / 14 Buy
2019 Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry(By: Elizabeth McCracken) POoAotSB / 15 Buy
2019 Hue and Cry(By: Edward P. Jones,James McPherson) POoAotSB / 16 Buy
2021 Foregone POoSN / 15 Buy
2021 The Hurly Burly and Other Stories(With: A.E. Coppard) POoAotSB / 17 Buy
2022 The Magic Kingdom POoSN / 16 Buy
2022 Loss of Memory Is Only Temporary(By: Francine Prose,Johanna Kaplan) POoAotSB / 18 Buy
2024 American Spirits POoSN / 17 Buy

Complete Russell Banks Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Non-Fiction Reading Order 2 books / 2008-2016
01 Dreaming Up America 2008 Buy
02 Voyager 2016 Buy
Art of the Story Reading Order 18 books / 1852-2022
01 A Sportsman's Notebook(By: Ivan Turgenev) 1852 Buy
02 The General Zapped an Angel(By: Howard Fast) 1970 Buy
03 In the Garden of the North American Martyrs(By: Tobias Wolff) 1981 Buy
04 The Essential Tales of Chekhov(By: Anton Chekhov) 1998 Buy
05 The Garden Party and Other Stories(By: Katherine Mansfield) 2004 Buy
06 Wild Nights!(By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2008 Buy
07 Continent(By: Jim Crace) 2008 Buy
08 Tunneling to the Center of the Earth(By: Kevin Wilson) 2009 Buy
09 Monstress(By: Lysley Tenorio) 2012 Buy
10 Mr. and Mrs. Baby(By: Mark Strand) 2015 Buy
11 The Vanishing Princess(By: Jenny Diski) 2017 Buy
12 We Are Taking Only What We Need(By: Stephanie Powell Watts) 2018 Buy
13 Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls(By: Alissa Nutting) 2018 Buy
14 Catastrophe and Other Stories(By: Dino Buzzati) 2018 Buy
15 Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry(By: Elizabeth McCracken) 2019 Buy
16 Hue and Cry(By: Edward P. Jones,James McPherson) 2019 Buy
17 The Hurly Burly and Other Stories(With: A.E. Coppard) 2021 Buy
18 Loss of Memory Is Only Temporary(By: Francine Prose,Johanna Kaplan) 2022 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 17 books / 1974-2024
01 Snow 1974 Buy
02 Trailerpark 1981 Buy
03 Relation of My Imprisonment 1983 Buy
04 Continental Drift 1985 Buy
05 Family Life 1985 Buy
06 The Book of Jamaica 1986 Buy
07 Hamilton Stark 1986 Buy
08 Affliction 1989 Buy
09 The Sweet Hereafter 1991 Buy
10 Rule of the Bone 1995 Buy
11 Cloudsplitter 1998 Buy
12 The Darling 2004 Buy
13 The Reserve 2008 Buy
14 Lost Memory of Skin 2011 Buy
15 Foregone 2021 Buy
16 The Magic Kingdom 2022 Buy
17 American Spirits 2024 Buy
Collections Reading Order 5 books / 1975-2013
01 Searching for Survivors 1975 Buy
02 The New World 1979 Buy
03 Success Stories 1986 Buy
04 The Angel on the Roof 1999 Buy
05 A Permanent Member of the Family 2013 Buy

Where to start with Russell Banks

What is the best order to read Russell Banks 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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